{{short description|American fiscal analyst and politician from Colorado}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Mark Ferrandino | image = | order = 57th | title = Speaker of the Colorado House of Representatives | term_start = January 9, 2013 | term_end = January 7, 2015 | preceded = Frank McNulty | succeeded = Dickey Lee Hullinghorst | title2 = Minority Leader of the Colorado House of Representatives | term_start2 = January 12, 2011 | term_end2 = January 9, 2013 | preceded2 = | succeeded2 = Brian DelGrosso | state_house3 = Colorado | district3 = 2nd | term_start3 = October 1, 2007<ref name="housejournal">{{cite web |url=http://www.leg.state.co.us/Clics/CLICS2008A/csljournals.nsf/(jouhse)/5D8159F3C958BA46872573C900552EE5/$FILE/Jn09.pdf |title=House Journal - January 9, 2008 |accessdate=2008-01-10 |work=Colorado General Assembly }}</ref> | term_end3 = January 7, 2015 | preceded3 = Mike Cerbo | succeeded3 = Alec Garnett | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1977|08|09}}<ref name="pvs">{{cite web |url=http://www.votesmart.org/bio.php?can_id=101871 |title=Project Vote Smart: Rep. Mark Ferrandino |accessdate=2008-10-15 |archive-date=2010-09-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100930153111/http://www.votesmart.org/bio.php?can_id=101871 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>Project Vote Smart lists his birthday as September 9. Ferrandino's Twitter posts suggest August 9: https://twitter.com/MarkFerrandino/status/20683301958</ref> | birth_place = Nyack, New York<ref name="bio"/> | occupation = Fiscal Analyst, politician | alma_mater = University of Rochester | party = Democrat | spouse = Gregory Wertsch<ref name="dir">{{cite web |url=http://192.70.175.129/clics/clics2008a/directory.nsf/2934183e3ac16bf4072566580060e33c/f59b54c7244a976687256f430079fab5?OpenDocument |title=Representative Mark Ferrandino |accessdate=2008-02-23 |format=pdf |work=Colorado General Assembly |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110529140748/http://192.70.175.129/clics/clics2008a/directory.nsf/2934183e3ac16bf4072566580060e33c/f59b54c7244a976687256f430079fab5?OpenDocument |archive-date=2011-05-29 |url-status=dead }}</ref> | website = [http://www.markferrandino.com/ Representative Mark Ferrandino] }} '''Mark Steven Ferrandino''' (born August 9, 1977) is a former legislator in the U.S. state of Colorado and former Speaker of the Colorado House of Representatives. Appointed to the legislature in 2007, Ferrandino represented House District 2, encompassing south central Denver from 2012 to 2014.<ref name="map">{{cite web|url=http://comaps.org/district02h.html |title=State House District 2 |accessdate=2007-12-13 |work=COMaps |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080304220806/http://www.comaps.org/district02h.html |archivedate=2008-03-04 }}</ref> He is the first openly gay male legislator in Colorado history. He did not seek re-election in 2014, and was the chief financial officer of Denver Public Schools.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://co.chalkbeat.org/2014/06/18/colorado-speaker-mark-ferrandino-to-join-denver-public-schools/#.VOSu7URkAts|title=Colorado speaker Mark Ferrandino to join Denver Public Schools|date=18 June 2014 |publisher=Chalkbeat}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.denverpost.com/opinion/ci_27380544/new-higher-education-funding-model|title = Colorado's new higher education funding model|date = 23 January 2015}}</ref> On November 19, 2020, Colorado Governor Jared Polis appointed Ferrandino to serve as executive director of the Colorado Department of Revenue.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.coloradopolitics.com/quick-hits/former-house-speaker-mark-ferrandino-picked-by-polis-to-lead-department-of-revenue/article_0cf5f2c0-29ed-11eb-9db8-1fba0a7050f3.html|title = Former House Speaker Mark Ferrandino picked by Polis to lead Department of Revenue| date=18 November 2020 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://denver.cbslocal.com/2020/11/18/mark-ferrandino-denver-school-revenue/|title = DPS to Lose Another Leader as Mark Ferrandino Named to Top State Position|date = 18 November 2020}}</ref> He served in the position until July 2023, when the governor named him director of the Office of State Planning and Budgeting.<ref>{{cite news |last=Goodland |first=Marianne |date=September 11, 2023 |title=Fourth Polis official 'transitions' in less than three months |url=https://www.coloradopolitics.com/news/rick-garcia-department-local-affairs-transitions-jared-polis-administration/article_59c453fa-50ee-11ee-83a9-23d547599499.html |url-status=live |work=Colorado Politics |location= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230911231431/https://www.coloradopolitics.com/news/rick-garcia-department-local-affairs-transitions-jared-polis-administration/article_59c453fa-50ee-11ee-83a9-23d547599499.html |archive-date=September 11, 2023 |access-date=September 11, 2023}}</ref>
==Biography==
Ferrandino, the son of two Italian-American public school teachers,<ref name="denver"/> was born in Nyack, New York.<ref name="bio"/> He was born with oxygen deprivation and had to have surgery because he was cross eyed.<ref name="challenging">{{cite news|first=Tim|last=Hoover| url=http://www.denverpost.com/legislature/ci_19403803|title=Mark Ferrandino, new Colorado House minority leader, overcame challenging childhood|work=The Denver Post|date=November 24, 2011}}</ref> Suffering from multiple learning difficulties, he took special education classes until the fourth grade. He later joined mainstream classes, played the trumpet and captained his high school track team.<ref name="challenging"/> Ferrandino graduated from Clarkstown High School South in 1995<ref>{{cite web|title=1996 results|url=http://media.wix.com/ugd/67e9c5_63cde8937c36279f816ee4a4fa486ed0.pdf|accessdate=January 9, 2013}}</ref> and earned a bachelor's degree in political science and economics in 1999 and a master's degree in public policy analysis in 2000 both from the University of Rochester. While in school, Ferrandino was a collegiate pole vaulter.<ref name="bio"/>
He began his political career in 1997,<ref name="denver"> {{cite news |first=Jennifer |last=Brown |title=Cerbo's replacement named |url=http://origin.denverpost.com/headlines/ci_6950823 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130121105003/http://origin.denverpost.com/headlines/ci_6950823 |url-status=dead |archive-date=21 January 2013 |work=Denver Post |date=20 September 2007 |accessdate=2007-12-13 }} </ref> spending a semester as intern for Congressman Chuck Schumer of New York.<ref name="bio"/> After working for several years in Washington, D.C., as a program analyst for the United States Department of Justice Office of the Inspector General, and as a policy analyst for the White House Office of Management and Budget,<ref name="bio">{{cite web|url=http://www.markferrandino.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=20&Itemid=32 |title=About Mark |accessdate=2007-12-24 |work=Mark Ferrandino - HD2 - Colorado |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080612100457/http://www.markferrandino.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=20&Itemid=32 |archivedate=2008-06-12 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Ferrandino relocated to Colorado when his partner, Gregory, took a job with the U.S. Customs Service.<ref name="rocky">{{cite news|first=Chris |last=Barge |title=Successor to Cerbo selected |url=http://www.rockymountainnews.com/drmn/government/article/0,2777,DRMN_23906_5703463,00.html |work=Rocky Mountain News |date=21 September 2007 |accessdate=2007-12-13 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081014005832/http://www.rockymountainnews.com/drmn/government/article/0%2C2777%2CDRMN_23906_5703463%2C00.html |archivedate=14 October 2008 }}</ref> He now lives in the Baker neighborhood of Denver and is a member of the Baker Historic Neighborhood Association.<ref name="bio"/> Ferrandino has played the trumpet since the fourth grade and continues to play regularly.<ref name="citleg">{{cite news |first=Lynn |last=Bartels |title=Citizen Legislator, March 20 |url=http://www.rockymountainnews.com/news/2008/mar/20/citizen-legislator-march-20/ |work=Rocky Mountain News |date=20 March 2008 |accessdate=2008-05-01 }}</ref>
Ferrandino worked as a senior budget analyst in the Colorado Department of Health Care and Financing from 2005 until his legislative appointment in 2007. He was also active in Democratic Party politics as treasurer of the Colorado Democratic Party<ref name="bio"/><ref name="denver"/> and co-captain for Colorado House District 2A. Ferrandino was named Colorado Young Democrat of the Year in 2007.<ref name="bio"/> He is also a former co-chairman of the Colorado Stonewall Democrats,<ref name="rocky"/> and served on the board of directors for the National Stonewall Democrats.<ref name="denver"/>
Ferrandino is a twin, and younger brother. His twin Nicole is a business analyst for the University of Colorado Denver and his older brother Micheal is a surgeon at Duke Medical Center in North Carolina. He has two nieces and nephews, Abbey and Owen who live in CO, as well as Hayden and John in NC. He has an adopted daughter with his spouse Gregory Wertsch and they live in the Baker community of Denver.
==Legislative career==
===2007 legislative appointment=== In September 2007, Rep. Mike Cerbo resigned from the legislature in order to become director of the Colorado AFL-CIO. Ferrandino was elected to Cerbo's seat in the Colorado House of Representatives in September 2007 by the 2nd District Vacancy Committee on a vote of 23–3.<ref name="rocky"/> Both Ferrandino and his opponent in the vacancy election, Doug Williams,<ref name="stone">{{cite press release|title=Stonewall Democrat Elected in Colorado |publisher=National Stonewall Democrats |date=20 September 2007 |url=http://www.stonewalldemocrats.org/2007/09/stonewall-democ-23.php |accessdate=2008-02-23 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080209110504/http://www.stonewalldemocrats.org/2007/09/stonewall-democ-23.php |archivedate=9 February 2008 }}</ref> were openly gay; Ferrandino became the first openly gay man to serve in the Colorado General Assembly. He served as one of four openly LGBT members of the legislature, alongside Sens. Pat Steadman (D–Denver) and Lucía Guzmán (D–Denver), as well as Rep. Sue Schafer (D–Wheat Ridge).
Ferrandino was sworn into the legislature on October 1, 2007,<ref name="confid"> {{cite news |first=Kerri |last=Rebresh |title=Newest Lawmaker Talks About Agenda |url=http://www.coloradoconfidential.com/showDiary.do;jsessionid=81F6565D946EC6645D71BCA1802571E6?diaryId=2937 |work=Colorado Confidential |date=15 October 2007 |accessdate=2008-02-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080219140203/http://www.coloradoconfidential.com/showDiary.do |archive-date=19 February 2008 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }} </ref> and was elected to a full term in November 2008. Assuming he is re-elected at two-year intervals, term limits will prevent him seeking a fifth House term in 2014, despite the fact that he would not have served four full terms.
Ferrandino has declared his legislative priorities to include health care, consumer protection, and TABOR reform.<ref name="citleg"/>
===2008 legislative session===
For his first legislative session, in 2008, Ferrandino was named to the House Business Affairs and Labor Committee and the House State, Veterans and Military Affairs Committee.<ref name="2008com">{{cite press release|title=House Speaker Announces New Committee Assignments for 2008 Legislative Session |publisher=Colorado House Democrats |date=6 January 2008 |url=http://cohousedems.typepad.com/my_weblog/2008/01/house-speaker-a.html |accessdate=2008-02-23 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100511033739/http://cohousedems.typepad.com/my_weblog/2008/01/house-speaker-a.html |archivedate=2010-05-11 }}</ref> Ferrandino has named health care and education as his top legislative priorities.<ref name="denver"/><ref name="confid"/>
For the 2008 legislative session, Ferrandino is exploring regulation requiring greater transparency and guaranteed lifetimes for gift cards,<ref name="gift"> {{cite news |first=Adam |last=Schrager |title=Got an expired gift card? It may still be worth cash |url=http://www.9news.com/news/article.aspx?storyid=82605 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130116022222/http://www.9news.com/news/article.aspx?storyid=82605 |url-status=dead |archive-date=16 January 2013 |work=9News.Com |date=11 December 2007 |accessdate=2007-12-13 }} </ref> and plans to sponsor a bill to direct funds from fines collected from scammers to educate the public about consumer scams.<ref name="scam">{{cite news |first=David |last=Migoya |title=Agency seeks funds to keep consumers aware |url=http://www.denverpost.com/business/ci_7704508 | work = Denver Post |date=13 December 2007 |accessdate=2007-12-13 }}</ref> Ferrandino has also sponsored a bill to allow some lesser criminal convictions to be sealed from public inspection.<ref name="sealing">{{cite news |first=Michael |last=Davidson |title=Panel OKs sealing of records |url=http://www.gazette.com/articles/bill_33072___article.html/ferrandino_people.html |work=Colorado Springs Gazette |date=13 February 2008 |accessdate=2008-02-23 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080612042249/http://www.gazette.com/articles/bill_33072___article.html/ferrandino_people.html |archivedate=12 June 2008 }}</ref>
He has also proposed, with Rep. Sara Gagliardi, the "American Dream Protection Act of 2008," which would allow judges to delay home foreclosures by 90 days, in response to the ongoing subprime mortgage crisis.<ref name="strug">{{cite news |first=Jessica |last=Fender |title=Bill assists struggling homeowners | url = http://www.denverpost.com/portal/nationalpolitics/ci_8914309?_loopback=1 |work=Denver Post |date=14 April 2008 |accessdate=2008-04-14 }}</ref><ref name="unveil">{{cite news |first=Jaclyn |last=Allen |title=Colorado Lawmakers Unveil Foreclosure Bill |url=http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/15871712/detail.html |work=TheDenverChannel.Com |date=13 April 2008 |accessdate=2008-04-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080415013227/http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/15871712/detail.html |archive-date=15 April 2008 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The bill was amended in the legislature to only increase public outreach efforts and notification requirements before passing the state house.<ref name="foreclose">{{cite news |first=Alan |last=Gathright |title=House passes bill to help homeowners avoid the foreclosure crisis |work=Rocky Mountain News |date=30 April 2008 }}</ref>
He has also introduced the Colorado Payday Lending Reform Act, which would cap interest rates for payday lending at 36 percent<ref name="payday">{{cite news |author=Staff Reports |title=Colorado lawmakers target payday lending |url=http://sanantonio.bizjournals.com/denver/stories/2008/02/04/daily48.html | work = Denver Business Journal |date=7 February 2008 |accessdate=2008-02-08 }} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref> and prohibit additional lending to borrowers already in debt, making Colorado's short-term lending regulation the strictest in the nation.<ref name="irate">{{cite news |first=Jennifer |last=Brown |title=Lawmakers irate over payday rates |url=http://www.denverpost.com/lacrosse/ci_8201820 | work = Denver Post |date=8 February 2008 |accessdate=2008-02-14 }}</ref> The bill narrowly passed the state house on a vote of 33–30,<ref name="close">{{cite news |first=Ed |last=Sealover |title=Legislature: Monday at a glance |url=http://www.gazette.com/articles/rep_33544___article.html/loan_senate.html |work=Colorado Springs Gazette |date=25 February 2008 |accessdate=2008-03-01 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080308145504/http://www.gazette.com/articles/rep_33544___article.html/loan_senate.html |archivedate=8 March 2008 }}</ref> and passed the state senate on 19–16 after being significantly amended. Ferrandino objected to senate amendments, claiming that they weakened the bill by loosening caps on lending fees.<ref name="changekill">{{cite news|first=Michael |last=Davidson |title=Changes may kill payday loan bill |url=http://www.gazette.com/articles/bill_34603___article.html/loan_industry.html |work=Colorado Springs Gazette |date=25 March 2008 |accessdate=2008-03-28 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080327211023/http://www.gazette.com/articles/bill_34603___article.html/loan_industry.html |archivedate=27 March 2008 }}</ref> Several weeks later, Ferrandino and Senate cosponsor Peter Groff announced that they intended to kill the bill,<ref name="sponsors">{{cite news |first=David |last=Milstead |title=Sponsors kill payday loan bill |url=http://www.rockymountainnews.com/news/2008/apr/22/sponsors-kill-payday-loan-proposal/ |work=Rocky Mountain News |date=22 April 2008 |accessdate=2008-04-22 }}</ref> but Ferrandino plans on re-introducing the bill during the 2009 session.<ref name="til09">{{cite news|first=Michael |last=Davidson |title=Payday loan bill done till '09 |url=http://www.gazette.com/articles/bill_35554___article.html/payday_denver.html |work=Colorado Springs Gazette |date=22 April 2008 |accessdate=2008-04-25 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080427015933/http://www.gazette.com/articles/bill_35554___article.html/payday_denver.html |archivedate=27 April 2008 }}</ref>
===2008 election=== Ferrandino stood for election to a full term in 2008. In the Democratic Party primary, he faced former Eagle County commissioner James Johnson.<ref name="other">{{cite news |author=Staff reports |title=Elections 2008: A look at other House races |url=http://www.rockymountainnews.com/news/2008/aug/08/seven-house-races-to-be-decided-in-the-primary/ |work=Rocky Mountain News |date=8 August 2008 |accessdate=2008-08-10 }}</ref> Ferrandino easily won the Democratic nomination with over 81 percent of the vote,<ref name="prim08">{{cite web|url=http://rs.ezvotetally.com/Reserved.ReportViewerWebControl.axd?ReportSession=syj1hm55hso5ty55pcuhyprg&ControlID=a61fb386-685c-4a0c-a691-71334ad539d8&Culture=1033&UICulture=1033&ReportStack=1&OpType=ReportArea&Controller=ClientControllerdnn_ctr370_ViewRS2005_ReportViewer1&PageNumber=1&ZoomMode=Percent&ZoomPct=100&ReloadDocMap=true&EnableFindNext=False&LinkTarget=_top |title=Colorado Statewide Cumulative Report - 2008 Primary Election |accessdate=2008-11-08 |work=Colorado Secretary of State }}{{dead link|date=January 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> and faced Republican Thomas "Doc" Miller in the general election, winning handily.<ref name="roundup">{{cite news |first=Ed |last=Sealover |title=Legislative race roundup |url=http://www.rockymountainnews.com/news/2008/aug/13/legislative-race-roundup/ |work=Rocky Mountain News |date=13 August 2008 |accessdate=2008-08-13 }}</ref><ref name="racewire">{{cite news |first=Christopher |last=Sanchez |title=Dems' race in Jeffco goes down to wire |url=http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_10181566 |work=Denver Post |date=13 August 2008 |accessdate=2008-08-13 }}</ref> Ferrandino's re-election bid was endorsed by the ''Denver Post'',<ref name="dphouse">{{cite news |author=Editorial Board |title=Post's picks in Colorado's House of Representatives |url=http://www.denverpost.com/headlines/ci_10741559 |work=Denver Post |date=17 October 2008 |accessdate=2008-11-01 }} </ref> and he easily won a full term in the legislature with 80 percent of the popular vote.<ref name="gen08">{{cite web|url=http://coreports.ezvotetally.com/Reserved.ReportViewerWebControl.axd?ReportSession=jexpso55dlbays450fyzrmb4&ControlID=3a1b317069f040849b2b689d78addfc9&Culture=1033&UICulture=1033&ReportStack=1&OpType=ReportArea&Controller=dnn_ctr376_ViewRS2005_ReportViewer1&PageNumber=1&ZoomMode=Percent&ZoomPct=100&ReloadDocMap=true&SearchStartPage=0&LinkTarget=_top |title=Colorado Statewide Cumulative Report - 2008 General Election |accessdate=2008-12-04 |work=Colorado Secretary of State }}{{dead link|date=January 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
Ferrandino was also a member of the Democratic Party's platform committee for the 2008 Democratic National Convention, one of only three Colorado delegates to that committee.<ref name="platform">{{cite news |first=Berny |last=Morson |title=No minced words on Democrats' platform |url=http://www.rockymountainnews.com/news/2008/aug/25/no-minced-words-on-democrats-platform/ |work=Rocky Mountain News |date=25 August 2008 |accessdate=2008-10-13 }}</ref>
===2009 legislative session=== After winning re-election, Ferrandino was named to a post on the legislature's six-member Joint Budget Committee for the 2009 legislative session,<ref name="buescher">{{cite news |first=Chris |last=Bragg |title=Buescher's fall pushes Carroll, Weissmann into leadership posts |url=http://coloradostatesman.com/content/99549-buescher%3Fs-fall-pushes-carroll-weissmann-leadership-posts |work=Colorado Statesman |date=14 November 2008 |accessdate=2008-11-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090612092808/http://coloradostatesman.com/content/99549-buescher%3Fs-fall-pushes-carroll-weissmann-leadership-posts |archive-date=12 June 2009 |url-status=dead }}</ref> and was tapped as vice-chair of the House Appropriations Committee.<ref name="cmte09">{{cite press release|title=House Democrats Unveil 2009 Committee Chairs & Assignments |date=18 November 2008 |publisher=Colorado House Democrats |url=http://cohousedems.typepad.com/my_weblog/2008/11/house-democrats-unveil-2009-committee-chairs-assignments.html |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100103101139/http://cohousedems.typepad.com/my_weblog/2008/11/house-democrats-unveil-2009-committee-chairs-assignments.html |archivedate=3 January 2010 }}</ref> He remained on the Joint Budget Committee until his election as Democratic Leader in November 2011.
With Sen. Jennifer Veiga, Ferrandino introduced legislation to allow same-sex partners of state employees to receive health insurance benefits.<ref name="partner">{{cite news |first=Ed |last=Sealover |title=Partner coverage proposed |url=http://www.rockymountainnews.com/news/2009/jan/16/partner-coverage-proposed/ |work=Rocky Mountain News |date=16 January 2009 |accessdate=2009-02-08 }}</ref>
===2011 legislative session=== In 2011, Ferrandino co-sponsored the Colorado Civil Unions Act, introducing it in the House. State Senator Pat Steadman originally introduced it in the Senate, where it passed with bipartisan support. The Colorado Civil Unions Act was an act to create legal recognition for same-sex and heterosexual couples in Colorado law. The act was killed in the Colorado House Judiciary Committee before it was able to reach a full House vote, where Ferrandino held it would have had the votes to pass.<ref>{{cite web|last=Bartels|first=Lynn|title=Democratic sponsors fear for fate of Colorado civil-unions bill|date=25 March 2011|url=http://www.denverpost.com/legislature/ci_17704243|publisher=Denver Post|accessdate=3 April 2011}}</ref>
''See: Recognition of Same-Sex Unions in Colorado: The Colorado Civil Unions Act of 2011''
In November 2011, House Democratic Leader Sal Pace announced that he would relinquish his leadership position to campaign for Congress in the 3rd district. Ferrandino ran to succeed him and was elected unopposed by the Democratic caucus on November 18, 2011.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.kdvr.com/news/sns-ap-co--housedemocraticleader,0,954633.story |title=Rep. Mark Ferrandino chosen as new Colo. House Democratic leader |date=November 18, 2011 |work=KDVR }}{{dead link|date=January 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
===2012 election=== In the 2012 General Election, Representative Ferrandino faced Republican challenger TJ Tyrrell. Ferrandino was reelected by a margin of 70% to 24%.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://results.enr.clarityelections.com/CO/43032/111283/en/summary.html# |title=CO - Election Results - Colorado Secretary of State |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170314203900/http://results.enr.clarityelections.com/CO/43032/111283/en/summary.html |archivedate=2017-03-14 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://data.denverpost.com/election/results/state-house/2012/ |title=State House 2012 Election Results - Denver Post |access-date=2012-11-09 |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 }}</ref> As the longtime Minority Leader, Ferrandino was elected by his caucus as the Speaker of the House of the State of Colorado.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.denverpost.com/breakingnews/ci_21956613/house-democrats-pick-ferrandino-speaker-historic-first-gays |title=The Denver Post - Colorado House Democrats pick Ferrandino for speaker, historic first for gays|date=8 November 2012}}</ref>
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==External links== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20080612031016/http://www.markferrandino.com/ Campaign website]
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