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Jared Schutz Polis (/ ˈ p oʊ l ɪ s / POH-liss; [1] né Schutz; born May 12, 1975) [2] is an American politician and businessman serving since 2019 as the 43rd governor of Colorado. He served one term on the Colorado State Board of Education from 2001 to 2007, and five terms as the United States representative from Colorado's 2nd ...
The governor has the power to either approve or veto bills passed by the Colorado General Assembly, to convene the legislature, and to grant pardons, except in cases of treason or impeachment. [2] The governor is also the commander-in-chief of the state's military forces. Seven people served as governor of Colorado Territory over eight terms ...
Polis's 2022 victory marked the first time in American history that an openly gay politician was re-elected as the governor of a state. [3] Polis had the best performance for a re-elected Colorado governor since Bill Owens in 2002, the best for a Democrat since Roy Romer in 1990, and the highest raw vote total ever in a Colorado gubernatorial race.
(The Center Square) – Colorado Gov. Jared Polis recently said in an interview that he plans to ensure everybody knows that Colorado is a place for “everybody,” in light of President-election ...
J.B. Pritzker of Illinois and Jared Polis of Colorado will be the co-chairs of a new "non-partisan" coalition of the nation's governors committed to protecting the "state-level institutions of ...
ABC’s “This Week” co-anchor Jonathan Karl pressed Colorado Gov. Jared Polis (D) over Vice President Harris’s apparent shift away from “Medicare for All,” to which the governor argued ...
The 2026 Colorado gubernatorial election is scheduled to take place on November 3, 2026, to elect the governor of Colorado. Incumbent Democratic Governor Jared Polis is term-limited and cannot seek re-election to a third term in office.
Colorado's Jared Polis, who became the first openly gay man in the United States to be elected governor in 2018, has married his longtime partner and first gentleman Marlon Reis, a writer and ...