REP. JOE NEGUSE (D-CO)
Joseph D. Neguse; born May 13, 1984) is an American politician serving as the U.S. Representative for Colorado’s 2nd congressional district since 2019. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously was a Regent of the University of Colorado from 2008 to 2015. Neguse is the first Eritrean-American elected to the United States Congress and Colorado’s first congressman of African descent.
Neguse’s parents immigrated to the United States from Eritrea. They met while living in Bakersfield, California, where they married and had Joe and his younger sister. The family moved to Colorado when he was six years old. After living in Aurora, Littleton, and Highlands Ranch, the family settled in Boulder. Neguse graduated from ThunderRidge High School, the University of Colorado Boulder with a bachelor’s degree in political science and economics in 2005, and the University of Colorado Law School with his Juris Doctor in 2009.
