April 19, 2013 12:19 PM UTC

Checking in on Key 2014 Legislative Races

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• by: Colorado Pols

With the legislature still in session (and candidates limited in the amount of money they can raise in the meantime), the Q1 reports for State House and Senate races are pretty sparse. But there are still a few interesting races that are worth watching at this point, including primary contests for the right to succeed House Speaker Mark Ferrandino and Senate President John Morse, both of whom are term-limited in 2014.

You'll recognize a couple of familiar names on this list, such as former State Rep. Mike Merrifield and former State Sen. Tim Neville. Merrifield was a high-profile member of the House who was term-limited in 2010. Neville was a sitting Senator in SD-22 in 2011 and 2012, but his district was re-drawn in reapportionment, forcing him to wait for 2014 to run in the re-drawn SD-16 (currently held by Sen. Jeanne Nicholson). Alec Garnett is the current Executive Director of the Colorado Democratic Party (until July) and the son of Boulder County District Attorney Stan Garnett.

Fundraising numbers after the jump…