February 01, 2010 10:43 PM UTC

Sandoval Throws Hat in District 1 Council Race

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• by: RedGreen

(Updated info to Dan’s diary. – promoted by Middle of the Road)

As predicted, state Sen. Paula Sandoval announces she’s running for the Denver City Council District 1 seat vacated by Rick Garcia’s appointment to a regional HUD post. She doesn’t plan to step down from her legislative seat to make the run.

As Dan Willis laid out, this creates the potential for other dominos to fall, should Sandoval win. http://www.coloradopols.com/di…

Release follows:

Today, State Senator Paula E. Sandoval announced she would run for the City Council vacancy created by Councilman Rick Garcia’s appointment as the new Rocky Mountain Regional Director for Housing and Urban Development.

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Senator Sandoval has a long history of public service.  She has been a State Senator representing North West Denver for the past eight years and has served on many boards and commissions including the Colorado State Historical Society, the Colorado Commission on Aging, the Denver Mountain Parks Foundation, the Greenway Foundation and the Denver Welfare Reform Board.

During her time as a State Senator, Paula has concentrated on social legislation and legislation to benefit children.  She was the prime senate sponsor for the low-income energy assistance bill, the Kids First License Plate, the Healthy School Vending Bill, the High-Risk Alternative Education bill and the Colorado Schoolchildren’s Asthma and Anaphylaxis Health Management Act.  In 2007 she sponsored a bill to extend Medicaid benefits for foster children to age 21 and also worked to put more state dollars into school breakfasts and lunches for Colorado’s children.

Paula E. Sandoval and her husband, Former State Senator Paul Sandoval, own Tamales by La Casita, Inc.  They have been in business over twenty-five years.

“I am very excited for the opportunity to run for Denver City Council which would allow me to continue representing North West Denver residents. As a legislator I understand the legislative process; as a business owner I understand the impact that same legislation has on businesses and consumers; and as an active community member I understand the importance of communicating with constituents and being their liaison to the City,” declared Paula Sandoval.

Once the Denver City Council declares Council District 1 a vacant seat, a special election will have to be conducted 30-60 days after the declaration unless a regularly scheduled election is within 90 days.