February 22, 2018 12:29 PM UTC

No More Faux-Hawk, but Still Very Weird

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• by: Colorado Pols

We were a little sad to read of the official return to the political stage of Republican Mark Barrington, but only because he seems to have foregone the “faux-hawk” that we came to love from previous campaigns.

Ernest Luning of the publication formerly known as the Colorado Statesman has the story of the latest Republican candidate who will not be defeating Democratic Rep. Ed Perlmutter in a General Election:

Barrington, a 39-year-old salesman, says he looks forward to campaigning door-to-door on a Hoverboard and plans to hold a campaign kick-off event at a trampoline park in the heart of the suburban district. Count on balloon rides for children and popsicles encasing campaign messages on popsicle sticks…

…It’ll be Barrington’s fourth run for office. He tried to win a seat on Lakewood’s city council in 2005, when he was a recent graduate of the city’s Colorado Christian University, and again in 2011. In between, Barrington, who lives with his wife and their two young sons in Lakewood’s Green Mountain neighborhood, mounted a 2010 challenge against then-state Rep. Andy Kerr, D-Lakewood. (Kerr, now a term-limited state senator, was one of four Democrats running for the congressional seat who stepped aside when Perlmutter announced he wanted a seventh term.)

Barrington is not without campaign experience, but can he pose a serious challenge for Perlmutter in 2018? This paragraph from Luning’s story speaks for itself:

The National Republican Congressional Committee put the seat on a target list a year ago — when Perlmutter was considered a likely candidate for governor — and a spokesman said last fall the group still believed it was up for grabs after the incumbent got back in. The spokesman didn’t respond this week to a message seeking comment about Barrington’s candidacy. [Pols emphasis]

We have officially added Barrington to “The Big Line” with a generous 2% chance of winning in November. We look forward to pictures of Barrington going door-to-door on his Hoverboard.