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dir="ltr"><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Governmental structure as established by the Constitution of the State of Colorado</div><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive 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branch</a></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Name</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Colorado_Legislature" class="mw-redirect" title="Colorado Legislature">Legislature</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Type</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Bicameral" class="mw-redirect" title="Bicameral">Bicameral</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Meeting place</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Colorado_State_Capitol" title="Colorado State Capitol">Colorado State Capitol</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><a href="/wiki/Upper_house" title="Upper house">Upper house</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Name</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Colorado_Senate" title="Colorado Senate"> Senate</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Presiding officer</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Steve_Fenberg" title="Steve Fenberg">Steve Fenberg</a>, 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class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Colorado" title="Governor of Colorado">Governor</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Currently</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Jared_Polis" title="Jared Polis">Jared Polis</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Appointer</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Election" title="Election">Election</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><a href="/wiki/Cabinet_(government)" title="Cabinet (government)">Cabinet</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Name</th><td class="infobox-data">Cabinet</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Leader</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Colorado" title="Governor of Colorado">Governor</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Deputy leader</th><td class="infobox-data">Lieutenant Governor</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Headquarters</th><td class="infobox-data">State Capitol</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="vertical-align: middle; background-color:#EBEBEB;"><a href="/wiki/Judiciary" title="Judiciary">Judicial branch</a></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Name</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Judiciary_of_Colorado" title="Judiciary of Colorado">Judiciary of Colorado</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Courts</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Courts_of_Colorado" title="Courts of Colorado">Courts of Colorado</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><a href="/wiki/Supreme_Court_of_Colorado" class="mw-redirect" title="Supreme Court of Colorado">Supreme Court of Colorado</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Chief judge</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Brian_Boatright" title="Brian Boatright">Brian Boatright</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Seat</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Denver,_Colorado" class="mw-redirect" title="Denver, Colorado"> Denver</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>Government of Colorado</b> is organized into three branches: the <a href="/wiki/Executive_branch" class="mw-redirect" title="Executive branch">executive branch</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Colorado" title="Governor of Colorado">Governor</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Legislative_branch" class="mw-redirect" title="Legislative branch">legislative branch</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Colorado_General_Assembly" title="Colorado General Assembly">General Assembly</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Judicial_branch" class="mw-redirect" title="Judicial branch">judicial branch</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Colorado_Supreme_Court" title="Colorado Supreme Court">Supreme Court</a> and lower courts. This government was created by the <a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_the_State_of_Colorado" class="mw-redirect" title="Constitution of the State of Colorado">Constitution of the State of Colorado</a>, and allows for <a href="/wiki/Direct_democracy" title="Direct democracy">direct participation</a> of the electorate by <a href="/wiki/Popular_initiative" title="Popular initiative">initiative</a>, <a href="/wiki/Referendum" title="Referendum">referendum</a>, <a href="/wiki/Recall_election" title="Recall election">recall</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ratification" title="Ratification">ratification</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Executive">Executive</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Government_of_Colorado&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Executive"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Statewide_elected_officials">Statewide elected officials</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Government_of_Colorado&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Statewide elected officials"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The five statewide elected officers are: </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1248256098">@media all and (max-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .mod-gallery{width:100%!important}}.mw-parser-output .mod-gallery{display:table}.mw-parser-output .mod-gallery-default{background:transparent;margin-top:4px}.mw-parser-output .mod-gallery-center{margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto}.mw-parser-output .mod-gallery-left{float:left}.mw-parser-output .mod-gallery-right{float:right}.mw-parser-output .mod-gallery-none{float:none}.mw-parser-output .mod-gallery-collapsible{width:100%}.mw-parser-output .mod-gallery .title,.mw-parser-output .mod-gallery .main,.mw-parser-output .mod-gallery .footer{display:table-row}.mw-parser-output .mod-gallery .title>div{display:table-cell;padding:0 4px 4px;text-align:center;font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .mod-gallery .main>div{display:table-cell}.mw-parser-output .mod-gallery .gallery{line-height:1.35em}.mw-parser-output .mod-gallery .footer>div{display:table-cell;padding:4px;text-align:right;font-size:85%;line-height:1em}.mw-parser-output .mod-gallery .title>div *,.mw-parser-output .mod-gallery .footer>div *{overflow:visible}.mw-parser-output .mod-gallery .gallerybox img{background:none!important}.mw-parser-output .mod-gallery .bordered-images .thumb img{border:solid var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0)1px}.mw-parser-output .mod-gallery .whitebg .thumb{background:var(--background-color-base,#fff)!important}</style><div class="mod-gallery mod-gallery-default"><div class="main"><div><ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional nochecker bordered-images whitebg"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 215px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 210px; height: 210px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Jared_Polis_official_photo_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Jared Polis (D) Governor"><img alt="Jared Polis (D) Governor" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/Jared_Polis_official_photo_%28cropped%29.jpg/135px-Jared_Polis_official_photo_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="135" height="180" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/Jared_Polis_official_photo_%28cropped%29.jpg/203px-Jared_Polis_official_photo_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/Jared_Polis_official_photo_%28cropped%29.jpg/271px-Jared_Polis_official_photo_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="801" data-file-height="1065" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Jared_Polis" title="Jared Polis">Jared Polis</a> (D) <br /> <b><a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Colorado" title="Governor of Colorado">Governor</a></b></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 215px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 210px; height: 210px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:2010_Official_Picture_of_Representative_Dianne_Primavera_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Dianne Primavera (D) Lieutenant Governor"><img alt="Dianne Primavera (D) Lieutenant Governor" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/2010_Official_Picture_of_Representative_Dianne_Primavera_%28cropped%29.jpg/137px-2010_Official_Picture_of_Representative_Dianne_Primavera_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="137" height="180" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/2010_Official_Picture_of_Representative_Dianne_Primavera_%28cropped%29.jpg/206px-2010_Official_Picture_of_Representative_Dianne_Primavera_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/2010_Official_Picture_of_Representative_Dianne_Primavera_%28cropped%29.jpg/274px-2010_Official_Picture_of_Representative_Dianne_Primavera_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2560" data-file-height="3361" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Dianne_Primavera" title="Dianne Primavera">Dianne Primavera</a> (D) <br /> <b><a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_Governor_of_Colorado" class="mw-redirect" title="Lieutenant Governor of Colorado">Lieutenant Governor</a></b></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 215px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 210px; height: 210px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Jena_Griswold_(cropped).JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="Jena Griswold (D) Secretary of State"><img alt="Jena Griswold (D) Secretary of State" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Jena_Griswold_%28cropped%29.JPG/124px-Jena_Griswold_%28cropped%29.JPG" decoding="async" width="124" height="180" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Jena_Griswold_%28cropped%29.JPG/185px-Jena_Griswold_%28cropped%29.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Jena_Griswold_%28cropped%29.JPG/247px-Jena_Griswold_%28cropped%29.JPG 2x" data-file-width="1409" data-file-height="2050" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Jena_Griswold" title="Jena Griswold">Jena Griswold</a> (D) <br /> <b><a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_State_of_Colorado" title="Secretary of State of Colorado">Secretary of State</a></b></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 215px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 210px; height: 210px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:AG_Phil_Weiser.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Phil Weiser (D) Attorney General"><img alt="Phil Weiser (D) Attorney General" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6c/AG_Phil_Weiser.jpg/137px-AG_Phil_Weiser.jpg" decoding="async" width="137" height="180" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6c/AG_Phil_Weiser.jpg/206px-AG_Phil_Weiser.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6c/AG_Phil_Weiser.jpg/275px-AG_Phil_Weiser.jpg 2x" data-file-width="942" data-file-height="1234" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Phil_Weiser" title="Phil Weiser">Phil Weiser</a> (D) <br /> <b><a href="/wiki/Colorado_Attorney_General" title="Colorado Attorney General">Attorney General</a></b></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 215px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 210px; height: 210px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Dave_Young_(Colorado_politician)_(cropped).JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="Dave Young (D) State Treasurer"><img alt="Dave Young (D) State Treasurer" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Dave_Young_%28Colorado_politician%29_%28cropped%29.JPG/140px-Dave_Young_%28Colorado_politician%29_%28cropped%29.JPG" decoding="async" width="140" height="180" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Dave_Young_%28Colorado_politician%29_%28cropped%29.JPG/210px-Dave_Young_%28Colorado_politician%29_%28cropped%29.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Dave_Young_%28Colorado_politician%29_%28cropped%29.JPG/280px-Dave_Young_%28Colorado_politician%29_%28cropped%29.JPG 2x" data-file-width="996" data-file-height="1280" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Dave_Young_(Colorado_politician)" title="Dave Young (Colorado politician)">Dave Young</a> (D) <br /> <b><a href="/wiki/Colorado_State_Treasurer" title="Colorado State Treasurer">State Treasurer</a></b></div> </li> </ul></div></div></div> <p>The Lieutenant Governor is elected on a <a href="/wiki/Ticket_(election)" title="Ticket (election)">ticket</a> with the Governor. All statewide elected officers serve four-year terms. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Other_elected_executive_branch_officials">Other elected executive branch officials</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Government_of_Colorado&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Other elected executive branch officials"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>There are also elected members of the <a href="/wiki/Colorado_State_Board_of_Education" title="Colorado State Board of Education">Colorado State Board of Education</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Regents_of_the_University_of_Colorado" title="Regents of the University of Colorado">Regents of the University of Colorado</a> are elected from districts coterminous with <a href="/wiki/Colorado%27s_congressional_districts" title="Colorado's congressional districts">Colorado's congressional districts</a> or <a href="/wiki/At-large" title="At-large">at large</a>. As a result, the Governor does not have direct management authority over either the <a href="/wiki/Colorado_Department_of_Education" title="Colorado Department of Education">Department of Education</a> or any of the state's institutions of higher education. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Principal_departments_of_the_executive_branch">Principal departments of the executive branch</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Government_of_Colorado&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Principal departments of the executive branch"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The executive branch is otherwise composed of the principal departments:<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Colorado_Department_of_Agriculture" title="Colorado Department of Agriculture">Department of Agriculture</a> (CDA) <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Colorado_State_Capitol_Annex_Building.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/Colorado_State_Capitol_Annex_Building.JPG/220px-Colorado_State_Capitol_Annex_Building.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="167" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/Colorado_State_Capitol_Annex_Building.JPG/330px-Colorado_State_Capitol_Annex_Building.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/Colorado_State_Capitol_Annex_Building.JPG/440px-Colorado_State_Capitol_Annex_Building.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2977" data-file-height="2257" /></a><figcaption>The State Capitol Annex in Denver</figcaption></figure></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colorado_Department_of_Corrections" title="Colorado Department of Corrections">Department of Corrections</a> (CDOC)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colorado_Department_of_Early_Childhood" title="Colorado Department of Early Childhood">Department of Early Childhood</a> (CDEC)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colorado_Department_of_Education" title="Colorado Department of Education">Department of Education</a> (CDE)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colorado_Department_of_Health_Care_Policy_and_Financing" title="Colorado Department of Health Care Policy and Financing">Department of Health Care Policy and Financing</a> (HCPF)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colorado_Department_of_Higher_Education" title="Colorado Department of Higher Education">Department of Higher Education</a> (CDHE)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colorado_Department_of_Human_Services" title="Colorado Department of Human Services">Department of Human Services</a> (CDHS)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colorado_Department_of_Labor_and_Employment" title="Colorado Department of Labor and Employment">Department of Labor and Employment</a> (CDLE)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colorado_Department_of_Law" class="mw-redirect" title="Colorado Department of Law">Department of Law</a> (DOL)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colorado_Department_of_Local_Affairs" title="Colorado Department of Local Affairs">Department of Local Affairs</a> (DOLA)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colorado_Department_of_Military_and_Veterans_Affairs" title="Colorado Department of Military and Veterans Affairs">Department of Military and Veterans Affairs</a> (DMVA)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colorado_Department_of_Natural_Resources" title="Colorado Department of Natural Resources">Department of Natural Resources</a> (CDNR) <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:One_Civic_Center_Plaza,_NE_corner.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/One_Civic_Center_Plaza%2C_NE_corner.jpg/220px-One_Civic_Center_Plaza%2C_NE_corner.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/One_Civic_Center_Plaza%2C_NE_corner.jpg/330px-One_Civic_Center_Plaza%2C_NE_corner.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/One_Civic_Center_Plaza%2C_NE_corner.jpg/440px-One_Civic_Center_Plaza%2C_NE_corner.jpg 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="600" /></a><figcaption>One Civic Center Plaza in Denver</figcaption></figure></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colorado_Department_of_Personnel_and_Administration" title="Colorado Department of Personnel and Administration">Department of Personnel and Administration</a> (DPA)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colorado_Department_of_Public_Health_and_Environment" title="Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment">Department of Public Health and Environment</a> (CDPHE)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colorado_Department_of_Public_Safety" title="Colorado Department of Public Safety">Department of Public Safety</a> (CDPS)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colorado_Department_of_Regulatory_Agencies" title="Colorado Department of Regulatory Agencies">Department of Regulatory Agencies</a> (DORA)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colorado_Department_of_Revenue" title="Colorado Department of Revenue">Department of Revenue</a> (DOR)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colorado_Department_of_State" class="mw-redirect" title="Colorado Department of State">Department of State</a> (DOS)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colorado_Department_of_Transportation" title="Colorado Department of Transportation">Department of Transportation</a> (CDOT)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colorado_Department_of_the_Treasury" class="mw-redirect" title="Colorado Department of the Treasury">Department of the Treasury</a> (CDT)</li></ul> <p>Regulations are published in the <i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Colorado_Register&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Colorado Register (page does not exist)">Colorado Register</a></i> and codified in the <i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Code_of_Colorado_Regulations&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Code of Colorado Regulations (page does not exist)">Code of Colorado Regulations</a></i> (CCR). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Legislature">Legislature</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Government_of_Colorado&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Legislature"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Coloradocapitolhill2.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Coloradocapitolhill2.JPG/220px-Coloradocapitolhill2.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="145" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Coloradocapitolhill2.JPG/330px-Coloradocapitolhill2.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Coloradocapitolhill2.JPG/440px-Coloradocapitolhill2.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2982" data-file-height="1960" /></a><figcaption>The <a href="/wiki/Colorado_State_Capitol" title="Colorado State Capitol">Colorado State Capitol</a> in <a href="/wiki/Denver" title="Denver">Denver</a>.</figcaption></figure> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Colorado_General_Assembly" title="Colorado General Assembly">Colorado General Assembly</a></div> <p>The legislative body of Colorado is the <a href="/wiki/Colorado_General_Assembly" title="Colorado General Assembly">Colorado General Assembly</a> made up of two houses, the <a href="/wiki/Colorado_House_of_Representatives" title="Colorado House of Representatives">House of Representatives</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Colorado_Senate" title="Colorado Senate">Colorado Senate</a>. Members of the House are elected for two year terms from single-member, equal population districts. Approximately half of the members of the state senate are elected each two years to four year terms from single-member, equal population districts. The House of Representatives has 65 members and the Senate has 35 for a total of 100 legislators in Colorado.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (February 2013)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> The <a href="/wiki/Session_laws" title="Session laws">session laws</a> are published in the <i><a href="/wiki/Session_Laws_of_Colorado" class="mw-redirect" title="Session Laws of Colorado">Session Laws of Colorado</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-legislativeresearch_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-legislativeresearch-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The laws of a general and permanent nature are <a href="/wiki/Codification_(law)" title="Codification (law)">codified</a> in the <i><a href="/wiki/Colorado_Revised_Statutes" title="Colorado Revised Statutes">Colorado Revised Statutes</a></i> (C.R.S.).<sup id="cite_ref-legislativeresearch_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-legislativeresearch-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Direct_democracy">Direct democracy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Government_of_Colorado&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Direct democracy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In addition to providing for <a href="/wiki/Voting" title="Voting">voting</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the people of Colorado have reserved to themselves the: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Popular_initiative" title="Popular initiative">initiative</a> of laws,<sup id="cite_ref-const_v_1_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-const_v_1-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Referendum" title="Referendum">referendum</a> of other legislative acts,<sup id="cite_ref-const_v_1_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-const_v_1-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Recall_election" title="Recall election">recall</a> of office holders.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Judiciary">Judiciary</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Government_of_Colorado&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Judiciary"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Judiciary_of_Colorado" title="Judiciary of Colorado">judiciary of Colorado</a></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Judiciary_of_Colorado" title="Judiciary of Colorado">judiciary of Colorado</a> is defined by Article VI of the <a href="/wiki/Colorado_Constitution" class="mw-redirect" title="Colorado Constitution">Colorado Constitution</a> as well as the <a href="/wiki/Law_of_Colorado" title="Law of Colorado">law of Colorado</a>. The administration of the state judicial system is the responsibility of the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Chief_Justice_of_the_Colorado_Supreme_Court&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chief Justice of the Colorado Supreme Court (page does not exist)">Chief Justice of the Colorado Supreme Court</a> as its executive head, and is assisted by several other commissions. Colorado courts include the: </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Colorado_Supreme_Court_courtroom.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Colorado_Supreme_Court_courtroom.JPG/220px-Colorado_Supreme_Court_courtroom.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Colorado_Supreme_Court_courtroom.JPG/330px-Colorado_Supreme_Court_courtroom.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Colorado_Supreme_Court_courtroom.JPG/440px-Colorado_Supreme_Court_courtroom.JPG 2x" data-file-width="5184" data-file-height="3888" /></a><figcaption>The Colorado Supreme Court courtroom in Denver</figcaption></figure> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Colorado_Supreme_Court" title="Colorado Supreme Court">Colorado Supreme Court</a>,</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colorado_Court_of_Appeals" title="Colorado Court of Appeals">Colorado Court of Appeals</a>,</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colorado_district_courts" title="Colorado district courts">Colorado district courts</a>,</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colorado_county_courts" title="Colorado county courts">Colorado county courts</a>,</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colorado_water_courts" title="Colorado water courts">Colorado water courts</a>,</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Colorado_municipal_courts&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Colorado municipal courts (page does not exist)">Colorado municipal courts</a>.</li></ul> <p>All of the courts above, other than municipal courts and Denver's county court, are part of the state court system. In <a href="/wiki/Denver" title="Denver">Denver</a>, county and municipal courts are integrated and are not part of the state court system for administrative purposes, and the Denver Probate Court and the Denver Juvenile Court have <a href="/wiki/Jurisdiction" title="Jurisdiction">jurisdiction</a> over probate and juvenile matters, respectively. Outside Denver, these matters are within the jurisdiction of the district courts. </p><p>Most crimes in Colorado are prosecuted by a <a href="/wiki/District_attorney" title="District attorney">district attorney</a>. One district attorney is elected for each of the state's 22 judicial districts in a partisan election. The <a href="/wiki/State_attorney_general" title="State attorney general">state attorney general</a> also has power to prosecute certain crimes, and in rare circumstances a <a href="/wiki/Special_prosecutor" class="mw-redirect" title="Special prosecutor">special prosecutor</a> may be appointed to prosecute a crime on a case by case basis. Municipal ordinance violations are prosecuted by <a href="/wiki/City_attorney" title="City attorney">city attorneys</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Local_government">Local government</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Government_of_Colorado&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Local government"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main articles: <a href="/wiki/List_of_counties_in_Colorado" title="List of counties in Colorado">List of counties in Colorado</a> and <a href="/wiki/List_of_municipalities_in_Colorado" title="List of municipalities in Colorado">List of municipalities in Colorado</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Denver,_CO,_City_and_County_Building_IMG_5541.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Denver%2C_CO%2C_City_and_County_Building_IMG_5541.JPG/220px-Denver%2C_CO%2C_City_and_County_Building_IMG_5541.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Denver%2C_CO%2C_City_and_County_Building_IMG_5541.JPG/330px-Denver%2C_CO%2C_City_and_County_Building_IMG_5541.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Denver%2C_CO%2C_City_and_County_Building_IMG_5541.JPG/440px-Denver%2C_CO%2C_City_and_County_Building_IMG_5541.JPG 2x" data-file-width="4000" data-file-height="3000" /></a><figcaption>The <a href="/wiki/Denver_City_and_County_Building" title="Denver City and County Building">Denver City and County Building</a>.</figcaption></figure> <p>Colorado is divided into <a href="/wiki/List_of_counties_in_Colorado" title="List of counties in Colorado">64 counties</a>, two of which (<a href="/wiki/Pitkin_County" class="mw-redirect" title="Pitkin County">Pitkin</a> and <a href="/wiki/Weld_County" class="mw-redirect" title="Weld County">Weld</a>) are home rule. Counties are important units of government in Colorado since the state has no secondary civil subdivisions, such as <a href="/wiki/Township" title="Township">townships</a>. Two of these counties, the <a href="/wiki/Denver" title="Denver">City and County of Denver</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Broomfield,_Colorado" title="Broomfield, Colorado">City and County of Broomfield</a>, have <a href="/wiki/Consolidated_city-county" title="Consolidated city-county">consolidated city and county governments</a>. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/List_of_municipalities_in_Colorado" title="List of municipalities in Colorado">273 Colorado municipalities</a> operate under one of five types of municipal governing authority:<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li>2 <a href="/wiki/List_of_municipalities_in_Colorado#Consolidated_city_and_county" title="List of municipalities in Colorado">consolidated city and county governments</a> (Broomfield and Denver)</li> <li>102 cities and towns that are <a href="/wiki/Home_rule_in_the_United_States" title="Home rule in the United States">home rule</a> <a href="/wiki/List_of_municipalities_in_Colorado#Home_rule_municipality" title="List of municipalities in Colorado">municipalities</a></li> <li>11 <a href="/wiki/General-law_municipality" title="General-law municipality">statutory</a> <a href="/wiki/List_of_municipalities_in_Colorado#Statutory_city" title="List of municipalities in Colorado">cities</a></li> <li>157 statutory <a href="/wiki/List_of_municipalities_in_Colorado#Statutory_town" title="List of municipalities in Colorado">towns</a></li> <li>1 <a href="/wiki/List_of_municipalities_in_Colorado#Territorial_charter_municipality" title="List of municipalities in Colorado">territorial charter municipality</a> (<a href="/wiki/Georgetown,_Colorado" title="Georgetown, Colorado">Georgetown</a>)</li></ul> <p>A municipality may extend into multiple counties. There are no <a href="/wiki/Township" title="Township">township</a> governments in Colorado, but there are more than 4,000 <a href="/wiki/Special_district_(United_States)" title="Special district (United States)">special districts</a>. See <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://dola.colorado.gov/lgis/lgActiveAlpha.jsf">Active Colorado Local Governments</a>. </p><p>Other political subdivisions include the University of Colorado Hospital Authority, which provides patient care through <a href="/wiki/UCHealth" title="UCHealth">UCHealth</a> (University of Colorado Health), and the Denver Health And Hospital Authority (<a href="/wiki/Denver_Health" class="mw-redirect" title="Denver Health">Denver Health</a>), which operates a hospital south of downtown Denver among other facilities. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Other_governments">Other governments</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Government_of_Colorado&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Other governments"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>There are two <a href="/wiki/Federally_recognized_tribes" class="mw-redirect" title="Federally recognized tribes">federally recognized tribes</a> in Colorado: the <a href="/wiki/Southern_Ute_Indian_Reservation" title="Southern Ute Indian Reservation">Southern Ute Indian Tribe</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Ute_Mountain_Ute_Tribe" title="Ute Mountain Ute Tribe">Ute Mountain Ute Tribe</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> There are no other known <a href="/wiki/State-recognized_tribes_in_the_United_States" title="State-recognized tribes in the United States">state-recognized tribes</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Government_of_Colorado&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style 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id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Constitution of Colorado, article IV, § 22; C.R.S. § 24-1-110.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-legislativeresearch-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-legislativeresearch_2-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-legislativeresearch_2-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration 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style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_municipalities_in_Colorado" title="List of municipalities in Colorado">Cities</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Alamosa,_Colorado" title="Alamosa, Colorado">Alamosa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arvada,_Colorado" title="Arvada, Colorado">Arvada</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aspen,_Colorado" title="Aspen, Colorado">Aspen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aurora,_Colorado" title="Aurora, Colorado">Aurora</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Black_Hawk,_Colorado" title="Black Hawk, Colorado">Black Hawk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boulder,_Colorado" title="Boulder, Colorado">Boulder</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brighton,_Colorado" title="Brighton, Colorado">Brighton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Broomfield,_Colorado" title="Broomfield, Colorado">Broomfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brush,_Colorado" title="Brush, Colorado">Brush</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Burlington,_Colorado" title="Burlington, Colorado">Burlington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ca%C3%B1on_City,_Colorado" title="Cañon City, Colorado">Cañon City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Castle_Pines,_Colorado" title="Castle Pines, Colorado">Castle Pines</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Centennial,_Colorado" title="Centennial, Colorado">Centennial</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Central_City,_Colorado" title="Central City, Colorado">Central City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cherry_Hills_Village,_Colorado" title="Cherry Hills Village, Colorado">Cherry Hills Village</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colorado_Springs,_Colorado" title="Colorado Springs, Colorado">Colorado Springs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Commerce_City,_Colorado" title="Commerce City, Colorado">Commerce City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cortez,_Colorado" title="Cortez, Colorado">Cortez</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Craig,_Colorado" title="Craig, Colorado">Craig</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cripple_Creek,_Colorado" title="Cripple Creek, Colorado">Cripple Creek</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dacono,_Colorado" title="Dacono, Colorado">Dacono</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Delta,_Colorado" title="Delta, Colorado">Delta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Denver" title="Denver">Denver</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Durango,_Colorado" title="Durango, Colorado">Durango</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edgewater,_Colorado" title="Edgewater, Colorado">Edgewater</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Englewood,_Colorado" title="Englewood, Colorado">Englewood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Evans,_Colorado" title="Evans, Colorado">Evans</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Federal_Heights,_Colorado" title="Federal Heights, Colorado">Federal Heights</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Florence,_Colorado" title="Florence, Colorado">Florence</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fort_Collins,_Colorado" title="Fort Collins, Colorado">Fort Collins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fort_Lupton,_Colorado" title="Fort Lupton, Colorado">Fort Lupton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fort_Morgan,_Colorado" title="Fort Morgan, Colorado">Fort Morgan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fountain,_Colorado" title="Fountain, Colorado">Fountain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fruita,_Colorado" title="Fruita, Colorado">Fruita</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glendale,_Colorado" title="Glendale, Colorado">Glendale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glenwood_Springs,_Colorado" title="Glenwood Springs, Colorado">Glenwood Springs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Golden,_Colorado" title="Golden, Colorado">Golden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grand_Junction,_Colorado" title="Grand Junction, Colorado">Grand Junction</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greeley,_Colorado" title="Greeley, Colorado">Greeley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greenwood_Village,_Colorado" title="Greenwood Village, Colorado">Greenwood Village</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gunnison,_Colorado" title="Gunnison, Colorado">Gunnison</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Holyoke,_Colorado" title="Holyoke, Colorado">Holyoke</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Idaho_Springs,_Colorado" title="Idaho Springs, Colorado">Idaho Springs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/La_Junta,_Colorado" title="La Junta, Colorado">La Junta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lafayette,_Colorado" title="Lafayette, Colorado">Lafayette</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lakewood,_Colorado" title="Lakewood, Colorado">Lakewood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lamar,_Colorado" title="Lamar, Colorado">Lamar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Las_Animas,_Colorado" title="Las Animas, Colorado">Las Animas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leadville,_Colorado" title="Leadville, Colorado">Leadville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Littleton,_Colorado" title="Littleton, Colorado">Littleton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lone_Tree,_Colorado" title="Lone Tree, Colorado">Lone Tree</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Longmont,_Colorado" title="Longmont, Colorado">Longmont</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Louisville,_Colorado" title="Louisville, Colorado">Louisville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Loveland,_Colorado" title="Loveland, Colorado">Loveland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manitou_Springs,_Colorado" title="Manitou Springs, Colorado">Manitou Springs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Monte_Vista,_Colorado" title="Monte Vista, Colorado">Monte Vista</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Montrose,_Colorado" title="Montrose, Colorado">Montrose</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northglenn,_Colorado" title="Northglenn, Colorado">Northglenn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ouray,_Colorado" title="Ouray, Colorado">Ouray</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pueblo,_Colorado" title="Pueblo, Colorado">Pueblo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rifle,_Colorado" title="Rifle, Colorado">Rifle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rocky_Ford,_Colorado" title="Rocky Ford, Colorado">Rocky Ford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Salida,_Colorado" title="Salida, Colorado">Salida</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sheridan,_Colorado" title="Sheridan, Colorado">Sheridan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steamboat_Springs,_Colorado" title="Steamboat Springs, Colorado">Steamboat Springs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sterling,_Colorado" title="Sterling, Colorado">Sterling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thornton,_Colorado" title="Thornton, Colorado">Thornton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trinidad,_Colorado" title="Trinidad, Colorado">Trinidad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Victor,_Colorado" title="Victor, Colorado">Victor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Walsenburg,_Colorado" title="Walsenburg, Colorado">Walsenburg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Westminster,_Colorado" title="Westminster, Colorado">Westminster</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wheat_Ridge,_Colorado" title="Wheat Ridge, Colorado">Wheat Ridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Woodland_Park,_Colorado" title="Woodland Park, Colorado">Woodland Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wray,_Colorado" title="Wray, Colorado">Wray</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yuma,_Colorado" title="Yuma, Colorado">Yuma</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_counties_in_Colorado" title="List of counties in Colorado">Counties</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Adams_County,_Colorado" title="Adams County, Colorado">Adams</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alamosa_County,_Colorado" title="Alamosa County, Colorado">Alamosa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arapahoe_County,_Colorado" title="Arapahoe County, Colorado">Arapahoe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Archuleta_County,_Colorado" title="Archuleta County, Colorado">Archuleta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Baca_County,_Colorado" title="Baca County, Colorado">Baca</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bent_County,_Colorado" title="Bent County, Colorado">Bent</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boulder_County,_Colorado" title="Boulder County, Colorado">Boulder</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Broomfield,_Colorado" title="Broomfield, Colorado">Broomfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chaffee_County,_Colorado" title="Chaffee County, Colorado">Chaffee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cheyenne_County,_Colorado" title="Cheyenne County, Colorado">Cheyenne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clear_Creek_County,_Colorado" title="Clear Creek County, Colorado">Clear Creek</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Conejos_County,_Colorado" title="Conejos County, Colorado">Conejos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Costilla_County,_Colorado" title="Costilla County, Colorado">Costilla</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crowley_County,_Colorado" title="Crowley County, Colorado">Crowley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Custer_County,_Colorado" title="Custer County, Colorado">Custer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Delta_County,_Colorado" title="Delta County, Colorado">Delta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Denver" title="Denver">Denver</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dolores_County,_Colorado" title="Dolores County, Colorado">Dolores</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Douglas_County,_Colorado" title="Douglas County, Colorado">Douglas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eagle_County,_Colorado" title="Eagle County, Colorado">Eagle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/El_Paso_County,_Colorado" title="El Paso County, Colorado">El Paso</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elbert_County,_Colorado" title="Elbert County, Colorado">Elbert</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fremont_County,_Colorado" title="Fremont County, Colorado">Fremont</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Garfield_County,_Colorado" title="Garfield County, Colorado">Garfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gilpin_County,_Colorado" title="Gilpin County, Colorado">Gilpin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grand_County,_Colorado" title="Grand County, Colorado">Grand</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gunnison_County,_Colorado" title="Gunnison County, Colorado">Gunnison</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hinsdale_County,_Colorado" title="Hinsdale County, Colorado">Hinsdale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Huerfano_County,_Colorado" title="Huerfano County, Colorado">Huerfano</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jackson_County,_Colorado" title="Jackson County, Colorado">Jackson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jefferson_County,_Colorado" title="Jefferson County, Colorado">Jefferson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kiowa_County,_Colorado" title="Kiowa County, Colorado">Kiowa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kit_Carson_County,_Colorado" title="Kit Carson County, Colorado">Kit Carson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/La_Plata_County,_Colorado" title="La Plata County, Colorado">La Plata</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lake_County,_Colorado" title="Lake County, Colorado">Lake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Larimer_County,_Colorado" title="Larimer County, Colorado">Larimer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Las_Animas_County,_Colorado" title="Las Animas County, Colorado">Las Animas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lincoln_County,_Colorado" title="Lincoln County, Colorado">Lincoln</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Logan_County,_Colorado" title="Logan County, Colorado">Logan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mesa_County,_Colorado" title="Mesa County, Colorado">Mesa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mineral_County,_Colorado" title="Mineral County, Colorado">Mineral</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moffat_County,_Colorado" title="Moffat County, Colorado">Moffat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Montezuma_County,_Colorado" title="Montezuma County, Colorado">Montezuma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Montrose_County,_Colorado" title="Montrose County, Colorado">Montrose</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Morgan_County,_Colorado" title="Morgan County, Colorado">Morgan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Otero_County,_Colorado" title="Otero County, Colorado">Otero</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ouray_County,_Colorado" title="Ouray County, Colorado">Ouray</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Park_County,_Colorado" title="Park County, Colorado">Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Phillips_County,_Colorado" title="Phillips County, Colorado">Phillips</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pitkin_County,_Colorado" title="Pitkin County, Colorado">Pitkin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prowers_County,_Colorado" title="Prowers County, Colorado">Prowers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pueblo_County,_Colorado" class="mw-redirect" title="Pueblo County, Colorado">Pueblo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rio_Blanco_County,_Colorado" title="Rio Blanco County, Colorado">Rio Blanco</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rio_Grande_County,_Colorado" title="Rio Grande County, Colorado">Rio Grande</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Routt_County,_Colorado" title="Routt County, Colorado">Routt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saguache_County,_Colorado" title="Saguache County, Colorado">Saguache</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/San_Juan_County,_Colorado" title="San Juan County, Colorado">San Juan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/San_Miguel_County,_Colorado" title="San Miguel County, Colorado">San Miguel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sedgwick_County,_Colorado" title="Sedgwick County, Colorado">Sedgwick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Summit_County,_Colorado" title="Summit County, Colorado">Summit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Teller_County,_Colorado" title="Teller County, Colorado">Teller</a></li> <li><a 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