Bennet LAW ’93 picked for Senate seat
DENVER — Michael Bennet LAW ’93, the superintendent of Denver Public Schools, was named Jan. 3 to the United States Senate seat vacated by Ken Salazar.
Bennet will become the eighth Yale graduate currently in the Senate, joining Joseph Lieberman ’64 LAW ’67, John Kerry ’66 and Arlen Specter LAW ’56, among others.
Colorado Gov. Bill Ritter, whose choice of Bennet was widely seen as a surprise by political observers across Colorado, praised the superintendent as a problem-solver who has proven himself in both the public and private sectors.
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