Colorado House of Representatives

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House of Representatives in the Colorado State Capitol
Colorado State Capitol

The House of Representatives from Colorado ( Colorado House of Representatives is), the lower house of the Colorado General Assembly , the legislature of the US state of Colorado .

The Chamber of Parliament is composed of 65 members, each representing an electoral district. Each of these fixed units comprises an average of 71,000 inhabitants. The MPs are each elected for two-year terms; there is a limitation of the terms of office to four consecutive terms of office.

The House of Representatives boardroom, along with the State Senate, is located in the Colorado State Capitol in the capital, Denver .

Structure of the chamber

The Speaker of the House is the Chairman of the House of Representatives . He is first elected by the majority parliamentary group in the chamber before confirmation by the entire parliament follows. The speaker is also responsible for the legislative process and oversees the assignments to the various committees. The current speaker is the Democrat Dickey Lee Hullinghorst .

Other important office holders are the majority leader and the opposition leader ( minority leader ), who are elected by the respective parliamentary groups. Majority leader is Democrat Crisanta Duran , minority leader is Republican Brian DelGrosso.,

Composition after the election in 2016

37
28
37 28 
A total of 65 seats
Political party MPs
Republican Party 28
Democratic Party 37
total 65
majority 9

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Colorado General Assembly website , accessed March 22, 2016
  2. Crisanta Duran , on Colorado General Assembly website , accessed March 22, 2016
  3. Brian DelGrosso , on Colorado General Assembly website , accessed March 22, 2016