As we noted briefly last week, serial Republican candidate Tom Janich of 2010 “crooks and criminals” infamy has decided to take his talents to the 2nd Congressional District this year. The Colorado Statesman reports, well, we’ve already agreed he’s probably not going to win:
Janich, who resides in the 6th Congressional District…considered running in the 1st and 7th Congressional Districts, but felt that he had the best chance to win in the 2nd CD…
…The candidate has run for House District 36 twice, the 7th CD once, and most recently, in 2010, House District 31. He did not win any of those elections, but Janich believes he has developed a better understanding of the how the delegate system works since his last run for office.
In elections past, Janich has come under fire for his criminal arrest record. Out of the eight charges on his record, Janich pled guilty to third degree assault in June of 1983 and was found guilty of driving under the influence in January of 1988. A third degree assault charge and a charge of resisting an officer from June of 1983 were both dismissed by the district attorney.
Janich believes that the attacks have helped him more than they hurt him. [Pols emphasis]
“They made a huge issue out of a few misdemeanors from when I was 21-25,” Janich said. “Three traffic misdemeanors, one was an assault from after I was stopped. They tried to act like it happened yesterday.”
Attacks on your extensive criminal record have done more good than harm, eh? We’d love to hear a longer explanation of that one.
But perhaps the best statement in the entire article comes at the end:
Janich has not yet assembled a campaign staff, and said he doesn’t plan to hire any staffers unless he wins the nomination. But, he added, “I’ve been at this since ’97, I can do this stuff in my sleep.” [Pols emphasis]
That’s a strange coincidence. We can fail to get elected in our sleep, too.
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This guy has as good a chance as Lundberg of defeating Jared Polis.