Chris Hansen

Christopher Joshi Hansen (born Christopher Craig Hansen; June 16, 1975) is an American politician who serves in the Colorado Senate from the 31st as a member of the Democratic Party since 2020. Prior to his service in the state senate he served in the Colorado House of Representatives from the 6th district from 2017 to 2020. Hansen was born in Lincoln, Nebraska, and raised in Goodland, Kansas. He graduated from Kansas State University, University of the Witwatersrand, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and Linacre College, Oxford. He started working at Cambridge Energy Research Associates in 2005. Hansen was elected to the state house in the 2016 election and was reelected in the 2018 election. During his tenure in the state house he served as the chair of the Appropriations committee. A vacancy committee selected him to replace Lois Court in the state senate in 2020, and was elected in the following election. He was an unsuccessful candidate in the 2023 Denver mayoral election. Early life and education Christopher Craig Hansen was born in Lincoln, Nebraska, on June 16, 1975, to Lana and Wallace Hansen. He was raised in Goodland, Kansas. He met Ulcca Shashee Joshi in 1998, married her on July 28, 2001, and had two children with her. Hansen later changed his middle name to Joshi.