Ed Perlmutter
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Colorado's 7th district |
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Assumed office January 3, 2007 |
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| Preceded by | Bob Beauprez |
| Member of the Colorado Senate from the 20th district |
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In office January 1995 – January 2003 |
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| Succeeded by | Maryanne Keller |
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Edwin George Perlmutter May 2, 1953 Denver, Colorado |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Nancy |
| Children | Alexis, Abby, Zoe |
| Residence | Golden, Colorado |
| Alma mater | University of Colorado |
| Occupation | Attorney |
| Religion | Protestant Christian |
Edwin George "Ed" Perlmutter (born May 1, 1953) is the U.S. Representative for Colorado's 7th congressional district, serving since 2007. The district is located in the northern and western suburbs of Denver metropolitan area. He is a member of the Democratic Party.
Perlmutter was born in Denver, the son of Alice Love (née Bristow) and Leonard Michael Perlmutter. His father was Jewish, the son of immigrants from Poland; his mother was Christian, and was of English and Irish descent. Perlmutter describes himself as a Christian. Perlmutter graduated from Jefferson High School in Edgewater, Colorado and went on to study political science, history and economics at the University of Colorado at Boulder, graduating in 1975. He received his Juris Doctor from CU in 1978 where he was twice elected President of his class while working part-time as a laborer on construction projects.
Perlmutter was a Colorado State Senator from 1995 to 2003. He was elected to two four-year terms to represent central Jefferson County as State Senator from 1995 to 2003—the first Democrat elected in the district in 30 years.
In 2000, he helped lead a team that succeeded in a Democratic takeover of the Colorado State Senate for the first time since John F. Kennedy was president. He has assisted numerous campaigns and most recently was co-chair of the Kerry Campaign in Colorado.
Perlmutter introduced H.R. 2076, the Marijuana Business Access to Banking Act of 2015, into the U.S. House of Representatives on April 28, 2015. The bill's goal is to create protections for depository institutions that provide financial services to marijuana-related businesses. It is co-sponsored by Denny Heck and 16 other Republican and Democratic representatives.
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