President Groff will resign from the Colorado Senate after the session to take a position as the U.S. Department of Education as the Director for the Faith-Based and Community Initiatives Center.
Today, my colleagues elected me to replace him as the President of the Colorado Senate. Senator Morse will take my place as Majority Leader.
These are the remarks I made to my caucus following the election:
We have an incredible group of people in this caucus. By working together, we can create a better Colorado.
Some of you will remember when Gary Hart, former Colorado Senator, visited our caucus a year or two ago. He gave a talk about the conventional wisdom surrounding political analysis: that we tend to view the political spectrum as left versus right, and we characterize ourselves as being somewhere on that continuum.
However, Senator Hart expressed his belief that it’s not left versus right. It’s past versus future. Leaders who look to the future-those who come up with a plan so there’s stability, predictability, and confidence in our government, economy, schools, health care, and public safety-those are the ones who are ultimately successful.
A philosopher once said, “The best way to predict the future is to invent it.”
That’s what I intend to do as your next president. I intend to work with each of you and our Republican colleagues to invent a better future for Colorado.
This future will be based on Colorado values: honesty and integrity, justice and fairness, courage and humility, compassion and respect.
I am humbled by this great honor you have bestowed upon me.
Thank you.
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