U.S. Senate See Full Big Line

(D) J. Hickenlooper*

(R) Somebody

80%

20%

Governor See Full Big Line

(D) Joe Neguse

(D) Phil Weiser

(D) Jena Griswold

60%

60%

40%↓

Att. General See Full Big Line

(D) M. Dougherty

(D) Alexis King

(D) Brian Mason

40%

40%

30%

Sec. of State See Full Big Line

(D) George Stern

(D) A. Gonzalez

(R) Sheri Davis

40%

40%

30%

State Treasurer See Full Big Line

(D) Brianna Titone

(R) Kevin Grantham

(D) Jerry DiTullio

60%

30%

20%

CO-01 (Denver) See Full Big Line

(D) Diana DeGette*

(R) Somebody

90%

2%

CO-02 (Boulder-ish) See Full Big Line

(D) Joe Neguse*

(R) Somebody

90%

2%

CO-03 (West & Southern CO) See Full Big Line

(R) Jeff Hurd*

(D) Somebody

80%

40%

CO-04 (Northeast-ish Colorado) See Full Big Line

(R) Lauren Boebert*

(D) Somebody

90%

10%

CO-05 (Colorado Springs) See Full Big Line

(R) Jeff Crank*

(D) Somebody

80%

20%

CO-06 (Aurora) See Full Big Line

(D) Jason Crow*

(R) Somebody

90%

10%

CO-07 (Jefferson County) See Full Big Line

(D) B. Pettersen*

(R) Somebody

90%

10%

CO-08 (Northern Colo.) See Full Big Line

(R) Gabe Evans*

(D) Yadira Caraveo

(D) Joe Salazar

50%

40%

40%

State Senate Majority See Full Big Line

DEMOCRATS

REPUBLICANS

80%

20%

State House Majority See Full Big Line

DEMOCRATS

REPUBLICANS

95%

5%

Generic selectors
Exact matches only
Search in title
Search in content
Post Type Selectors
October 28, 2005 08:00 AM UTC

Uh, Whatever

  • 39 Comments
  • by: Colorado Pols

From the, “Uh, Whatever” files comes news that former Democratic gubernatorial candidate Rollie Heath is pondering a run for governor. From The Denver Post:

Rollie Heath, the Democrats’ unsuccessful nominee for governor in 2002, said Thursday that he is considering another run for the state’s top office.

“I think the key word is that I’m ‘thinking’ about it,” Heath said. “Obviously I had a dream back then and it’s safe to say that I’ve never given up on that dream.” Heath, a 67-year-old business executive who lives in Boulder, said he would make a decision before the end of the year…

…In 2002, Heath was defeated 2-1 by Gov. Bill Owens, who was running for a second term. Because of term limits, Owens cannot run for re-election next year. Heath said he believes his experience as former president of the international and domestic divisions of Johns Manville Corp. would help him run the state.

“You know how close C and D are shows how torn this state is,” Heath said. “I know how to bring folks from widely disparate views together.”

Fairly or unfairly, Rollie took a lot of blame for the poor showing by Democrats in 2002. His performance probably hurt turnout because he was considered a sure loss weeks before the election, and Democrats aren’t likely to forgive and forget this soon. Rollie may be thinking about running for governor, but it’s a good bet there aren’t a lot of other Democrats who are thinking about him.

Tweet
Share

Comments

39 thoughts on “Uh, Whatever”

  1. Remember, the poorly run Tom Strickland’s campaign for US Senator, with hundreds of thousands of dollars of campaign funds hardly did much better than Heath. Rollie Heath’s 2002 campaign was starved to death.

    If Strickland had some of Health’s marketing staff and Heath some of Strickland’s money, both would have had a better chance. But remember how 2002 was the peak of absolute Republican power and very few Dems were successful. Blame the Democratic Party, not Rollie Heath, for turnout.

    It’s a whole different ballgame now. Rollie Heath and his dear wife, Josie, have remained very active in state party rebuilding and are well known and liked. Rollie chould be considered the “grandfather” of the successful Progressive movement in Colorado, too.

    Although no plebes in politics, as friends of Howard Dean, the Heath’s were very involved with the presidential primary and following election They are a very seasoned and connected political pair now compared to the 2002 elections.

    A proven Democratic stalwart…..Rollie Heath would beat Ritter in a primary, hands down.

    For the general election, if the voters have a choice between an honest Democratic businessman/ veteran and a Republican DC “let’s give big oil tax cuts” Congressman (or the brash Napoleanic career politician,) there’s no doubt who would win–especially in the era of Plame-Gate.

  3. “Remember, the poorly run Tom Strickland’s campaign for US Senator, with hundreds of thousands of dollars of campaign funds hardly did much better than Heath. “
    Not even close, West Slope Dem.  Owens crushed Heath 2-1, one of the worst blowouts in Colorado political history.  Allard beat Strickland by about 5.5 percent, 51-46.  Heath has as much chance of coming back from that as Napoleon had of recoverying from his retreat from Moscow.

Leave a Comment

Recent Comments


Posts about

Donald Trump
SEE MORE

Posts about

Rep. Lauren Boebert
SEE MORE

Posts about

Rep. Yadira Caraveo
SEE MORE

Posts about

Colorado House
SEE MORE

Posts about

Colorado Senate
SEE MORE

292 readers online now

Newsletter

Subscribe to our monthly newsletter to stay in the loop with regular updates!