Federal level

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FEDERAL EXECUTIVE ADVISORS

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	Reince Priebus	Republican	Former RNC Chair Fmr Chair Wisconsin Republican Party
Senior Advisor to the President	Jared Kushner	Unaffiliated (ha ha)	Son-in-Law Donald Trump Informal Advisor, Trump Campaign (Still CEO of Kushner Industries)
Communications Director	(Michael Dubke) (no activity since 2/17)	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
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	Katie Walsh	Republican	Fmr. Chief of Staff - RNC Finance Dir, RNC Dep Fin Dir, NRSC Regional Fin Dir, John McCain 2008
Deputy Assistant to the President	Sarah Huckabee Sanders	Republican	Senior Advisor - Trump Campaign Fmr VP Tsamoutales Strategies Mike Huckabee's daughter
Deputy Press Secretary	Sarah Huckabee Sanders	Republican
Directory 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)	Reince Priebus	Republican
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	John Kelly	(cannot confirm)		(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

US 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%)

US REPRESENTATIVES

District	Representative	Party	Contact	Next Election	2018 Margin	2016 Margin	2014 Margin	2012 Margin (Redistricted Dec. 2011)
1 SA BP	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 SA BP	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 SA BP	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 SA BP	Ken Buck	Republican	Greeley - (970) 702-2136 Castle R - (720) 639-9165 (202) 225-4676	2020		31.8% (63.5%) (Libertarian 4.8%)	35.5% (64.7%) (Libertarian 3.3%) (Doherty 2.8%)	21.6% (58.4%) (Cory Gardner) (Libertarian 3.1%) (Constitution 1.7%)
5 SA BP	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 SA BP	Mike Coffman	Republican	(720) 748-7514 (202) 225-7882	2020		8.3% (50.9%) (Libertarian 5%) (Green 1.5%)	8.9% (51.9%) (Libertarian 3.1%) (Green 2%)	2% (47.8%) (Liberal Ind 3.9%) (Libertarian 2.5%)
7 SA BP	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%)