April 28, 2011 04:11 AM UTC

New to ColoradoPols

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• by: cjgarbo

While I am new to the ColoradoPols world, some of you may know me.  My name is C. J. Garbo and I recently ran for House District 9 on the Republican ticket and was defeated in the Primary.

What you may not know is that on March 27th of this year, after months of thoughtful and careful consideration taking into account all that I learned and observed within the last couple of years, I resigned from the Republican Party.  While there were certainly attacks from some party members, I was very much surprised and encouraged privately by many more in the party who fully agreed with my reasoning for leaving.  It has been a quite an interesting journey for me.

In many ways I am grateful for having lost in the primary as I have come to know and respect Rep. Joe Miklosi.  While he and I may not agree politically on some issues, it is undeniable that he cares very much for the people in Southeast Denver and Colorado.

While I have no doubt that had I won the primary, Joe would have had to actually work after August 10, I can’t argue that the outcome was absolutely the best thing for HD9 and for Colorado.