Jared Polis
Jared Polis is an American politician and businessman who has been the governor of Colorado since 2019. A Democrat, he was born on May 12, 1975, in Boulder, Colorado, and studied politics at Princeton University.
Before becoming governor, Polis built a career in technology and business. He co-founded several companies, including bluemountain.com and ProFlowers, and helped start TechStars in Boulder.
Polis’s public service began on the Colorado State Board of Education (2001–2007). He then served five terms in the U.S. House of Representatives representing Colorado’s 2nd district (2009–2019). In 2019 he became governor of Colorado, and he was reelected in 2022. He also served as chair of the National Governors Association from 2024 to 2025.
Polis is openly gay and is married to Marlon Reis since 2021; they have two children. He was the first openly gay man elected governor in the United States and the first openly gay governor in a same‑sex marriage. He is Jewish.
In office, Polis has supported LGBT rights, cannabis legalization, an open internet, and free trade. He signed Colorado laws expanding abortion access and gender‑affirming care in 2023 and has promoted education funding and healthcare access. He often describes his approach as libertarian in spirit.
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