Jared Polis elected first Jewish governor of Colorado

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Jared Polis will be the first Jewish governor of Colorado as well as the country’s first openly gay man to be elected governor.

The 43-year-old Democrat, who has been representing the state in the House of Representatives since 2009, beat Republican Walker Stapleton in the Nov. 6 election.

Prior to entering politics, Polis was a technology entrepreneur who made millions by starting three companies.

He ran for governor on a three-pronged platform: to ensure Colorado uses only renewable energy by

2040, provide free preschool and kindergarten across the state, and fight income inequality.

Polis has previously said his Jewish background has a large influence on his political beliefs.

“I derive a lot of the values that I try to bring into the public sphere from my private faith,” Polis said. “Certainly for me I focus a lot on education and I’m running for governor to bring (free) preschool and kindergarten to our state and improve our schools and that’s an important Jewish value.”

Polis, whose great-grandparents immigrated to the United States from Poland and Ukraine in the early 20th

Jacky Rosen wins Senate seat in Nevada

Rep. Jacky Rosen, a freshman Democrat in the House from Nevada and former synagogue president, defeated incumbent Dean Heller to win a U.S. Senate seat.

Rosen won with 50.8 percent of the vote to Heller’s 45 percent in the Nov. 6 election.

The former software developer was talked into running by former Sen. Harry Reid, who believed she was the likeliest challenger to unseat Heller. Reid, who retired last year as the party leader in the Senate, remains a powerhouse in Nevada politics and still has a say in whom the party advances.

Prior to her successful congressional run last year, Rosen’s only elective experience was as president of Ner Tamid, a Reform synagogue in suburban Las Vegas.

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Back ence that Jews had prior to World War II, that few countries wanted to accept Jewish refugees.”

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