14 Facts About Jena Griswold

Jena Marie Griswold was born on October 2,1984 and is an American attorney and politician from the state of Colorado.

Jena Griswold graduated from Estes Park High School in 2002.

Jena Griswold graduated from the University of Pennsylvania Law School with a Juris Doctor in 2011.

In 2006, Jena Griswold was awarded the Watson Foundation Fellowship, and in 2009, the Penn Law International Human Rights Fellowship.

Jena Griswold moved to Washington, DC in 2011, and worked for President Barack Obama's 2012 campaign as a voter protection attorney.

Jena Griswold defeated the incumbent Republican Wayne Williams in the November 6 general election to become the first elected Democratic Secretary of State in Colorado since 1963 and the first woman from the Democratic Party to ever hold the office.

Jena Griswold has prioritized campaign finance reform and increasing voter registration.

Jena Griswold filed suit to prevent Tina Peters from being able to oversee elections in Mesa County in 2021 and 2022 due to her attempt to interfere in the 2020 US presidential election.

Jena Griswold won a second term in the 2022 election, defeating Republican Pam Anderson, a former county clerk and recorder from Jefferson County, with 55 percent of the vote.

In 2019, it was reported that Jena Griswold was considering a bid for United States Senate in the 2020 election against Republican incumbent Cory Gardner.

Jena Griswold launched an exploratory committee for the position in July 2019.

Since 2019, Jena Griswold has chaired the Democratic Association of Secretaries of State.

Jena Griswold was term-limited from running for re-election as secretary of state in 2026.

Jena Griswold and Canedo have one son, who was born in August 2024.