December 08, 2016 03:18 PM UTC

Yeah, Let's Make THIS GUY Our State Treasurer

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• by: Colorado Pols

“What’s Nic Morse going to do next?” said no-one ever.

Nevertheless, here’s Joey Bunch reporting for ColoradoPolitics.com:

The calendar hasn’t yet closed on 2016, but increasingly the politics are turning to 2018, as Republican Nicholas Morse of Fort Collins tells me he’s thinking about running for state treasurer…

…“I wanted to put out a quick statement saying I have been asked to consider running for the state treasurer position in 2018,” he said.  “It is a position that I am interested in and something that I am going to put some considerable thought towards over the next six months.”

Morse reportedly was urged by President-elect Donald Trump’s campaign staff in Colorado to get in the race. [Pols emphasis]

Reportedly? According to who — Nic Morse?

If you’re not familiar with Norse Morse, and you shouldn’t be, he’s the Republican candidate who just barely avoided losing to Rep. Jared Polis by 20 points in 2016 (Morse came within 19.2 points of beating Polis!)

But nevermind all of that. The real star of this story is Morse’s campaign finance report. According to FEC data through October 19, Morse “raised” $163k in his race for Congress in CD-2, of which $114k is listed under “candidate contributions.” When you take a closer look at the report, however, you find this:

Whoa…$112,500 for a website??? That’s a tad excessive. For $112,500, his website had better be able to control the International Space Station.

Anyhoo, Nic Morse for Treasurer. Or whatever.