Biography & Current Office
Background & current office
John Hickenlooper is a Democratic U.S. senator from Colorado. His official Senate biography records an earlier career as a geologist and small-business owner, election as mayor of Denver in 2003, and service as governor of Colorado from 2011 to 2019 before entering the Senate.
The Senate’s current 119th-Congress assignment record lists Hickenlooper on Commerce, Science, and Transportation; Energy and Natural Resources; Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions; and Small Business and Entrepreneurship. He serves as ranking member of Commerce’s Consumer Protection, Technology, and Data Privacy Subcommittee and HELP’s Employment and Workplace Safety Subcommittee.
This editorial review records current office, leadership assignments and source-backed biography. Routine legislative activity and voting remain in the automatic public-record layer unless a distinct factual claim is reviewed.
Editorial research reviewed: August 20, 2026. Public-record fields continue to refresh independently from official chamber sources.
Public record
Current seat & contact information
- Chamber
- U.S. Senate
- Representation
- Colorado · Class Class II
- Party
- Democratic
- Birth date
- February 7, 1952
- Washington phone
- (202) 224-5941
- Office
- 316 Hart Senate Office Building Washington DC 20510
Committees & Leadership
Current leadership and reviewed committee roles
Leadership / institutional roles
- U.S. Senator from Colorado — service began January 2021
- Former Governor of Colorado — 2011–2019
- Ranking Member — Commerce Subcommittee on Consumer Protection, Technology, and Data Privacy
- Ranking Member — HELP Subcommittee on Employment and Workplace Safety
Reviewed committee assignments
- Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
- Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
- Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
- Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship
Recent Recorded Votes
Official recorded-vote record
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Sponsored/Cosponsored & Curated Notable Legislation
Legislation & official congressional activity
No legislation has been promoted into the curated editorial layer for this member yet. That is intentional: TrumpsMouth does not manufacture a “notable bill” merely to fill a profile.
Use the official federal records below to review sponsored legislation, roll-call activity and current office statements. TrumpsMouth will add claim-specific vote explanations only when a particular vote or legislative action is actually part of a sourced claim.
Claims & Evidence
Evidence tracker
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