Michael Bennet
Senator
Address: 261 Russell Senate Office Building Washington, DC 20510
Phone: (202) 224-5852
DOB: 1964
Gender:
Party: D
Entered office: 2009-01-21
Term end: 2023-01-03
Biography:
Michael Bennet, a Senator from Colorado; born in New Delhi, India, November 28, 1964; B.A., Wesleyan University, Middletown, Conn., 1987; J.D., Yale Law School, 1993, editor-in-chief of the Yale Law Journal; counsel to U.S. deputy attorney general 1995-1997; special assistant U.S. attorney, Conn., 1997; managing director, Anschutz Investment Co. 1997-2003; chief of staff to Mayor of Denver, Colo., 2003-2005; Superintendent, Denver Public Schools 2005-2009; appointed January 21, 2009, to the United States Senate for the term ending January 3, 2011, to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Kenneth L. Salazar; took the oath of office on January 22, 2009; elected to the U.S. Senate in 2010 for the term ending January 3, 2017; chair, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (2013-2014).