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(D) Yadira Caraveo
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February 18, 2025 11:10 AM UTC
9 Comments
As my Mom used to say, sometimes the trash takes itself out!
And….another Senate seat to be determined by a small vacancy committee, I believe the 3rd this year out of 35 total seats.
"small" vacancy committee being a relative term.
NCSL points out
Colorado replaced Senator Hanson via a vacancy committee of 107 voting members. Larger than a board of county commissioners, the governor, or a select group of legislators. Larger than the whole of both chambers of the legislature.
Special elections take time … In the case of Sen. Sonya Jaquez Lewis, the seat would be vacant until after this year's legislative session. And money … Administration of elections would mean preparing and mailing ballots to every registered voter and paying the costs of collecting, counting, and certifying the election. Depending on the approach, there could be both a primary and general in the special election.
If you don't like district committee selection, what system do you want instead? .
I'm really more displeased with the 3 (and maybe counting) out of 35 senators being seated by vacancy committee than I am about the process. Constituents of a district need representation as soon as reasonably possible, and a vacancy committee goes fast plus doesn't cost much, if anything. I don't necessarily want to replace vacancy committees.
But given the district has 115,000-ish registered voters, I'm sticking with calling it a "small" vacancy committee even if they hit something like 107 voters (which they might).
Getting rid of Lewis is a big plus, regardless of the nature of selecting her replacement.
Agreed, with the caveat that we don't know if the 50-ish voters it will take for a majority are really going to elect someone better qualified. I do feel mostly confident that they won't elect someone mired in scandal.
It'd be hard to find someone less qualified than she in her current circumstances.
Judge Ana Reyes burns Government lawyer who was trying to defend Trump's anti-trans in the military executive order.
Just read the whole thing at WaPo.
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The trash has indeed taken itself out, Jaquez-Lewis has been problematic since she was elected to the House. The fact that she submitted 5 letters of support that were probably all fabricated (we know at least one was for certain) tells you everything you need to know about her. One less toxic person in the legislature.