Colorado's Only Black Legislators Lead Their Chambers

Colorado Assembly Speaker Terrance Carroll (left) with
Colorado Senate President Peter Groff

The two leaders of each of the chambers of the Colorado Legislature are both Black men, and they are also the only Black legislators in each body. 39-year-old Terrance Carroll is the newly elected Speaker of the House (which has 65 members) while 45-year-old Peter Groff was elected President of the Senate over a year ago (which has 35 members).

This is the first time in United States history that legislative leaders of both chambers of a state legislator have been African American. What makes the feat more extraordinary is that Carroll and Golf are also the only African Americans in each of their respective legislative chambers.