Alec Garnett

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. 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. Garnett has since been appointed as Governor Polis's Chief of Staff, replacing Lisa Kaufmann.

Career
Prior to taking office, Garnett was the executive director of the Colorado Democratic Party. He previously worked as a legislative assistant to U.S. Representative Ed Perlmutter and legislative director to U.S. Representative John Adler. In 2010 Garnett managed the political campaign of his father, who ran for Colorado attorney general that year.

Garnett was elected to his seat in 2014 with 72.6% of the vote against Republican Party opponent Jon Roberts. He was reelected in 2016 with 73.28% of the vote against Republican opponent Paul Linton. He was unopposed in 2018 and, in 2020, Garnett was reelected with 80.6% of the vote against Republican Victoria Partridge.

Garnett served on the House Appropriations Committee, the House Business Affairs and Labor Committee, and the House Education Committee. After becoming a member of House leadership he served on the General Assembly's executive committee and Legislative Council committee.

Garnett was elected speaker of the Colorado House of Representatives on November 5, 2020.

After leaving the Colorado General Assembly on January 1, 2023, Garnett became Gov. Jared Polis' chief of staff.

Personal life
Garnett's father, Stan, is the former district attorney for Boulder County, Colorado.

Garnett is married to Emily Renwick Garnett. They have three children and live in Denver, Colorado. Emily is an attorney at Brownstein.