No More Jimmy Lakey in CD-7

by: Colorado Pols

Fri Mar 12, 2010 at 10:51:50 AM MST

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).  

Tancredo Loves Him Some Jimmy Lakey

by: Colorado Pols

Wed Feb 24, 2010 at 12:28:38 PM MST

But it appears as though Lakey is really running, as evidenced by a recent endorsement from former Rep. Tom Tancredo. Take a look at the Tancredo endorsement email after the jump, which warns of illegal immigrants kidnapping your dog, or something, if Lakey's primary opponents (Ryan Frazier and Lang Sias) win the nomination. "The Republic is at risk!"

We joke about Tancredo's endorsement, but in a multi-candidate Republican primary, it could actually play a huge role. Lakey only needs about 10,000 votes to win a three-way race, (there are 85,000 active Republican voters in CD-7, and traditionally only about one-third of eligible voters participate in a primary) and we're guessing there are a lot of anti-immigrant GOP voters who will take Tancredo's advice on who to vote for this August. If Lakey can do even a decent job of raising money, he's got a real shot here.