CO-04 (Special Election)
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(R) Greg Lopez
(R) Trisha Calvarese
90%
10%
President (To Win Colorado)
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(D) Joe Biden*
(R) Donald Trump
80%
20%↓
CO-01 (Denver)
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(D) Diana DeGette*
90%
CO-02 (Boulder-ish)
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(D) Joe Neguse*
90%
CO-03 (West & Southern CO)
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(D) Adam Frisch
(R) Jeff Hurd
(R) Ron Hanks
40%
30%
20%
CO-04 (Northeast-ish Colorado)
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(R) Lauren Boebert
(R) Deborah Flora
(R) J. Sonnenberg
30%↑
15%↑
10%↓
CO-05 (Colorado Springs)
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(R) Dave Williams
(R) Jeff Crank
50%↓
50%↑
CO-06 (Aurora)
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(D) Jason Crow*
90%
CO-07 (Jefferson County)
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(D) Brittany Pettersen
85%↑
CO-08 (Northern Colo.)
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(D) Yadira Caraveo
(R) Gabe Evans
(R) Janak Joshi
60%↑
35%↓
30%↑
State Senate Majority
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DEMOCRATS
REPUBLICANS
80%
20%
State House Majority
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DEMOCRATS
REPUBLICANS
95%
5%
August 19, 2016 02:42 PM UTC
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After an exhaustive search and minutes of "extreeeeme, extreeeeme vetting", ladies and gentlemen,
the GOP's next Nate Marshall …??????
House had to make the appointment official. Will he be visited by the 4 horsemen of the apocalypse: Tank, Cynthia , Becky and Moderatus for overstepping his authority?
More like three horses and one My Little Pony.
Truth be told, this is typical of vacancy committees for either party in "no-hope" districts. Usually, a (sacrificial) candidate volunteers or is recruited before the meeting, one or more others volunteer on the spur of the moment at the meeting (often without any thought to what is really involved), and you have the sorting out described above. I was part of a Dem vacancy committee for a no hope district earlier this year that had a similar meeting.
The difference is that, on paper, HD 18 would not appear to be a no hope district for the Republicans and they should have their act together. However, Pete Lee is incredibly well liked (even Republicans acknowledge he is a very nice guy), he is a great fit for the district, he has been very effective in passing legislation, and he is a three term incumbent. Rs took their best shot four years ago and still failed 40-60, so it was hard to recruit a serious candidate the last two cycles.
And speaking of vacancy committees, we Jeffco Dems got to hold TWO vacancy committee meetings to nominate someone to run for one county commissioner seat this year.
No one declared prior to the county assembly/convention so the chair entertained nominations from the floor. A slew of people were then nominated on the morning of the assembly, many of whom were not very well known. Eventually, the assembly decided to leave the decision to a vacancy committee which would allow time to vet the candidates.
Three of them submitted letter of intent and the committee met. Two of the three declared candidates showed, spoke not in a formal debate but took questions from the committee members. There was a yuge turnout for the meeting and a vote taken but unfortunately, there was an inadequate record of a quorum so the proceedings were questioned.
The vacancy committee met again, this time the guy who finished second had dropped out and the first place finisher at the first vacancy committee meeting was made the candidate by acclamation. And the presence of a quorum was noted and documented.