April 17, 2009 05:27 PM UTC

West Slope DA Considers Salazar Challenge

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• by: Colorado Pols

From the Glenwood Springs Post-Independent:

District Attorney Martin Beeson is considering running for Colorado’s 3rd Congressional District seat in 2010, the secretary of the Garfield County Republican Party said this week.

Democrat John Salazar currently holds the office. He easily won re-election in November 2008 over Republican challenger Wayne Wolf.

Beeson, a Republican, directed some words at Salazar from atop a picnic table at a tax day tea party in front of the Garfield County Courthouse in Glenwood Springs Wednesday. He was speaking to a crowd protesting increased government spending and criticizing the new presidential administration and top Democrats.

“Mr. Salazar, keep your hands out of my pocket,” Beeson said, directing the same message to President Barack Obama, U.S. Sen. Harry Reid and Speaker of the House Nanci Pelosi.

Beeson could not be immediately reached for comment Thursday, but said in a phone message that he expects to make an announcement in the near future.

As to Beeson’s speech being the centerpiece of the tax day tea party, county Republican Party secretary Marilyn Oden said Beeson is considering running for the congressional seat…

We don’t know much about Beeson, except that he replaced the prior 9th District DA in a recall election for which he was also the main organizer (that’s a nice deal if you can get it)–and had a prime stump opportunity at the recent “Tea Party” in Glenwood. It’s going to take considerably more than that to unseat the popular and moderate John Salazar, starting with convincing NRCC types that he’s somebody whose name they ought to know. ‘Cause they don’t know it now.