Joe Neguse Pulls Off an 80-Year First

Rep. Joe Neguse (D-Boulderish)

As Ernest Luning experiences for the publication formerly identified as the Colorado Statesman:

U.S. Rep. Joe Neguse won election to direct the Residence Democrats’ messaging arm, placing the Lafayette Democrat in the No. 5 elected location on his party’s management workforce in the chamber.

Neguse was elected with no opposition as chairman of the House Democratic Plan and Communications Committee, a newly made place that will make the 38-12 months-old the most senior member of the chamber’s leadership from the Colorado delegation in much more than eight decades. [Pols emphasis]

Luning talked extra with Neguse about his new title:

Neguse informed Colorado Politics that he intends to go after an aggressive legislative agenda in the approaching Congress.

“It’s 1 of the quite a few explanations why I made a decision to run again to serve in Home management and to serve in this particular potential — to be in the place as we make conclusions that finally will affect every single American, which include the just about 6 million Coloradans that are living in our fantastic point out and the a lot of other individuals in our area,” Neguse stated.

“Fighting for the American West and combating for our state is normally and will normally be my North Star, and that’s some thing that I consider pretty severely, I’m hopeful that we’ll be capable to continue to convey that variety of technique via this new function.”

Neguse is the greatest-position Member of Congress from Colorado given that Edward Taylor, who served as Chairman of the Appropriations Committee and Democratic Caucus Chair.