Alec Garnett

Alec Garnett
61st Speaker of the Colorado House of Representatives
In office January 13, 2021 – January 9, 2023
Preceded by	KC Becker
Succeeded by	Julie McCluskie
Majority Leader of the Colorado House of Representatives
In office January 4, 2019 – January 13, 2021
Preceded by	KC Becker
Succeeded by	Daneya Esgar
Member of the Colorado House of Representatives from the 2nd district
In office January 7, 2015 – January 9, 2023
Preceded by	Mark Ferrandino
Succeeded by	Steven Woodrow (redistricting)
Personal details
Political party	Democratic
Education	College of Wooster (BA) University of Colorado, Denver (MPA)

Alec Garnett is an American politician and a former Democratic member of the Colorado House of Representatives and the former Speaker of the House. He represented District 2, which covered a portion of the city of Denver. He was first elected in 2014 to replace retiring House Speaker Mark Ferrandino. In November 2020, Garnett's colleagues elected him to serve as speaker of the Colorado House of Representatives for the two-year term beginning in January 2021.^[1] Due to Colorado House term limits, which state a Representative can serve no more than four consecutive terms limiting each member to 8 years of service.^[2] Garnett has since been appointed as Governor Polis's Chief of Staff, replacing Lisa Kaufmann.