Andrew Romanoff

Infobox State Representative
name = Andrew Romanoff


state_house = Colorado
state = Colorado
district = 6th

Harlan Andrew Romanoff is a Democratic politician and the current Speaker of the Colorado House of Representatives.

Romanoff has been in the Colorado House of Representatives since 2000 and has been reelected three times. He is the first Democrat to hold the Speaker's post since 1975. Before becoming Speaker he was the minority leader of the State House. He currently represents House District 6 in the Colorado General Assembly. When the legislature is not in session, he teaches at the Community College of Aurora. Romanoff was considered by many to be a possible Democratic candidate for Governor of Colorado in 2006, but announced in late 2005 that that he would not seek the Democratic nomination for Governor. Romanoff is term limited as of 2008.

Romanoff has an undergraduate degree from Yale and a Master's degree in Public Policy from John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. He is currently pursuing a law degree at University of Denver Sturm College of Law. He is the second youngest Speaker of the House in Colorado history.

He is widely credited as the author of Referendum C, a major fiscal initiative approved by Colorado voters in 2005.

Romanoff has a Democratic mother and a Republican father, a twin sister, and a border collie named Zorro. Romanoff's full name is Harlan Andrew Romanoff but he prefers to be known by his middle name.

ee also

*Colorado House of Representatives
*Colorado General Assembly

References

* [http://www.andrewromanoff.com/ www.andrewromanoff.com]
* [http://www.draftromanoff.com/ www.draftromanoff.com]