March 12, 2010 08:51 PM UTC

No More Jimmy Lakey in CD-7

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• by: Colorado Pols

We’re a little behind on this, but just a few weeks after former Rep. Tom Tancredo endorsed his campaign for Congress, Republican Jimmy Lakey pulled out of the race in CD7 (h/t to Complete Colorado). According to a Facebook announcement:

While I have truly enjoyed meeting so many wonderful people, I have come to the conclusion that this is not my year and I will live to fight another day. I am making this announcement now so that our supporters who are attending next week’s caucuses will have ample notice to consider involvement with another candidate.

In a three-way Republican primary, we thought Lakey had a shot at winning the GOP nomination (though he had no shot at taking down incumbent Rep. Ed Perlmutter).