Colorado State Senate
| Colorado State Senate | |
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| Colorado General Assembly | |
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Term limits
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2 terms (8 years) |
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New session started
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January 11, 2017 |
| Leadership | |
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President pro Tempore
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Majority Leader
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Minority Leader
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| Structure | |
| Seats | 35 |
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Political groups
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Governing party
Opposition party
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Length of term
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4 years |
| Authority | Article V, Colorado Constitution |
| Salary | $30,000/year + per diem |
| Elections | |
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Last election
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November 4, 2014 (17 seats) |
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Next election
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November 8, 2016 (18 seats) |
| Redistricting | Colorado Reapportionment Commission |
| Meeting place | |
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| State Senate Chamber Colorado State Capitol Denver, Colorado |
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| Website | |
| Colorado General Assembly | |
Governing party
Opposition party
The Colorado Senate is the upper house of the Colorado General Assembly, the state legislature of the US state of Colorado. It is composed of 35 members elected from single-member districts, with each district having a population of about 123,000 as of the 2000 census. Senators are elected to four-year terms, and are limited to two consecutive terms in office.
The Colorado Senate convenes at the State Capitol in Denver.
The first meeting of the Colorado General Assembly took place from November 1, 1876, through March 20, 1877. Lafayette Head was the first state senate president.
The lieutenant governor served as Senate President until 1974 when Article V, Section 10 of the state constitution was amended, granting the Colorado Senate the right to elect one of its own members as President. Fred Anderson was the first state senate president elected after the amendment.
The Colorado Senate has 35 members, elected to four-year terms. State senators are term-limited to two consecutive terms. Term-limited former members can run again after a four-year break. Vacancies in legislative offices are generally filled by political party vacancy committees, rather than by-elections. Vacancy appointees who fill the first half of a state senators term must stand for election at the next even year November election for the remainder of the state senate term for the seat to which the state senator was appointed.
With the notable exceptions listed below, the Colorado Senate operates in a manner quite similar to the United States Senate.
Regular sessions are held annually and begin no later than the second Wednesday in January. Regular sessions last no more than 120 days. Special sessions may be called at any time by the governor of Colorado or upon written request of two-thirds of the members of each house, but are infrequent. Some committees of the General Assembly work between sessions and have limited power to take action without General Assembly approval between legislative sessions.
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