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Michael F. Bennet is a Senator from Colorado. Born in New Delhi, India, in 1964, he earned his B.A. from Wesleyan University in 1987; and his J.D. from Yale Law School in 1993. He served as editor-in-chief of the Yale Law Journal, counsel to U.S. deputy attorney general from 1995-1997, and special assistant U.S. attorney, Conn., in 1997. He was managing director of Anschutz Investment Co. from 1997-2003; and chief of staff to the mayor of Denver, CO, from 2003-2005. He was also superintendent of Denver Public Schools from 2005-2009. He was appointed January 21, 2009, to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Kenneth L. Salazar; He was subsequently elected to the U.S. Senate in 2010. He has served as chair, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (2013-2014).
