Joe Neguse
Joe Neguse | |
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Official portrait, 2018 | |
| House Assistant Democratic Leader | |
| Assumed office March 20, 2024 | |
| Leader | Hakeem Jeffries |
| Preceded by | Jim Clyburn |
| Chair of the House Democratic Policy and Communications Committee | |
| In office January 3, 2021 – March 20, 2024 | |
| Leader | Nancy Pelosi Hakeem Jeffries |
| Preceded by | David Cicilline |
| Succeeded by | Debbie Dingell |
| 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. |
| Party | Democratic |
| Spouse | Andrea Jimenez |
| Children | 2 |
| Education | University of Colorado, Boulder (BA, JD) |
| Website | House website Campaign website |
Joseph D. Neguse (/nəˈɡuːs/ nə-GOOSS; 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 located in the northwest part of the state, based in Fort Collins, Longmont, and Boulder, and includes many rural communities and mountain towns, including Walden, Granby, Steamboat Springs, and Gypsum. 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. Neguse has served as House assistant Democratic leader since 2024.