Paul Rosenthal (Colorado politician)

Paul Rosenthal

Member of the Colorado House of Representatives from the 9th district
Incumbent
Assumed office TBA
Preceded by	Joe Miklosi
Personal details
Political party	Democratic
Residence	Denver, Colorado
Religion	Judaism

Paul Rosenthal is an American community activist, teacher and politician who was elected on November 6, 2012 to serve in the Colorado House of Representatives for House District 9. He overcame Republican challenger Celeste Gamache.

Rosenthal is openly gay. Upon taking office, he will sit alongside other openly LGBT politicians,^[1] including incoming House Speaker Mark Ferrandino (D - HD 2), Reps. Dominick Moreno (D - HD 32), Joann Ginal (D - HD 52) and Sue Schafer (D - HD 24), as well as senators Pat Steadman (D - SD 31), Lucía Guzmán (D - SD 34) and Jessie Ulibarri (D - SD 21).^[2]

References

↑ Matthew Pizzuti (November 8, 2012). "First openly LGBT person to hold speaker's gavel in Colorado House". LGBTQ Nation.
↑ "Colorado House Democrats pick Ferrandino for speaker, historic first for gays". Denver Post, November 8, 2012.

External links

Paul Rosenthal's campaign site

Members of the Colorado House of Representatives

70th General Assembly (2015–2016) Speaker of the House: Dickey Hullinghorst (D) Speaker pro Tempore: Dan Pabon (D) Majority Leader: Crisanta Duran (D) Minority Leader: Brian DelGrosso (R)

Susan Lontine (D) Alec Garnett (D) Daniel Kagan (D) Dan Pabon (D) Crisanta Duran (D) Lois Court (D) Angela Williams (D) Beth McCann (D) Paul Rosenthal (D) Dickey Hullinghorst (D) Jonathan Singer (D) Mike Foote (D) KC Becker (D) Dan Nordberg (R) Gordon Klingenschmitt (R) Janak Joshi (R) Kit Roupe (R) Pete Lee (D) Paul Lundeen (R) Terri Carver (R) Lois Landgraf (R) Justin Everett (R) Max Tyler (D) Jessie Danielson (D) Timothy Leonard (R) Diane Mitsch Bush (D) Lang Sias (R) Brittany Pettersen (D) Tracy Kraft-Tharp (D) JoAnn Windholz (R) Joseph Salazar (D) Dominick Moreno (D) Dianne Primavera (D) Steve Lebsock (D) Faith Winter (D) Su Ryden (D) Cole Wist (R) Kathleen Conti (R) Polly Lawrence (R) Janet Buckner (D) Jovan Melton (D) Rhonda Fields (D) Kevin Van Winkle (R) Kim Ransom (R) Patrick Neville (R) Daneya Esgar (D) Clarice Navarro (R) Stephen Humphrey (R) Perry Buck (R) Dave Young (D) Brian DelGrosso (R) Joann Ginal (D) Jennifer Arndt (D) Yeulin Willett (R) Dan Thurlow (R) Kevin Priola (R) Bob Rankin (R) Don Coram (R) J. Paul Brown (R) James Wilson (R) Millie Hamner (D) Edward Vigil (D) Lori Saine (R) Tim Dore (R) Jon Becker (R)

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