Robert Rodriguez (politician)
{{Short description|American politician}}
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|name = Robert Rodriguez
|office = Majority Leader of the Colorado Senate
|image=Colorado State Senator Robert Rodriguez in 2023.jpg
|caption=Rodriguez in 2023
|alt=Robert Rodriguez in 2023
|term_start = September 8, 2023
|term_end =
|predecessor = Dominick Moreno
|successor =
|state_senate1 = Colorado
|district1 = 32nd
|term_start1 = January 4, 2019
|term_end1 =
|predecessor1 = Irene Aguilar
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|birth_date =
|birth_place = New Mexico, U.S.
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|party = Democratic
}}
Robert Rodriguez is an American politician from the state of Colorado. A Democrat, Rodriguez was first elected to represent Colorado's 32nd Senate district of the in 2018.{{Cite web|url=https://elections.denverpost.com/results/county-break-down/?StateSenateDistrict32/6639|title=2018 State Senate District 32 Results|website=elections.denverpost.com|access-date=2018-11-06}} He was reelected in the 2022 Colorado Senate election.
Career
Rodriguez currently serves as a member of the Executive Committee of the Legislative Council, the Legislative Council committee, and Joint Technology Committee.{{Cite web |title=Robert Rodriguez {{!}} Colorado General Assembly |url=https://leg.colorado.gov/legislators/robert-rodriguez |access-date=March 25, 2025 |website=leg.colorado.gov}} On September 8, 2023, Rodriguez's colleagues elected him senate majority leader following Dominick Moreno's resignation from the senate.{{cite news |last=Paul |first=Jesse |date=September 8, 2023 |title=Robert Rodriguez elected Colorado Senate majority leader — the chamber's No. 2 job |url=https://coloradosun.com/2023/09/08/robert-rodriguez-colorado-senate-majority-leader/#:~:text=Rodriguez%20was%20first%20elected%20to,for%20president%20once%20Fenberg%20departs. |work= The Colorado Sun |location= |access-date=September 8, 2023}}
During the 2024 legislative session, Rodriguez prime sponsored the Colorado AI Act, described as the country's first legislative framework to govern high-risk AI systems.{{Cite web |last=Chuang |first=Tamara |date=2024-04-25 |title=Colorado bill to regulate generative artificial intelligence clears its first hurdle at the Capitol |url=https://coloradosun.com/2024/04/25/colorado-generative-ai-artificial-intelligence-senate/ |access-date=2025-03-25 |website=The Colorado Sun |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Rice |first=Tatiana |date=2024-05-24 |title=Colorado Makes History with the Nation's First Comprehensive AI Act {{!}} TechPolicy.Press |url=https://www.techpolicy.press/colorado-makes-history-with-the-nations-first-comprehensive-ai-act/ |access-date=2025-03-25 |website=Tech Policy Press |language=en}}
Electoral history
In the 2018 Colorado Senate election, Rodriguez was elected to represent Colorado's 32nd Senate district, which covers southern and southwestern Denver.{{Cite web |title=Final Plans Approved by the Court |url=https://redistricting.colorado.gov/final-plans-approved-court |access-date=May 5, 2020 |publisher=Colorado Redistricting - General Assembly}} Rodriguez was reelected in the 2022 Colorado Senate election.
References
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External links
- [https://leg.colorado.gov/legislators/robert-rodriguez Legislative website]
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{{s-ttl|title=Majority Leader of the Colorado Senate|years=2023–present}}
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Category:21st-century members of the Colorado General Assembly
Category:Democratic Party Colorado state senators
Category:Hispanic and Latino American state legislators in Colorado