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Biographical

Family:

Press Releases

Education

• Yale Law School - JD (1993)

  Activities and notes: Yale Law Journal, editor-in-chief

• Wesleyan University - BA, history, with honors (1987)

• St. Albans School (Washington, D.C.) - High school diploma (1983)

Office History

Election Results

• 2017 (Nov. 8, 2016 election)

  U.S. Senate Seat for Colorado (Class 3)
  Michael Farrand Bennet, 49.97%

  Democrat
  Darryl Glenn, 44.31%

  Republican
  Lily Tang Williams, 3.62%

  Libertarian
  Arn Menconi, 1.34%

  Green

• 2011 (Nov. 2, 2010 election)

  U.S. Senate Seat for Colorado (Class 3)
  Michael Farrand Bennet, 48.05%

  Democrat
  Kenneth Robert Buck (Ken), 46.42%

  Republican
  Bob Kinsey, 2.19%

  Green
  Maclyn Stringer, 1.27%

  Libertarian
  Jason Napolitano, 1.10%

  Undetermined

Employment History

• Denver (Colo.) Public Schools (July 2005-Jan. 2009)

  Superintendent

• Denver (Colo.) Office of the Mayor (2003-July 2005)

  Chief of Staff

• Anschutz Investment Co. (1997-2003)

  Managing Director

• U.S. Department of Justice Office of the Attorney General (1997)

  Special Assistant

• U.S. Department of Justice Office of the Attorney General (1995-1997)

  Counsel to U.S. Deputy Attorney General

• Ohio Office of the Governor (1988-1990)

  Personal Assistant

• U.S. Senate

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Associated Organizations

• Bennet for America

• Bennet for Colorado

• Junior Achievement-Rocky Mountain Inc.

  Director

• Denver (Colo.) Scholarship Foundation

  Director

• Denver (Colo.) Public Schools Foundation

  Director

• Common Sense Colorado

• Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (2013-2015)

  Chair

Awards

• Change for Champion Award (March of Dimes Inc.) (March 2024)

• Spirit of Enterprise Award (U.S. Chamber of Commerce) (June 2020)

• National Service Champion Award (Voices for National Service) (2020)

• Fiscal Hero (Fix the Debt Coalition Inc.) (2020)

• Golden Triangle Award (National Farmers Union) (Sept. 2019)

• Golden Spike Award (National Association of Railroad Passengers) (April 2019)

• Policymaker Leader Award (Goodwill Industries International Inc.) (April 19, 2018)

• Distinguished Community Health Advocate Award (National Association of Community Health Centers Inc.) (2018)

• Distinguished Community Health Advocate Award (National Association of Community Health Centers Inc.) (2017)

• Golden Triangle Award (National Farmers Union) (Sept. 2016)

• Defender of Housing (National Association of Home Builders) (Sept. 2016)

• Legislative Award (National Rural Health Association) (2016)

• Franklin D. Roosevelt Service Award (Voices for National Service) (2016)

• Conservation Corps Leadership Award (Voices for National Service) (2016)

• Hero of Main Street (National Retail Federation) (July 2015)

• Legislative Award (National Rural Health Association) (2015)

• Golden Triangle Award (National Farmers Union) (Sept. 2014)

• Golden Triangle Award (National Farmers Union) (Sept. 2013)

• Best of Congress Award (Working Mother Magazine) (July 2012)

Publications

• The Land of Flickering Lights: Restoring America in an Age of Broken Politics (2019)

Official Signature

Contact Information

• Email, member official contact form
• 
  Email, press:
  press@bennet.senate.gov

Office Addresses:

Main Office:

Address:	261 Russell Senate Office Building Washington, DC 20510
Phone:	202-224-5852
Fax:	202-228-5097

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Privately Financed Travel

1 trip taken in 2012 costing $12,685

See map of trips

Personal Financial Disclosures

Disclosures as a member:

Congressional Staff

Committees

• Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee
Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee Conservation, Climate, Forestry and Natural Resources Subcommittee, Chair
Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee Rural Development and Energy Subcommittee
• Senate Finance Committee
Senate Finance Committee Energy, Natural Resources and Infrastructure Subcommittee
Senate Finance Committee International Trade, Customs and Global Competitiveness Subcommittee
Senate Finance Committee Taxation and IRS Oversight Subcommittee, Chair
• Senate Rules and Administration Committee
• Senate Select Committee on Intelligence

Caucuses

• Bipartisan Congressional Task Force on Alzheimer's Disease
• Congressional Arthritis Caucus
• Congressional Assisting Caregivers Today Caucus, Co-Chair
• Congressional Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Caucus
• Congressional Cystic Fibrosis Caucus
• Congressional Sportsmen's Caucus
• Congressional TRIO Caucus
• Congressional Veterans Jobs Caucus
• International Conservation Caucus
• Senate Abraham Accords Caucus
• Senate Aerospace Caucus
• Senate ALS Caucus
• Senate Army Caucus
• Senate Bipartisan Task Force for Combating Anti-Semitism
• Senate Broadband Caucus
• Senate Caucus to End Human Trafficking
• Senate Climate Solutions Caucus
• Senate Cultural Caucus
• Senate Cybersecurity Caucus
• Senate Defense Communities Caucus
• Senate Democratic Conference Committee
• Senate Democratic Hispanic Task Force
• Senate Democrats’ Special Committee on the Climate Crisis
• Senate Foreign Service Caucus
• Senate Impact Aid Coalition
• Senate India Caucus
• Senate Military Family Caucus
• Senate National Guard Caucus
• Senate National Laboratory Caucus
• Senate Olympic and Paralympic Caucus, Co-Chair
• Senate Outdoor Recreation Caucus, Co-Chair
• Senate Recycling Caucus
• Senate Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Caucus
• Senate Rural Health Care Caucus, Co-Chair
• Senate Small Brewers Caucus
• Senate Space Force Caucus
• Voices for National Service

Caught Our Eye

• BLM director-turned Senate chief heads to K Street

  Posted by Keturah Hetrick on Nov. 27, 2023
  Neil Kornze, former Bureau of Land Management director under Obama, has moved from the Senate to one of K Street's finest. read more

• Environmental attorney finds green pastures on the Hill

  Posted by Keturah Hetrick on May 7, 2020
  Sen. Michael Bennet (D-Colo.) has turned to the private sector for the latest addition to his policy team. read more

• Medical-device company adds Sen. Bennet adviser

  Posted by Keturah Hetrick on Jan. 31, 2020
  A Democratic Senate aide has left the Hill for a medical-device company. read more

• Ex-Senate aide lobbying for public-employee wellbeing

  Posted by Keturah Hetrick on Aug. 2, 2016
  The country's largest public-employee trade union can now count former Senate aide Katie Smith among its registered federal lobbyists. read more

• Sold! Former Green legislative staffer wins influence job at eBay

  Posted by Jenna Ebersole on April 7, 2015
  Auction giant eBay Inc. placed a bid on a former legislative staffer for Rep. Al Green (D-Texas) and won, bringing him on board this month. read more

• Latino civil rights lawyer and lobbyist joins Sen. Bennet's staff

  Posted by John Sugden on July 29, 2014
  A former Latino rights attorney and lobbyist has joined Sen. Michael Bennet's (D-Colo.) staff as legislative assistant. read more

• Posted by Garrett Snedeker on Sept. 19, 2012
  More than three-and-a-half years after being sworn into office, Sen. Michael Bennet (D-Colo.) finally accepted his first privately financed trip, a four-day, three-night jaunt to Israel. read more