Colorado Officials Bid Farewell as State Sen. Dafna Michaelson Jenet Resigns, Takes Nonprofit Position

Colorado officials bid farewell as State Sen. Dafna Michaelson Jenet resigns, takes nonprofit position

Colorado State Sen. Dafna Michaelson Jenet announced her resignation on Tuesday as she prepares to take a position with a nonprofit.

Sen. Dafna Michaelson Jenet to step down from Colorado Legislature

Colorado Sen. Dafna Michaelson Jenet, a Commerce City Democrat, speaks at the Colorado Capitol in 2025. Michaelson Jenet announced her resignation Tuesday. (Photo by Delilah Brumer/Colorado Newsline)Democratic Sen. Dafna Michaelson Jenet announced Tuesday that she will step down from the Colorado Senate. “I always aspire to serve with joy, humility, and guided by the will of my constituents,” the Commerce City Democrat said in a statement. “I am…

One of top Colorado Democrats in state Senate resigns to take new job

State Sen. Dafna Michaelson Jenet, one of the top Democrats in the Colorado legislature, will resign her seat on Friday. She represents Commerce City in the Senate.

President Pro Tem Sen. Dafna Michaelson Jenet announces resignation from

President Pro Tem Sen. Dafna Michaelson Jenet of Aurora, who has served in the General Assembly since 2017, announced to her Senate Democratic colleagues Tuesday that she is resigning to take a new job. Her last day is Friday. She will become the dir

President Pro Tem Sen. Dafna Michaelson Jenet to resign from Colorado Senate

A top Democrat in the Colorado General Assembly is resigning to take a new job. President Pro Tem Sen. Dafna Michaelson Jenet of Commerce City, who has served in the General Assembly since 2017, will become the director of the David and Laura Merage Foundation for Combating Antisemitism. Her last day is this Friday. The […]

A top Democrat in the Colorado Senate is resigning to take nonprofit job, citing legislative pay

Senate President Pro Tempore Dafna Michaelson Jenet, a Commerce City Democrat who spent nearly a decade at the Capitol fighting for survivors of sexual assault and to improve mental health care, announced Tuesday that she’s resigning from the legislature. Her last day is Friday. Michaelson Jenet, who is one of a few Jewish state lawmakers, is leaving the General Assembly to join the David and Laura Merage Foundation, a local nonprofit. She will …