June 25, 2010 09:01 AM UTC

Kathleen Curry Kept off of Ballot

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• by: Jack Burden

(Curry ended her own political career–first by joining Republicans on key votes and alienating her peers, then by impulsively announcing her party affiliation change without consulting the relevant laws. Now that the suit she hoped would change the rules in mid-game has lost, and a Democrat is on the ballot to replace her, fail complete – promoted by Colorado Pols)

From Westword:

A U.S. District Court ruling yesterday ensures that Kathleen Curry’s name won’t be on the ballot for her House District 61 reelection bid.

But unlike La Plata County commissioner Joelle Riddle, whose lawsuit she joined, Curry’s not dropping out. Instead, she’s moving forward with one of the most challenging chores in modern politics: a write-in campaign.

Challenging is an understatement. No doubt Democrats are relieved to have Curry off the ballot; Democrats have a slight (about 1,700) voter registration edge against the Republicans in the district, meaning that outreach to the 18,000 unaffiliated voters is key.

With Curry off the ballot, however, her ability to “split the vote” with Democratic candidate Roger Wilson is limited; it’ll be the quality of the campaigns of both Wilson and Republican Luke Korkowski that’ll decide the seat.

Either way, there’s no doubt the Democrats let out a sigh of relief to only have to counter their former colleague on the ballot over the course of a write-in campaign. While her name may indeed mean something in the area, her fundraising is severely limited because she doesn’t get to raise money for both a primary and a general, nor does anyone have any vested interest in keeping Curry in the House. Let’s face it, no matter how many yard-signs you may want to buy to make sure people write you in, you can’t do it with no money in the bank and no money on the way in.

Funny to imagine that this was once the Speaker Pro-Tem.