Nearly two-thirds of the House's 65 members will be women, many of them people of color.
Nearly two-thirds of the House’s 65 members will be women, many of them people of color. And for the first time in the state’s history, the House’s top three leadership positions will all be held by women.
In hindsight, having female leaders in a caucus that’s dominated by women seems inevitable, said Bacon, a Denver Democrat elected as House assistant majority leader in November. But it was intentional. It took work, she said. “And so in that way, we built it to be inevitable.” “The three of us in the top leadership seats in the House, I believe that we’ve created an environment where those voices that have often been marginalized can be not only heard but recognized in our policymaking,” McCluskie said. “A diversity of voices, a diversity of opinions, I think is incredibly important to solving the problems that we face as a state.”
McCluskie said three of the party’s priorities for this year — housing, health care and child care — were women’s and family priorities. The party’s victories in November, Duran said, showed that Colorado voters are in step with those goals, too. There are layers beneath the surface-level diversity, too, Duran and Bacon said. Duran brings the perspective of a Latina woman, “a domestic violence survivor and a homeless mom.” Bacon said her role in leadership will bring a new, emphasized voice on criminal justice to the top of legislative debates. She pointed to the fentanyl bill passed last year — which, among other things, tightened criminal penalties for possessing certain amounts of the drug.
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