A few years after graduating from CU, Fenberg founded New Era Colorado, a nonprofit organization dedicated engaging, educating, and training young people in the political process. The organization has registered hundreds of thousands of young people to vote in Colorado and successfully passed several pieces of legislation related to election reform, student debt, and climate. He has also served on the Board of Directors for ProgressNow, One Colorado Political Committee, and INVST Community Studies as well as the Boulder Housing Working Group and the city of Boulder Capital Improvement Taskforce. Fenberg now serves as an Advisory Board member for the dZi Foundation, an international nonprofit providing development work in remote areas of Nepal. Fenberg is part-owner of the Bread Bar, a cocktail bar in the historic town of Silver Plume. Bread Bar resides at the site of a historic bakery from the 1800s..
Policy positions
Environment
As an advocate of a statewide carbon tax, Fenberg would also like to increase the renewable energy standards from 30% to 50% in the next 30 years. As far as fracking is concerned, he acknowledges the risks involved and the need for tighter regulations but is a supporter of local control by communities.
Social issues
Fenberg is pro-choice and supports same-sex marriage. He supports funding to expand access to comprehensive birth control.
Jobs & growth
Fenberg believes in the right of workers to collectively bargain, strives for an increased minimum wage and sees the current requirements pertaining to sick days as inadequate.
Tenure (Colorado Senate)
Fenberg has served as a member of the following committees:
Authored/sponsored bills by Fenberg have focused on a variety of topics ranging from the easing of student debt to gerrymandering reform as well as the prohibition of gay conversion therapy. The following bills are some of Fenberg's legislative accomplishments:
Energy, Climate, and the Environment
SB19-181: Comprehensive oil & gas reforms to protect health & safety
SB19-057: Employee Information Public Student Loan Repayment Programs
SB18-087: Providing in-state tuition to refugees in Colorado
Electoral history
2016: Fenberg was the only Democrat to file for his party's 18th district primary on June 28. Incumbent Rollie Heath was term-limited and couldn't run for reelection. Fenberg ran unopposed in the primary and received 12,433 votes. On December 8, 2016, he faced off against Republican primary winner M. Peter Spraitz in the general election. Fenberg had been endorsed by the state branches of the AFL-CIO, Planned Parenthood and NARAL Pro-Choice America as well as Colorado Voters for Animals and Conservation Colorado. Fenberg coasted to a 59 point victory, the result of 67,799 votes, more than any other senate candidate statewide.
