| Michael Bennet Occupation: Superintendent of Denver Public Schools |
| U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette Occupation: Congresswoman from the 1st District |
| Joan Fitz-Gerald
Occupation: Retired Colorado Senate president |
| Sen. Ken Gordon
Occupation: State Senator
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| Sen. Peter Groff Occupation: Colorado Senate president |
| John Hickenlooper Occupation: Denver Mayor |
| Cary Kennedy Occupation: State treasurer |
| Rep. Alice Madden Occupation: House majority leader; she leaves in January because of term limits |
| Mike Miles
Occupation: school superintendent in the Colorado Springs area |
| Federico Peña Occupation: managing director at Vestar Capital Partners, a private equity firm |
| U.S. Rep. Ed Perlmutter Occupation: Congressman from the 7th District |
| U.S. Rep.-elect Jared Polis
Occupation: Congressman-elect from the 2nd District |
| Governor Bill Ritter Occupation: Governor of Colorado |
| Rep. Andrew Romanoff Occupation: Speaker of the state House, who leaves in January because of term limits |
| U.S. Rep. John Salazar Occupation: Congressman from the 3rd District |
| Bob Schaffer
Occupation: Member, Colorado State Board of Education |
| Tom Strickland Occupation: executive vice president and chief legal director at Minnesota's UnitedHealth Group, a health insurance firm |
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