Joe Neguse
U.S. Representative for Colorado
Joseph D. Neguse was born in May 1984 in Bakersfield, California, but grew up in Colorado. He earned an undergraduate degree and a Juris Doctor from the University of Colorado, Boulder. He moved west and worked in Wyoming at the state legislative services offices. He earned a Juris Doctor degree from the University of Wyoming College of Law. He served as an assistant to a member of the Colorado House.
Neguse was elected to the Board of Regents of the University of Colorado. He ran unsuccessfully for Colorado secretary of state before being appointed to the Colorado Department of Regulatory Agencies by the governor. He ran for the U.S. House of Representatives and won in 2018. He has been reelected three times. He succeeded Jim Clyburn as House assistant party leader in March 2024.
Neguse is married to Andrea, and they have two children. He is a Protestant.
In the News…
Colorado Representative Joe Neguse announced a legislative agenda this month entitled “End Corruption Now,” to address corruption at the highest levels of U.S. government. Six of his House colleagues supported the agenda by introducing various measures to prohibit members of Congress from becoming lobbyists or members of corporate boards after leaving public office, holding or trading individual stocks during their tenure (immediate family members as well), and defining “official acts” by public officials.
Congressman Neguse said, “The time for this corruption to end is now. We must clean up government for future generations and ensure our government is serving the American people, not special interests.”
He called corruption today “next level,” saying, “The difference in my view is the normalization that I think citizens have become almost desensitized to the everyday corruption that is now so rampant in our nation’s capital.”
“The more that voters become and citizens become apathetic and desensitized to this type of corruption, the more corruption will occur,” Representative Neguse added. “We ought to be willing to condemn that and to stand up and say that that’s wrong irrespective of one’s political affiliation,”
Contact this Leader…
Did you pray for Representative Neguse today? You can let him know at:
The Honorable Joe Neguse
U.S. Representative for Colorado
2400 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
