# Dominick Moreno > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Dominick_Moreno > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Dominick_Moreno.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominick_Moreno > Source revision: 1351085392 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|American politician}} {{Use mdy dates|date=April 2025}} {{Infobox officeholder |name = Dom Moreno |image = Dominick Moreno.JPG |office = Majority Leader of the [Colorado Senate](/source/Colorado_Senate) |term_start = February 23, 2022 |term_end = September 1, 2023 |predecessor = [Steve Fenberg](/source/Steve_Fenberg) |successor = [Robert Rodriguez](/source/Robert_Rodriguez_(politician)) |state_senate1 = Colorado |district1 = [21st](/source/Colorado's_21st_Senate_district) |term_start1 = January 11, 2017 |term_end1 = September 1, 2023 |predecessor1 = [Jessie Ulibarri](/source/Jessie_Ulibarri) |successor1 = [Dafna Michaelson Jenet](/source/Dafna_Michaelson_Jenet) |state_house2 = Colorado |district2 = 32nd |term_start2 = January 2013 |term_end2 = January 11, 2017 |predecessor2 = [Ed Casso](/source/Ed_Casso) |successor2 = [Adrienne Benavidez](/source/Adrienne_Benavidez) |birth_date = {{birth date and age|1985|2|7}} |birth_place = [Commerce City, Colorado](/source/Commerce_City%2C_Colorado), U.S. |death_date = |death_place = |party = [Democratic](/source/Democratic_Party_(United_States)) |education = [Georgetown University](/source/Georgetown_University) ([BA](/source/Bachelor_of_Arts)) |website = {{URL|dominickmoreno.com|Official website}} }} '''Dominick Moreno''' (born February 7, 1985) is an American politician who served as a state legislator in [Colorado](/source/Colorado). A [Democrat](/source/Democratic_Party_(United_States)), Moreno represented the [21st district](/source/Colorado's_21st_Senate_district) of the [Colorado Senate](/source/Colorado_Senate) from January 11, 2017 until he resigned on September 1, 2023 to serve as deputy chief of staff to Denver Mayor [Mike Johnston](/source/Mike_Johnston_(Colorado_politician)).{{cite news |last=Goodland |first=Marianne |date=September 1, 2023 |title=Rep. Dafna Michaelson Jenet picked to succeed Dominick Moreno in Colorado Senate |url=https://www.coloradopolitics.com/legislature/dafna-michaelson-jenet-succeeds-dominick-moreno-colorado-senate/article_b6a985c4-4840-11ee-b3c1-37a6319509ce.html |url-status=live |work=Colorado Politics |location= |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20230901190355/https://www.coloradopolitics.com/legislature/dafna-michaelson-jenet-succeeds-dominick-moreno-colorado-senate/article_b6a985c4-4840-11ee-b3c1-37a6319509ce.html|archive-date=September 1, 2023 |access-date=September 1, 2023}}{{cite news |last=Birkeland |first=Bente |date=August 4, 2023 |title=A top state Senate leader is stepping down for a job in Denver mayor's administration |url=https://www.cpr.org/2023/08/04/dominick-moreno-mike-johnston-job/ |url-status=live |work=CPR News |location= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230805030034/https://www.cpr.org/2023/08/04/dominick-moreno-mike-johnston-job/ |archive-date=August 5, 2023|access-date=September 1, 2023 }} Before his election to the senate, he represented the 32nd district in the [Colorado House of Representatives](/source/Colorado_House_of_Representatives) from 2012 to 2016.[http://www.denverpost.com/recommended/ci_21956613 "Colorado House Democrats pick Ferrandino for speaker, historic first for gays"]. ''[Denver Post](/source/Denver_Post)'', November 8, 2012. ==Biography== ===Early life and education=== Moreno was born and raised in [Commerce City, Colorado](/source/Commerce_City%2C_Colorado), and earned a B.A. in [American Government](/source/Political_Science) from [Georgetown University](/source/Georgetown_University). Coming from a working-class family, Moreno was able to afford tuition at the institution as a consequence of generous scholarships he received.{{cite web |url=http://www.dominickmoreno.com/about-dominick/ |title=About Dominick – Candidate Information Page |access-date=2012-11-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130227053802/http://www.dominickmoreno.com/about-dominick/ |archive-date=2013-02-27 |url-status=dead }}{{cite web |url=http://ballotpedia.org/wiki/index.php/Dominick_Moreno |title=Dominick Moreno – Legislator Information page – Ballotpedia}} Moreno returned to Colorado to work in retail and the service industry. Throughout his time at Georgetown, he spent breaks abroad teaching English in northern [Mexico](/source/Mexico) in the village of [Palmitas](/source/La_Palmita%2C_Nuevo_Leon). After graduation, Moreno moved back to Colorado and served for two years on the [city council](/source/city_council) of Commerce City. In 2017, Moreno completed [https://www.hks.harvard.edu/ Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government] program for Senior Executives in State and Local Government as a [http://www.bohnettfoundation.org/ David Bohnett] [https://victoryinstitute.org/programs/bohnett-leaders-fellowship/ LGBTQ Victory Institute] Leadership Fellow. ==Legislative career== Prior to his election to the state legislature, Moreno worked as a [legislative aide](/source/Legislative_staff_in_Colorado) to [Ed Casso](/source/Ed_Casso), his predecessor as the district's representative.[https://archive.today/20130131100802/http://outfrontonline.com/focus/news/second-gay-man-announces-bid-for-colorado-general-assembly/ "Second gay man announces bid for Colorado General Assembly"]. ''OutFront Colorado'', September 22, 2011. He is openly [gay](/source/gay), and became one of five LGBT members of the state House of Representatives. Others are Speaker of the House [Mark Ferrandino](/source/Mark_Ferrandino), Representative [Joann Ginal](/source/Joann_Ginal), Representative [Paul Rosenthal](/source/Paul_Rosenthal_(Colorado_politician)) and Representative [Sue Schafer](/source/Sue_Schafer). ===2012 election=== In the [2012 general election](/source/United_States_elections%2C_2012), Moreno faced Republican challenger Paul Reimer. Moreno was elected by a wide margin of 67% to 28%.{{cite web |url=http://results.enr.clarityelections.com/CO/43032/111283/en/summary.html# |title=CO – Election Results – Colorado Secretary of State |access-date=2012-11-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170314203900/http://results.enr.clarityelections.com/CO/43032/111283/en/summary.html |archive-date=2017-03-14 |url-status=dead }}{{cite web |url=http://data.denverpost.com/election/results/state-house/2012/ |title=State House 2012 Election Results – Denver Post |access-date=2012-11-10 |archive-date=2014-07-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140708040426/http://data.denverpost.com/election/results/state-senate/2012/ |url-status=dead }} ===School board service=== In July 2018, Moreno was appointed to fill a vacancy in the Adams County School District 14 school board, filling out the term of a board member who resigned. Moreno is a graduate of schools in the district and continued to serve in the General Assembly.{{cite news |last=Robles|first=Yesenia |date=2018-07-09 |title=Adams 14 votes to appoint Sen. Dominick Moreno to fill board vacancy |url=https://www.chalkbeat.org/posts/co/2018/07/09/adams-14-votes-to-appoint-sen-dominick-moreno-to-fill-board-vacancy/ |work=[Chalkbeat](/source/Chalkbeat) |access-date=2018-07-10 }} ==References== {{reflist}} ==External links== *{{C-SPAN|109578}} {{s-start}} {{s-par|us-co-sen}} {{s-bef|before=[Steve Fenberg](/source/Steve_Fenberg)}} {{s-ttl|title=Majority Leader of the [Colorado Senate](/source/Colorado_Senate)|years=2022–2023}} {{s-aft|after=[Robert Rodriguez](/source/Robert_Rodriguez_(politician))}} {{s-end}} {{Portal bar|Biography|Colorado|Politics|United States}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Moreno, Dominick}} Category:1985 births Category:21st-century members of the Colorado General Assembly Category:21st-century American LGBTQ people Category:Democratic Party Colorado state senators Category:Democratic Party members of the Colorado House of Representatives Category:American gay politicians Category:Hispanic and Latino American state legislators in Colorado Category:Hispanic and Latino American LGBTQ people Category:LGBTQ state legislators in Colorado Category:Living people Category:People from Commerce City, Colorado Category:Candidates in the 2018 United States House of Representatives elections {{Colorado-politician-stub}} --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Dominick Moreno](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominick_Moreno) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominick_Moreno?action=history)). 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