Joseph Neguse

Congressman Joe Neguse represents Colorado’s 2nd Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives. Neguse was first elected in November 2018, becoming the first African American member of Congress from Colorado. He is a member of the House Judiciary Committee, the House Committee on Rules, and the House Natural Resources Committee where he serves as ranking member on the House Subcommittee on Federal Lands, a subcommittee he previously chaired in the 117th Congress. In 2022, Neguse was elected to serve as chair of the Democratic Policy and Communication Committee, making him the first Coloradan to serve in a senior elected leadership role in the house in over 85 years. Before Congress, Neguse served in the Governor of Colorado’s Cabinet as the Executive Director of Colorado’s consumer protection agency. He was one of the youngest people to serve as a state-cabinet secretary. He also served a six-year term on the University of Colorado Board of Regents and in the Colorado House of Representatives as a commissioner at Boulder Housing Partners. Neguse co-founded New Era Colorado, the state’s largest youth voter registration and mobilization nonprofit. He received his bachelor’s degree in Political Science and Economics from the University of Colorado-Boulder and received his Juris Doctor from the University of Colorado School of Law.