Jared Polis is the Governor of Colorado. He assumed office on January 8, 2019. His current term ends on January 12, 2027. Polis earned a bachelor's degree in politics from Princeton University in 1996, where he was a member of the student government, Model Congress, and the Princeton Juggling Club. He founded several businesses in the late 1990s, including an internet service company, an electronic greeting card service called BlueMountain.com, and an online florist called ProFlowers. Polis first ran for office in 2000, when he was elected to a six-year term on the Colorado State Board of Education. In 2008, Polis won election to the U.S. House representing Colorado's 2nd Congressional District. He was re-elected to four subsequent terms and was the sole Democratic member of the House Liberty Caucus. In 2018, Polis became the first openly gay man elected as governor in U.S. history, winning the election 53.4%-42.8%. Reason Magazine's Nick Gillespie wrote in 2022 that Polis "might be the most libertarian governor in America" because he supported "abortion rights, school choice, letting kids play unsupervised, an end to COVID-19 overreach, and an income tax rate of 'zero.'" Polis said, "The less government intervention in our private lives, the better.
