Harlan Andrew Romanoff is an American politician, attorney, and academic. A Democrat, he was a member of the Colorado House of Representatives from 2000 to 2008, serving as Speaker from 2005 to 2008. He was a candidate for the United States Senate in the 2010 election, when he was defeated by incumbent Democrat Michael Bennet in the primary. Romanoff was a candidate for Colorado's 6th congressional district in 2014, losing to incumbent Republican Mike Coffman. He ran for the Democratic nomination in the 2020 United States Senate election in Colorado, losing to former Governor John Hickenlooper.