| Senator Jessie Danielson represents District 22 in the Colorado State Senate, located in Jefferson County, serving in her second term. She currently serves as Chair of the Business, Labor, & Technology Committee and as Vice Chair of the Agriculture & Natural Resources Committee.
Before her election to the Senate in November 2018, Senator Danielson served two terms in the Colorado House of Representatives. In her second term as a state representative, she served as Speaker Pro Tem. During her tenure in the state legislature, Jessie passed the Equal Pay for Equal Work Act, the Farmworker Bill of Rights, as well as many bills to fight wage theft and support workers' rights, promote Older Coloradans' independence and protect them from abuse, support veterans, promote equality for people with disabilities, raise educator pay, legalize rain barrels, ban the use of Native American mascots, establish the state Office of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Relatives (MMIR), and much more.
Before serving in elected office, Jessie was the Colorado State Director for America Votes. Prior to America Votes, Senator Danielson worked as Political Director for NARAL Pro-Choice Colorado. She was also a housing coordinator for Connections for Independent Living, a nonprofit organization that helps individuals with disabilities lead full and independent lives.
A fourth-generation Coloradan, Senator Danielson grew up on her family's farm near Ault in Weld County. She earned a bachelor's degree from the University of Colorado Boulder. She and her husband, Andy, live in Wheat Ridge with their daughter, Isabelle, and their baby son, Callum. |