December 19, 2022 01:46 PM UTC

Kristi Burton Brown Done As Colorado GOP Chair

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• by: Colorado Pols

UPDATE: The Colorado Sun’s Jesse Paul:

Burton Brown, a lawyer who got her start in politics as an anti-abortion advocate, took the helm at the Colorado Republican Party in March 2021 when the state GOP was at its lowest point since 1936. She sought to reverse the party’s losses in 2018 and 2020 through a policy platform — the “commitment to Colorado” — aimed at unaffiliated voters, who make up the state’s largest voting bloc.

The GOP was confident that it would make gains on Nov. 8.

Instead, Republicans fell further into the political minority in Colorado, losing every race for statewide office by at least 10 percentage points and failing to pick up the new 8th Congressional District. The GOP also lost seats in both chambers of the legislature, where the party was already in the minority.

9NEWS’ Kyle Clark recalls KBB’s sketchy background, lest the recent rebellion on her right flank right be misinterpreted:

NEW; @cologop chair @ColoradoKbb announces she will not seek another term after historic blowout losses. Burton Brown came to the state party in 2021 from the far-right group FEC United, which has an affiliated militia. Fringe figures had rallied for her ouster. #copolitics https://t.co/QrVUPtxMgq

— Kyle Clark (@KyleClark) December 19, 2022

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That’s the legacy of failure Kristi Burton Brown leaves behind. There’s no sugar-coating it.

Better luck next chair.

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In an email sent to party faithful moments ago, Colorado Republican Party chair Kristi Burton Brown announces she will not run for a second term following this year’s devastating losses for the party at every level of the ballot:

Hope you all are doing well and are excited for Christmas! I wanted to make sure and send you the email below which I will be sending to our main email list within the hour. I’m announcing that I will not be seeking another term as Chair of the Colorado Republican Party in 2023…

Going forward, I will still be heavily involved in our Party. As a constitutional attorney and grassroots conservative, I’ll be shifting my main focus to policy and working on issues we all care about as Republicans. I look forward to continuing to work with you all through the end of my term, as well as after.

It’s been an honor to be in this fight with you all. We must Never Surrender.

As the former public face of “Personhood” abortion ban initiatives that repeatedly failed at the polls before taking over the Colorado Republican Party from Rep. Ken Buck in 2021, “KBB” was ill-equipped to respond to the  nationwide backlash in 2022 against Republicans over the repeal of Roe v. Wade–to the point of openly contradicting her party’s nominee for the U.S. Senate, Joe O’Dea, who was attempting to muddy the abortion issue enough to win.

Watch this space for responses and more analysis–and as soon as we hear who might want to be the next to take on what’s proven over three election cycles to be the worst job in Colorado politics, we’ll let you know.