Federal level

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Federal Executive

Position	Name	Party	Contact	Next Election	2016 Margin	2012 Margin	2008 Margin	2004 Margin	2000 Margin
President	Donald Trump	Republican	Comments: 202-456-1111 Switchboard: 202-456-1414 president@whitehouse.gov Hard of Hearing: Comments: 202-456-6213 Visitor's Office: 202-456-2121 The White House 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW Washington, DC 20500 Instructions on Letters: https://www.whitehouse.gov/contact/write-or-call	2020	minus 2.09% (45.94%) 304-227 EVs (Libertarian 3.27%) (Green 1.06%) (Others 1.15%) (McMullin 0.53%) (Total Third Party 6.01%)	3.9% (51.1%) 332-206 EVs (Barack Obama) (Libertarian 0.99%) (Green 0.36%) (Others 0.39%) (Total Third Party 1.74%)	7.28% (52.93%) 365-173 EVs (Barack Obama) (Libertarian 0.4%) (Green 0.12%) (Others 0.33%) (Nader 0.56%) (Total Third Party 1.41%)	2.46% (50.73%) 286-251 EVs (George W. Bush) (Libertarian 0.32%) (Green 0.1%) (Others 0.202%) (Nader 0.38%) (Total Third Party 1.002%)	minus 0.51% (47.87%) 271-266 EVs (George W. Bush) (Libertarian 0.36%) (Green 2.74%) (Nader) (Others 0.22%) (Reform 0.43%) (Buchanan) (Total Third Party 3.75%)
Vice President	Michael Pence	Republican	Old Executive Office Building (202) 395-5895 vice.president@whitehouse.gov 1650 Pennsylvania Ave NW Washington, DC 20502	2020	Same as President	Same as President (Joe Biden)	Same as President (Joe Biden)	Same as President (Dick Cheney)	Same as President (Dick Cheney)

Federal Executive Cabinet

Confirmed by Senate.

Position	Name	Party	Action	Contact	Confirmation Margin	Bennet Vote (53,84% YEA)	Gardner Vote (100% YEA)
Secretary of State	Rex Tillerson	Republican		https://register.state.gov/contactus/ https://foia.state.gov/	13 (56-43)	NAY	YEA
Secretary of Treasury	Steven Mnuchin	Republican		(202) 622-2000 https://www.treasury.gov/connect/Pages/Message-to-the-Secretary.aspx Department of the Treasury 1500 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, D.C. 20220	6 (53-47)	NAY	YEA
Secretary of Defense	Gen. James Mattis	(cannot confirm aside from rumor)		703-571-3343 Secretary of Defense 1000 Defense Pentagon Washington, DC 20301-1000	97 (98-1)	YEA	YEA
Attorney General	Jeff Sessions	Republican		Comment Line: 202-353-1555 Switchboard: 202-514-2000 Hard of Hearing: 800-877-8339 https://www.justice.gov/doj/webform/your-message-department-justice U.S. Department of Justice 950 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20530-0001	5 (52-47)	NAY	YEA
Secretary of the Interior	Ryan Zinke	Republican		(202) 208-3100 https://www.doi.gov/feedback https://www.doi.gov/contact-us Department of the Interior 1849 C Street, N.W. Washington DC 20240	37 (68-31)	YEA	YEA
Secretary of Agriculture	Sonny Purdue	Republican		(202) 720-2791 https://www.usda.gov/wps/portal/usda/usdahome?navtype=MA&navid=CONTACT_US U.S. Department of Agriculture  1400 Independence Ave., S.W.  Washington, DC 20250	(unconfirmed)
Secretary of Commerce	Wilbur Ross	Republican Former Democrat)		(202) 482-2000 https://www.commerce.gov/page/contact-us U.S. Department of Commerce 1401 Constitution Ave., NW Washington, D.C. 20230	45 (72-27)	YEA	YEA
Secretary of Labor	Alexandra Acosta	Republican		1-866-487-2365 http://webapps.dol.gov/contactus/contactus.asp?agency=DOL https://www.dol.gov/general/contact U.S. Dept of Labor (Agency) (SMA) (Office) 200 Constitution Ave, NW Washington, DC 20210	(unconfirmed)
Secretary of Health and Human Services	Tom Price	Republican		1-877-696-6775 https://www.hhs.gov/about/contact-us/index.html Invite to events: https://www.hhs.gov/about/leadership/secretary/contact/index.html?language=es US Dept of Health & Human Serv 200 Independence Avenue, S.W. Washington, D.C. 20201	5 (52-47)	NAY	YEA
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development	Ben Carson	Republican		(202) 708-1112 Hard of Hearing: (202) 708-1455 https://portal.hud.gov/hudportal/HUD?src=/contact U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development 451 7th Street S.W., Washington, DC 20410	17 (58-41)	NAY	YEA
Secretary of Transportation	Elaine Chao	Republican		202-366-4000 http://transportation.libanswers.com/form.php?queue_id=1810 https://www.transportation.gov/contact-us U.S. Department of Transportation (Need Specific Contact)     1200 New Jersey Ave, SE     Washington, DC 20590	87 (93-6)	YEA	YEA
Secretary of Energy	Rick Perry	Republican		202-586-5000 US Dept of Energy 1000 Independence Ave. SW Washington DC 20585	35 (67-32)	NAY	YEA
Secretary of Education	Betsy DeVos	Republican		1-800-872-5327 https://www2.ed.gov/about/contacts/gen/index.html U.S. Department of Education 400 Maryland Avenue, SW Washington, D.C. 20202	VP BROKE TIE (50-50)	NAY	YEA
Secretary of Veterans Affairs	David Shulkin	(cannot confirm) (was deputy under Obama)		1-844-698-2311	UNANIMOUS (100-0)	YEA	YEA
Director of Homeland Security	(Vacant)			Operator: 202-282-8000 Comments: 202-282-8495 https://www.dhs.gov/direct-contact-information The Honorable John F. Kelly Secretary of Homeland Security Washington, D.C.  20528

Cabinet-level

Confirmed by Senate.

Position	Name	Party	Action	Contact	Confirmation Margin	Bennet Vote (40% YEA)	Gardner Vote (100% YEA)
Chief of Staff	Gen. John Kelly (ret.)	(Cannot Confirm)			N/A	N/A	N/A
Trade Representative	Robert Lighthizer	Republican			(unconfirmed)
Director of National Intelligence	Dan Coats	Republican			(unconfirmed)
Ambassador to the United Nations	Nikki Haley	Republican			92 (96-4)	YEA	YEA
Management and Budget	Mick Mulvaney	Republican			2 (51-49)	NAY	YEA
Director of the CIA	Mike Pompeo	Republican			34 (66-32)	NAY	YEA
Environmental Protection Agency	Scott Pruitt	Republican			6 (52-46)	NAY	YEA
Small Business Administration	Linda McMahon	Republican			62 (81-19)	YEA	YEA
Administrator for Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services	Seema Verma	Republican			(unconfirmed)
Chairman to the Council of Economic Advisors	Kevin Hassett
Secretary of the Army (Under Sec of Defense)	(Vacant)
Secretary of the Navy (Under Sec of Defense)	(Vacant)

Federal Executive Advisers

These are positions that are unelected and not confirmed.

Position	Name	Party	Résumé	Action	Contact
Chief Strategist	Steve Bannon	Republican	Trump Campaign CEO Former Brietbart Chairman Fmr Chairman Govt. Accountability Inst Significant ties to Robert Mercer
Chief of Staff	Gen. John Kelly (ret.)	(Cannot Confirm)	Former Sec. of Homeland Security under Trump
Senior Advisor to the President	Jared Kushner	Unaffiliated	Son-in-Law Donald Trump Informal Advisor, Trump Campaign (Still CEO of Kushner Industries)
Communications Director	Hope Hicks (Interim) (Rumors of Stephen Miller)
Press Secretary	Sarah Huckabee Sanders	Republican	Senior Advisor - Trump Campaign Fmr VP Tsamoutales Strategies Mike Huckabee's daughter
Senior Policy Advisor	Stephen Miller	Republican	Policy Advisor - Trump Campaign Chief of Comm to Jeff Sessions
Counselor to the President	Kellyanne Conway	Republican	Trump Campaign Manager President, Keep the Promise (Cruz) President, The Polling Company Significant ties to Robert Mercer
Senior Counselor for Economic Initiatives	Dina Powell	Republican	Partner, Goldman Sachs Managing Dir, Goldman Sachs Assist Sec Educational & Cult Affairs
Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations	Joe Hagin	Republican	Former Deputy Campaign Manager for Bush 2000; Deputy Chief of Staff 2001-2008
Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy	Rick Dearborn	Republican	Former Assist. Sec. of Energy for Congressional Affairs under GW Bush; Chief of Staff for Sen. Sessions 2006-2014
Deputy Assistant to the President	Sarah Huckabee Sanders	Republican	Senior Advisor - Trump Campaign Fmr VP Tsamoutales Strategies Mike Huckabee's daughter
Deputy Press Secretary	(Vacant)
Director of Strategic Communications	Hope Hicks	Republican	Comm Director Trump Campaign PR Director, Trump Organization PR, Hiltzik Strategies (Various Ivanka and Trump Contacts) PR, Zeno Group
Director of Social Media (Twitter??)	Daniel Scavino	Republican	Dir Social Media Trump Campaign Golf Division, Trump Organization Regional Manager, Coca-Cola
Chief White House Counsel	Donald McGahn	Republican	Fmr Partner, Jones Day Chairman, FEC (2008-2013) General Counsel, NRCC
Homeland Security Advisor	Thomas P. Bossert	Republican	President, Civil Defense Solutions Deputy HSA, GWB Mentions US House of Representatives but no specific info on capacity
Regulatory "Czar"	Carl Icahn	Endorsed Trump	Owner, Trump Taj Mahal (saved from bankruptcy) (Closed due to union disagreements) Corporate raider, specializing in hostile takeovers and asset stripping
Trade "Czar"	Peter Navarro	Democrat (Policy advisor to Trump campaign)	Energy and Environmental Policy Analyst Professor Economics & Public Policy
National Sec Advisor	Lt. Gen. H. R. McMaster	(cannot confirm)	United States Army Commanded Operation Restoring Rights author of Dereliction of Duty (Criticized Johnson's Vietnam strategy)
Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisors	(Vacant)
Assistant to the President for Intragovernmental and Technology Initiatives	Reed Condish		Real Estate Developer Longtime Trump family friend Donated $250K to Trump Victory Fund Married to Ivanka Trump's best friend

National Security Council

Those on Principals Committee are bolded. Principals Committee is Cabinet-level, regardless of confirmation status. Non-bolded members have open invitations to any meeting. Non-confirmed members are italicized. NSC has heavy executive power.

Position	Name	Party	Action	Contact	Confirmation Margin	Bennet Vote	Gardner Vote
President	Donald Trump	Republican		(see above)
National Sec Advisor (Chair)	Lt. Gen. H. R. McMaster	(cannot confirm)
Homeland Sec Advisor (Chair)	Thomas P. Bossert	Republican
Chief of Staff (Executive Secretary)	Gen. John Kelly (ret.)	(Cannot Confirm)
Vice President	Michael Pence	Republican		(see above)
Secretary of State	Rex Tillerson	Republican		(see above)
Secretary of Defense	Gen. James Mattis	(cannot confirm aside from rumor)		(see above)
Secretary of Treasury	Steven Mnuchin	Republican		(see above)
Attorney General	Jeff Sessions	Republican		(see above)
Secretary of Homeland Security	(Vacant)			(see above)
Chief Strategist (added 1/28/2017)	Steve Bannon	Republican
Secretary of Energy ((Statutory member, but no mention of Principals in EO)	Rick Perry	Republican		(see above)
Chief White House Counsel	Donald McGahn	Republican
Counsel to the President for National Security Affairs
Management and Budget	Mick Mulvaney	Republican
Deputy National Security Advisor
National Security Advisor to the Vice President

Misc. NSC Members

Invited to meetings where issues pertaining to their responsibilities and expertise are to be discussed. Those not confirmed by the Senate are in italics.

Position	Name	Party	Action	Contact	Confirmation Margin	Bennet Vote	Gardner Vote
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs	Gen. Joseph Dunford	(cannot confirm) (Nominated by Obama) (Stated Russia is greatest threat)			Voice Vote	N/A	N/A
Director of National Intelligence	Dan Coats	Republican			(unconfirmed)	N/A	N/A
Secretary of Commerce	Wilbur Ross	Republican (Former Democrat)		(202) 482-2000 https://www.commerce.gov/page/contact-us U.S. Department of Commerce 1401 Constitution Ave., NW Washington, D.C. 20230	45 (72-27)	YEA	YEA
Trade Representative	Robert Lighthizer	Republican			(unconfirmed)	N/A	N/A
Assistant to the President for Economic Policy	Gary Cohn	Democrat (by way of Godman Sachs) (severance pkg $285 million)			N/A	N/A	N/A
Ambassador to the United Nations	Nikki Haley	Republican			92 (96-4)	YEA	YEA
Assistant to the President for Intragovernmental and Technology Initiatives	Reed Cordish	Donated $250K to Trump			N/A	N/A	N/A

FORMER Trump Officials

Position	Name	Party	Résumé	Action	Contact
Director of Homeland Security	Gen. John Kelly (ret.) (Now Chief of Staff)	(cannot confirm)	{{{resume}}}
Communications Director	(Michael Dubke)	Republican	Founder, Crossroads Media Exec Dir, Americans for Job Security (Crossroads GPS was a client - Koch) Exec Dir, The Ripon Society
Press Secretary	Sean Spicer	Republican	Chief Strategist, RNC Comm Dir, RNC
Chief of Staff	Reince Priebus	Republican	Former RNC Chair Fmr Chair Wisconsin Republican Party
Deputy Chief of Staff	Katie Walsh	Republican	Fmr. Chief of Staff - RNC Finance Dir, RNC Dep Fin Dir, NRSC Regional Fin Dir, John McCain 2008

U.S. Senate

Seat	Name	Party	Action	Contact	Next Election	2016 Margin	2014 Margin	2010 Margin	2008 Margin
Seat 1	Michael Bennet	Democrat		Denver - (303) 455-7600 DC (202) 224-5852 CO Spr - (719) 328-1100 Ft Col - (970) 224-2200 Pueblo - (719) 542-7550 Alamosa - (719) 587-0096 Durango - (970) 259-1710 Grand J (970) 241-6631	2022	6% (50%) (Libertarian 3.6%) (Green 1.3%) (Unity 0.3%) (Chapin 0.3%) (Fiorino 0.1%)	X	1.7% (48.1%) (Green 2.2%) (Libertarian 1.3%) (Reform 1.1%) (Miller 0.6%) (Moromisato 0.3%)	X
Seat 2	Cory Gardner	Republican		Denver - (303) 391-5777 DC (202) 224-5941 CO Spr - (719) 632-6706 Ft Col - (970) 484-3502 Pueblo - (719) 543-1324 Durango - (970) 415-7416 Grand J (970) 245-9553 Greeley - (970) 352-5546 Yuma - (970) 848-3095	2020	X	2% (48%) Defeated Dem Incumbent (Libertarian 2.6%) (Shogan 1.4%) (Acosta 1.2%) (Unity Party 0.3%)	X	10.3% (52.8%) (Mark Udall) (Constitution 2.6%) (Green 2.1%)

U.S. Representatives

District	Representative	Party	Contact	Next Election	2018 Margin	2016 Margin	2014 Margin	2012 Margin (Redistricted Dec. 2011)
1	Diana DeGette	Democrat	(303) 844-4988 (202) 225-4431	2020		40.4% (67.9%) (Libertarian 4.4%)	36.8% (65.8%) (Libertarian 3.3%) (Conserv Ind 1.9%)	41.4% (68.2%) (Libertarian 3.6%) (Green 1.4%)
2	Jared Polis	Democrat	Ft Col - (970) 226-1239 Frisco - (970) 409-7301 (202) 225-2161	2020		19.7% (56.9%) (Libertarian 5.9%)	13.7% (56.7%)	17.1% (55.7%) (Libertarian 3.3%) (Green 2.5%)
3	Scott Tipton	Republican	Pueblo - (719) 542-1073 Grand J - (970) 241-2499 Durango - (970) 259-1490 Alamosa (719) 587-5105 (202) 225-4761	2020		14.3% (54.6%) (Libertarian 5.1%)	22.3% (58%) (Conserv Ind 4%) (Libertarian 2.3%)	12.3% (53.4%) (Libertarian 2.4%) (Conserv Ind 3.2%)
4	Ken Buck	Republican	Greeley - (970) 702-2136 Castle R - (720) 639-9165 (202) 225-4676	2020		31.89% (63.54%) Bob Seay 31.65% Bruce Griffith 4.8% (Libertarian) Donald Howbert (2 votes) (Write-in) 1 (Turnout: 77.14%) 2 (Undervotes: 5.18%)	35.45% (64.67%) Vic Meyers 29.22% Jess Loban 3.3% (Libertarian) Grant Doherty 2.8% 1 (Turnout: 59.62%) 2 (Undervotes: 3.5%)	21.67% (58.42%) (Cory Gardner) Brandon Shaffer 36.75% Josh Gilliland 3.12% (Libertarian Doug Aden 1.71% (Constitution) 1 (Turnout: 73.31%) 2 (Undervotes: 3.96%)
5	Doug Lamborn	Republican	(719) 520-0055 (202) 225-4422	2020		31.4% (62.3%)	19.6% (59.8%)	47.6% (65%) (NO DEMOCRAT) (Anderson 17.4%) (Libertarian 7.4%) (Green 6%) (Constitution 4.3%)
6	Mike Coffman	Republican	(720) 748-7514 (202) 225-7882	2020		8.3% (50.9%) Morgan Carroll 42.6% Norm Olsen 4.99% (Libertarian) Robert Lee Worthey 1.5% 1 (Turnout: 75.23%) 2 (Undervotes: 3.81%)	8.9% (51.9%) Andrew Romanoff 42.99% Norm Olsen 3.12% (Libertarian) Gary Swing 1.99% 1 (Turnout: 58.69%) 2 (Undervotes: 2.69%)	2.04% (47.8%) Joe Miklosi 45.76% Kathy Polhemus 3.92% Patrick E. Provost 2.5% (Libertarian) 1 (Turnout: 74.93%) 2 (Undervotes: 3.9%)
7	Ed Perlmutter	Democrat	(303) 274-7944 (202) 225-2645	2020		15.4% (55.2%) (Libertarian 5%)	10.2% (55.1%)	12.7% (53.5%) (Constitution 3%) (Libertarian 2.7%)