Joe Neguse is a candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives from Colorado. He is a naturalized citizen, whose parents came from war-torn Eritrea. He fights for values that helped him achieve the “American dream.” He graduated summa cum laude from the University of Colorado in Boulder. He was elected by the voters to serve as University of Colorado regent while still in law school at CU.
Joe Neguse was the executive director of the Department of Regulatory Agencies (DORA), leading roughly 600 employees with a budget of $90 million. He left the department and joined a law firm. He is now running for the U.S. House of Representatives. During his tenure the department achieved important consumer protection victories, including millions of dollars recovered for consumers, significant investigations culminating in important civil rights and criminal fraud cases, and securing important consumer protection legislation, such as the Protect Seniors from Financial Abuse Act. Neguse also made supporting economic development a priority, including leading efforts to cut red tape, improving processes such as streamlining licensing pathways for military veterans, and expanding broadband access in rural parts of the state through the Broadband Deployment Board.
Our U.S. House representative needs not only to be able to write good legislation, but he needs to be able to work with other House members to help get it passed into law without losing it’s intent. I was a first-time delegate to the Democratic State Assembly. I met and heard speeches from the candidates. Learn more about Joe Neguse and the people who back him at www.joeneguseforcongress.com. I have listened to other candidates (Republican, independent, Libertarian) and I believe Joe Neguse will be Coloradans’ best representative in the U.S. House of Representatives.
Johanna Darden
Estes Park
