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Senate confirms governor’s appointments including Higher Education executive director
Summary
The Senate confirmed the governor’s consent‑calendar appointments on Feb. 4, 2026, including James J. B. Holston as executive director of the Department of Higher Education, by a recorded vote of 32–0 with 3 excused.
On Feb. 4 the Colorado Senate considered the governor’s appointments on the consent calendar and confirmed them by roll call. The clerk read the appointments, which included James J. B. Holston of Denver as executive director of the Department of Higher Education (appointment effective 01/12/2026, serving at the pleasure of the governor) and several appointments to the private occupational school board (including Howard Ogg and Jason Wardrip among those named).
An unidentified senator moved passage of all confirmations on the governance appointment consent calendar. The presiding officer announced the roll‑call result as 32 ayes, 0 nos, 0 absent, and 3 excused, and the appointments were confirmed.
The floor record lists the appointees and their terms as read by the clerk; the confirmations were approved en bloc on the consent calendar.
