Chris Hansen

Chris Hansen DEMDemocrat

State Senator, District 31

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Chris HansenDEMDemocrat State Senator, District 31
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COResidence (state)

Christopher Joshi Hansen (born Christopher Craig Hansen; June 16, 1975) is an American politician who serves in the Colorado Senate from the 31st as a member of the Democratic Party since 2020. Prior to his service in the state senate he served in the Colorado House of Representatives from the 6th district from 2017 to 2020. Hansen was born in Lincoln, Nebraska, and raised in Goodland, Kansas. He graduated from Kansas State University, University of the Witwatersrand, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and Linacre College, Oxford. He started working at Cambridge Energy Research Associates in 2005. Hansen was elected to the state house in the 2016 election and was reelected in the 2018 election. During his tenure in the state house he served as the chair of the Appropriations committee. A vacancy committee selected him to replace Lois Court in the state senate in 2020, and was elected in the following election. He was an unsuccessful candidate in the 2023 Denver mayoral election.

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Education6 - 6 of 4
University of Oxford
PhD Economic Geography
2003 - 2008
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
MS Technology Policy
2000 - 2002
University of the Witwatersrand
Graduated Civil Engineering
1999 - 1999
Kansas State University
BS Nuclear Engineering
1993 - 1998
Past Positions1 - 7 of 7
Senator
Colorado State Senate
2021 - Current
Representative
Colorado State House of Representatives
2017 - 2020
Associate Director
IHS Markit
2005 - 2015
Teacher
University of Colorado
Current
Co-Founder
Colorado Energy & Water Institute
2017 - Current
Research Fellow
Oxford Institute for Energy Studies
2002 - 2005
Analyst
NIST
1998 - 2000
Other Experience1 - 15 of 15
Member
Advisory Board, University of Colorado at Denver Business School
Current
Member
Executive Committee, Central City Opera Board
Current
Member
NewDEAL (Developing Exceptional American Leaders)
2019
Board Secretary
Executive Committee, Denver Metro Chamber Leadership Foundation
2012 - Current
Co-Chair
Colorado Energy Coalition
2012 - Current
Mentor
Denver Kids, Incorporated
2011 - Current
Former Chair
Joint Interim Study Committee on Energy Legislation Review, Colorado State House of Representatives
Former Chair
Appropriations Committee, Colorado State House of Representatives
Former Member
Capital Development Committee, Colorado State House of Representatives
Former Member
Joint Budget Committee
Former Member
Agriculture, Livestock, and Natural Resources Committee, Colorado State House of Representatives
Former Member
Transportation and Energy Committee, Colorado State House of Representatives
Member
Appropriations Committee
Member
Executive Committee of the Legislative Council
Member
Joint Technology Committee
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