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Christopher Joshi Hansen, born as Christopher Craig Hansen on June 16, 1975, is an American politician who has been serving in the Colorado Senate from the 31st district as a member of the Democratic Party since 2020. Prior to his service in the state senate, he served in the Colorado House of Representatives from the 6th district from 2017 to 2020.

Hansen was born in Lincoln, Nebraska, and raised in Goodland, Kansas. He graduated from Kansas State University, University of the Witwatersrand, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and Linacre College, Oxford. He started working at Cambridge Energy Research Associates in 2005.

Hansen was elected to the state house in the 2016 election and was reelected in the 2018 election. During his tenure in the state house, he served as the chair of the Appropriations committee. A vacancy committee selected him to replace Lois Court in the state senate in 2020, and he was elected in the following election. He was an unsuccessful candidate in the 2023 Denver mayoral election.

Christopher Craig Hansen was born in Lincoln, Nebraska, on June 16, 1975, to Lana and Wallace Hansen. He was raised in Goodland, Kansas. He met Ulcca Shashee Joshi in 1998, married her on July 28, 2001, and had two children with her. Hansen later changed his middle name to Joshi.

Hansen graduated from high school in 1993, from Kansas State University with a Bachelor of Science in nuclear engineering in 1998, from Massachusetts Institute of Technology with a Master of Science in technology policy in 2003, and from Linacre College, Oxford with a doctorate in economic geography in 2009. He also received a graduate diploma in civil engineering from the University of the Witwatersrand.

Hansen served as president of the student body at Kansas State University from 1996 to 1997 after being elected with 57% of the vote and also served as president of the Theta Xi chapter. He started working at Cambridge Energy Research Associates in 2005.