Joe Neguse
Joseph D. Neguse (/nəˈɡuːs/ nə-GOOSE; born May 13, 1984) is an American lawyer and politician serving as the U.S. representative for Colorado's 2nd congressional district since 2019. The district is based in Boulder and includes many of Denver's northwestern suburbs, as well as Fort Collins. A member of the Democratic Party, he was a regent of the University of Colorado from 2008 to 2015. Neguse is the first Eritrean-American elected to the United States Congress and Colorado's first black member of Congress.
Joe Neguse | |
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Official portrait, 2018 | |
| Chair of the House Democratic Policy and Communications Committee | |
| Assumed office January 3, 2021 | |
| Leader | Nancy Pelosi Hakeem Jeffries |
| Preceded by | David Cicilline |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Colorado's 2nd district | |
| Assumed office January 3, 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Jared Polis |
| Executive Director of the Colorado Department of Regulatory Agencies | |
| In office June 2015 – June 2017 | |
| Governor | John Hickenlooper |
| Preceded by | Barbara Kelley |
| Succeeded by | Marguerite Salazar |
| Personal details | |
| Born | May 13, 1984 Bakersfield, California, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse | Andrea Jimenez Neguse |
| Children | 1 |
| Education | University of Colorado Boulder (BA, JD) |
| Website | House website |
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