July 09, 2010 06:10 PM UTC

4th Congressional District ballot will feature 5 candidates

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• by: BobMoore

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I have a story up this morning at Coloradoan.com on Ken “Wasco” Waszkiewicz, who successfully petitioned his way on to the 4th Congressional District ballot. The secretary of state confirmed his petition sufficiency Thursday.

That means there will be five candidates on the ballot this fall — Democrat, Republican, American Constitution Party, Libertarian and Independent.

See the story here: http://bit.ly/aK3uMv

Those of you who follow the 4th will remember that Eric Eidsness pulled 11 percent of the vote as a Reform Party candidate in 2006. My guess is that the presence of five candidates, rather than three, will make it more difficult this year for a single candidate to emerge as an alternative to the Democrats and Republicans.

UPDATE: The Secretary of State now says that there will be no Libertarian candidate on the ballot. He had been on the SoS list after filing an affidavit of candidacy, but he never got a party designation or turned in petitions. Kate Melvin, a spokeswoman for the Libertarian Party, left me a voice mail late last night saying the party was not fielding a candidate in the 4th.

So we’re down to 4 for the 4th. Has a nice ring, no?