Dafna Michaelson Jenet

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Dafna Michaelson Jenet
Image of Dafna Michaelson Jenet
Colorado State Senate District 21
Tenure

2023 - Present

Term ends

2029

Years in position

2

Predecessor
Prior offices
Colorado House of Representatives District 30

Colorado House of Representatives District 32
Successor: Manny Rutinel
Predecessor: Adrienne Benavidez

Compensation

Base salary

43,977/year for legislators whose terms began in 2023. $41,449/year for legislators whose terms began in 2021.

Per diem

For legislators residing within 50 miles of the capitol: $45/day. For legislators living more than 50 miles from the capitol: $237/day.

Elections and appointments
Last elected

November 5, 2024

Appointed

August 31, 2023

Education

Bachelor's

Yeshiva University, 1995

Graduate

University of Denver, 2001

Personal
Profession
Nonprofit executive
Contact

Dafna Michaelson Jenet (Democratic Party) is a member of the Colorado State Senate, representing District 21. She assumed office on September 19, 2023. Her current term ends on January 10, 2029.

Jenet (Democratic Party) ran for re-election to the Colorado State Senate to represent District 21. She won in the general election on November 5, 2024.

Jenet was appointed to the Senate to replace former Sen. Dominick Moreno (D).

Biography

Dafna Michaelson Jenet graduated from the School for the Creative and Performing Arts in 1991.[1] Jenet earned a B.A. in music and drama from Yeshiva University in 1995 and an M.B.A. from the University of Denver in 2001. Her career experience includes co-founding the Journey Institute and working as its president, the curator of TEDxCherryCreek, and a social media and community engagement coordinator with the National Parent Leadership Institute.[1][2] Jenet has served on the board of the Adams County Youth Initiative board and has been affiliated with The Commerce City Quality Community Foundation, The Carson J. Spencer suicide prevention foundation, and Playworks Colorado.[2]

Committee assignments

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2023-2024

Jenet was assigned to the following committees:

2021-2022

Jenet was assigned to the following committees:

2019-2020

Jenet was assigned to the following committees:

2017 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2017 legislative session, this legislator served on the following committees:

Colorado committee assignments, 2017
Finance
Public Health Care and Human Services

The following table lists bills this person sponsored as a legislator, according to BillTrack50 and sorted by action history. Bills are sorted by the date of their last action. The following list may not be comprehensive. To see all bills this legislator sponsored, click on the legislator's name in the title of the table.

Elections

2024

See also: Colorado State Senate elections, 2024

General election

General election for Colorado State Senate District 21

Incumbent Dafna Michaelson Jenet defeated Frederick Alfred Jr. in the general election for Colorado State Senate District 21 on November 5, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Dafna Michaelson Jenet
Dafna Michaelson Jenet (D)
 
51.1
 
33,438
Image of Frederick Alfred Jr.
Frederick Alfred Jr. (R) Candidate Connection
 
48.9
 
31,982

Total votes: 65,420
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Colorado State Senate District 21

Incumbent Dafna Michaelson Jenet advanced from the Democratic primary for Colorado State Senate District 21 on June 25, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Dafna Michaelson Jenet
Dafna Michaelson Jenet
 
100.0
 
6,980

Total votes: 6,980
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Colorado State Senate District 21

Frederick Alfred Jr. advanced from the Republican primary for Colorado State Senate District 21 on June 25, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Frederick Alfred Jr.
Frederick Alfred Jr. Candidate Connection
 
100.0
 
6,182

Total votes: 6,182
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Campaign finance

2022

See also: Colorado House of Representatives elections, 2022

General election

General election for Colorado House of Representatives District 32

Incumbent Dafna Michaelson Jenet defeated Justin Brown in the general election for Colorado House of Representatives District 32 on November 8, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Dafna Michaelson Jenet
Dafna Michaelson Jenet (D)
 
56.1
 
12,637
Image of Justin Brown
Justin Brown (R) Candidate Connection
 
43.9
 
9,897

Total votes: 22,534
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Colorado House of Representatives District 32

Incumbent Dafna Michaelson Jenet advanced from the Democratic primary for Colorado House of Representatives District 32 on June 28, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Dafna Michaelson Jenet
Dafna Michaelson Jenet
 
100.0
 
4,051

Total votes: 4,051
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Colorado House of Representatives District 32

Justin Brown advanced from the Republican primary for Colorado House of Representatives District 32 on June 28, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Justin Brown
Justin Brown Candidate Connection
 
100.0
 
3,157

Total votes: 3,157
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2020

See also: Colorado House of Representatives elections, 2020

General election

General election for Colorado House of Representatives District 30

Incumbent Dafna Michaelson Jenet defeated Kerrie Gutierrez in the general election for Colorado House of Representatives District 30 on November 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Dafna Michaelson Jenet
Dafna Michaelson Jenet (D)
 
56.9
 
22,445
Image of Kerrie Gutierrez
Kerrie Gutierrez (R)
 
43.1
 
17,036

Total votes: 39,481
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Colorado House of Representatives District 30

Incumbent Dafna Michaelson Jenet advanced from the Democratic primary for Colorado House of Representatives District 30 on June 30, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Dafna Michaelson Jenet
Dafna Michaelson Jenet
 
100.0
 
8,892

Total votes: 8,892
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Colorado House of Representatives District 30

Kerrie Gutierrez defeated Cynthia Sarmiento in the Republican primary for Colorado House of Representatives District 30 on June 30, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Kerrie Gutierrez
Kerrie Gutierrez
 
53.2
 
2,643
Image of Cynthia Sarmiento
Cynthia Sarmiento
 
46.8
 
2,321

Total votes: 4,964
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2018

See also: Colorado House of Representatives elections, 2018

General election

General election for Colorado House of Representatives District 30

Incumbent Dafna Michaelson Jenet defeated Susan Kochevar in the general election for Colorado House of Representatives District 30 on November 6, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Dafna Michaelson Jenet
Dafna Michaelson Jenet (D)
 
58.1
 
16,239
Image of Susan Kochevar
Susan Kochevar (R)
 
41.9
 
11,729

Total votes: 27,968
(100.00% precincts reporting)
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Colorado House of Representatives District 30

Incumbent Dafna Michaelson Jenet advanced from the Democratic primary for Colorado House of Representatives District 30 on June 26, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Dafna Michaelson Jenet
Dafna Michaelson Jenet
 
100.0
 
5,211

Total votes: 5,211
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Colorado House of Representatives District 30

Susan Kochevar advanced from the Republican primary for Colorado House of Representatives District 30 on June 26, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Susan Kochevar
Susan Kochevar
 
100.0
 
3,369

Total votes: 3,369
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Endorsements

Michaelson Jenet was endorsed by the Aurora Sentinel.[3]

2016

Obama endorsement
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During the 2016 election cycle Jenet was one of the candidates endorsed by President Barack Obama

Full list of Obama's 2016 endorsements
See also: Colorado House of Representatives elections, 2016

Elections for the Colorado House of Representatives took place in 2016. The primary election took place on June 28, 2016, and the general election was held on November 8, 2016. The candidate filing deadline was April 4, 2016.

Dafna Michaelson Jenet defeated incumbent JoAnn Windholz in the Colorado House of Representatives District 30 general election.[4][5]

Colorado House of Representatives, District 30 General Election, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Dafna Michaelson Jenet 54.19% 15,844
     Republican JoAnn Windholz Incumbent 45.81% 13,395
Total Votes 29,239
Source: Colorado Secretary of State


Dafna Michaelson Jenet ran unopposed in the Colorado House of Representatives District 30 Democratic primary.[6][7]

Colorado House of Representatives, District 30 Democratic Primary, 2016
Party Candidate
    Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Dafna Michaelson Jenet  (unopposed)


Incumbent JoAnn Windholz ran unopposed in the Colorado House of Representatives District 30 Republican primary.[6][7]

Colorado House of Representatives, District 30 Republican Primary, 2016
Party Candidate
    Republican Green check mark transparent.png JoAnn Windholz Incumbent (unopposed)

This district was included in the Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee's list of "2016 Essential Races." Read more »

Campaign themes

2024

Ballotpedia survey responses

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2022

Dafna Michaelson Jenet did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.

2020

Dafna Michaelson Jenet did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.

Campaign finance summary


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Dafna Michaelson Jenet campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2024* Colorado State Senate District 21Won general$117,234 $64,954
2022Colorado House of Representatives District 32Won general$56,146 $56,267
2020Colorado House of Representatives District 30Won general$111,723 N/A**
2016Colorado House of Representatives, District 30Won $107,672 N/A**
Grand total$392,774 $121,222
Sources: OpenSecretsFederal Elections Commission ***This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
* Data from this year may not be complete
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

Scorecards

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2022


2021


2020


2019


2018


2017



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Footnotes

Political offices
Preceded by
Dominick Moreno (D)
Colorado State Senate District 21
2023-Present
Succeeded by
-
Preceded by
Adrienne Benavidez (D)
Colorado House of Representatives District 32
2023-2023
Succeeded by
Manny Rutinel (D)
Preceded by
-
Colorado House of Representatives District 30
2017-2023
Succeeded by
Christopher Louis Kennedy (D)


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