A Lakewood resident, Kennedy attended the University of Colorado Boulder and was an engineer before he entered politics. He has served as Democratic chairman of Jefferson County and ran U.S. Representative Ed Perlmutter's 2014 reelection campaign.[2]
In his first term, Kennedy served on the House Finance Committee and the House Health, Insurance, and Environment Committee.[3]
In the 72nd General Assembly, Kennedy was elected as the Assistant Majority Leader and serves as Chair of the State, Veterans, & Military Affairs Committee. Kennedy also serves on the Appropriations Committee.[4] For the 74th General Assembly session, Kennedy was appointed to the position of speaker pro tempore for the Colorado House of Representatives.[5]
Kennedy was elected to the House of Representatives in 2016, winning with 55.88% of the vote against Republican opponent Chris Hadsall.[6]
In 2018, Chris Kennedy defeated Republican Joan Poston with 61.75% (17,882) to Poston's 38.25% (11,075 votes).[7]
In 2020, Kennedy defeated Republican Fred Clifford and Libertarian Doug Anderson with 60.2% of the vote. Kennedy was re-elected in 2022 with 66.6% of the vote.[8]
Legislative careerEdit
Kennedy sponsored a bill during the 2021 session of the Colorado General Assembly that would authorize the state's municipalities to use ranked-choice voting in city elections even if their charters do not authorize that system of choosing public officials. The bill - HB21-1071 - would also provide for the sharing by county elections offices of electronic voting machines and software necessary to tabulate ranked-choice ballots.[9]
ReferencesEdit
^Colorado Independent Legislative Redistricting Commission (March 18, 2022). "Colorado House District 30 (2021)" (PDF). State of Colorado. Retrieved January 10, 2023.
^Bartels, Lynn (April 1, 2015). "Chris Kennedy files to run for Rep. Max Tyler's Jeffco House seat". Denver Post. Retrieved July 9, 2017.
^"Representative Chris Kennedy". Colorado General Assembly. Retrieved July 9, 2017.
chris, kennedy, colorado, politician, chris, degruy, kennedy, democratic, member, colorado, house, representatives, represents, house, district, which, includes, jefferson, county, communities, lakewood, edgewater, prior, reapportionment, implemented, 2023, re. Chris deGruy Kennedy is a Democratic member of the Colorado House of Representatives He represents house district 30 which includes the Jefferson County communities of Lakewood and Edgewater 1 Prior to reapportionment implemented in 2023 he represented the 23rd district which covered a portion of Jefferson County He was first elected to the state house in 2016 succeeding Max Tyler Chris KennedySpeaker pro tempore of the Colorado House of RepresentativesIncumbentAssumed office January 9 2023Preceded byAdrienne BenavidezMember of the Colorado House of Representatives from the 30th districtIncumbentAssumed office January 9 2023Preceded byRedistrictedMember of the Colorado House of Representatives from the 23rd districtIn office January 11 2017 January 9 2023Preceded byMax TylerSucceeded byRedistrictedPersonal detailsPolitical partyDemocraticEducationUniversity of Colorado Boulder BS MA A Lakewood resident Kennedy attended the University of Colorado Boulder and was an engineer before he entered politics He has served as Democratic chairman of Jefferson County and ran U S Representative Ed Perlmutter s 2014 reelection campaign 2 In his first term Kennedy served on the House Finance Committee and the House Health Insurance and Environment Committee 3 In the 72nd General Assembly Kennedy was elected as the Assistant Majority Leader and serves as Chair of the State Veterans amp Military Affairs Committee Kennedy also serves on the Appropriations Committee 4 For the 74th General Assembly session Kennedy was appointed to the position of speaker pro tempore for the Colorado House of Representatives 5 Contents 1 Elections 2 Legislative career 3 References 4 External linksElections EditKennedy was elected to the House of Representatives in 2016 winning with 55 88 of the vote against Republican opponent Chris Hadsall 6 In 2018 Chris Kennedy defeated Republican Joan Poston with 61 75 17 882 to Poston s 38 25 11 075 votes 7 In 2020 Kennedy defeated Republican Fred Clifford and Libertarian Doug Anderson with 60 2 of the vote Kennedy was re elected in 2022 with 66 6 of the vote 8 Legislative career EditKennedy sponsored a bill during the 2021 session of the Colorado General Assembly that would authorize the state s municipalities to use ranked choice voting in city elections even if their charters do not authorize that system of choosing public officials The bill HB21 1071 would also provide for the sharing by county elections offices of electronic voting machines and software necessary to tabulate ranked choice ballots 9 References Edit Colorado Independent Legislative Redistricting Commission March 18 2022 Colorado House District 30 2021 PDF State of Colorado Retrieved January 10 2023 Bartels Lynn April 1 2015 Chris Kennedy files to run for Rep Max Tyler s Jeffco House seat Denver Post Retrieved July 9 2017 Representative Chris Kennedy Colorado General Assembly Retrieved July 9 2017 Chris Kennedy Colorado General Assembly Metzger Hannah December 12 2022 Rep Chris deGruy Kennedy appointed as speaker pro tempore Colorado Politics Retrieved December 15 2022 Christopher Louis Kennedy Ballotpedia Retrieved July 9 2017 2018 Election Results November 7 2018 Christopher Louis Kennedy Colorado state representative Ballotpedia Retrieved December 15 2022 Lacey Hank March 2 2021 Colorado Considers Ranked Choice Voting Experiment Circuit Media Law Week Colorado Retrieved March 25 2021 External links EditOfficial campaign websiteColorado House of RepresentativesPreceded byAdrienne Benavidez Speaker pro tempore of the Colorado House of Representatives2023 present Incumbent nbsp This article about a Colorado politician is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Chris Kennedy Colorado politician amp oldid 1143310660, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
