Andrew Romanoff

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Andrew Romanoff

Member of the Colorado House of Representatives from the 6th district

Harlan Andrew Romanoff is a Democratic politician and the current Speaker of the Colorado House of Representatives.

Romanoff has been in the Colorado House of Representatives since 2000 and has been reelected three times. He is the first Democrat to hold the Speaker's post since 1975. Before becoming Speaker he was the minority leader of the State House. He currently represents House District 6 in the Colorado General Assembly. When the legislature is not in session, he teaches at the Community College of Aurora. Romanoff was considered by many to be a possible Democratic candidate for Governor of Colorado in 2006, but announced in late 2005 that that he would not seek the Democratic nomination for Governor. Romanoff is term limited as of 2008.

Romanoff has an undergraduate degree from Yale and a Master's degree in Public Policy from John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. He is currently pursuing a law degree at University of Denver Sturm College of Law. He is the second youngest Speaker of the House in Colorado history.

He is widely credited as the author of Referendum C, a major fiscal initiative approved by Colorado voters in 2005.

Romanoff has a Democratic mother and a Republican father, a twin sister, and a border collie named Zorro. Romanoff's full name is Harlan Andrew Romanoff but he prefers to be known by his middle name.

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Preceded by Lola Spradley	Speaker of the House the Colorado General Assembly 2005-present	Succeeded by current holder

Current members of the Colorado House of Representatives
1^st: Jeanne Labuda (D) 2^nd: Mark Ferrandino (D) 3^rd: Anne McGihon (D) 4^th: Jerry Frangas (D) 5^th: Joel Judd (D) 6^th: Andrew Romanoff (D) 7^th: Terrance Carroll (D) 8^th: Rosemary Marshall (D) 9^th: Alice Borodkin (D) 10^th: Alice Madden (D) 11^th: John Pommer (D) 12^th: Paul Weissmann (D) 13^th: Claire Levy (D) 14^th: Kent Lambert (R) 15^th: Douglas Bruce (R) 16^th: Larry Liston (R)	17^th: Stella Garza-Hicks (R) 18^th: Michael Merrifield (D) 19^th: Marsha Looper (R) 20^th: Amy Stephens (R) 21^st: Bob Gardner (R) 22^nd: Ken Summers (R) 23^rd: Gwyn Green (D) 24^th: Cheri Jahn (D) 25^th: Robert Witwer (R) 26^th: Andy Kerr (D) 27^th: Sara Gagliardi (D) 28^th: James Kerr (R) 29^th: Debbie Benefield (D) 30^th: Mary Hodge (D) 31^st: Judith Anne Solano (D) 32^nd: Edward Casso (D)	33^rd: Dianne Primavera (D) 34^th: John Soper (D) 35^th: Cherylin Peniston (D) 36^th: Morgan Carroll (D) 37^th: Spencer Swalm (R) 38^th: Joe Rice (D) 39^th: David Balmer (R) 40^th: Debbie Stafford (D) 41^st: Nancy Todd (D) 42^nd: Karen Middleton (D) 43^rd: Frank McNulty (R) 44^th: Mike May (R) 45^th: Victor Mitchell (R) 46^th: Dorothy Butcher (D) 47^th: Liane McFayden (D) 48^th: Glenn Vaad (R)	49^th: Kevin Lundberg (R) 50^th: Jim Riesberg (D) 51^st: Don Marostica (R) 52^nd: John Kefalas (D) 53^rd: Randy Fischer (D) 54^th: Steve King (R) 55^th: Bernie Buescher (D) 56^th: Christine Scanlan (D) 57^th: Albert White (R) 58^th: Raymond Rose (R) 59^th: Ellen Roberts (R) 60^th: Thomas Massey (R) 61^st: Kathleen Curry (D) 62^nd: Rafael Gallegos (D) 63^rd: Cory Gardner (R) 64^th: Wesley McKinley (D) 65^th: Jerry Sonnenberg (R)
Democrat (40 seats) \| Republican (25 seats)