A Democratic vacancy committee has picked former state Rep. Adrienne Benavidez to fill a vacant Colorado Senate seat. Benavidez, of Commerce City, will replace former Sen. Dafna Michaelson Jenet after winning the Thursday night vacancy election. Michaelson Jenet resigned earlier this month to take a job as the director of the David Merage Foundation for Confronting Antisemitism. Benavidez will represent Senate District 21, which stretches from north metro Denver to parts of Adams and Arapahoe counties. “I’m humbled by the support and confidence placed in me by the Vacancy Committee,” Benavidez said in a statement. “The hardworking people of Senate...
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