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April 06, 2007 08:30 AM UTC

Denver City Council

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  • by: mountain man

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For the most part these races are going totally under the radar.  Ballots are being mailed out tomorrow April 6th and will be due back on May 1st.  With no big citywide issues driving turnout, and only a handful of open seats turnout is likely to be really low.  I asked once and I’ll ask again if there are any predictions?

I’ll offer mine here’s to the year of the woman and a couple of upsets:

Dist. 7 Nevitt & Watters in the runnoff Watters upsets Nevitt.

Dist. 8 Another upset Carala Madison takes it in the general!

Another upset Carol Boigon loses her at large seat… JK no surprises in the at-large races.

I know there are more races out there but figured I’d start with these.

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    1. That’s rediculous.  You are a Mountain Man and don’t know what’s going on in Denver.

      As for Nevitt/et al., I think it’ll be Nevitt/Connor in the runoff and who knows who’ll take that.

      There’s no doubt that Watson will get 1 or 2 on May 1, and I think will win the run-off.  He’s also raised a ton of cash.  What are his ‘troubles’?  It is irresponsible to make the statement and not back it up.

      1. Haven’t there been articles about his guilty plea to a misdemeanor and his RTD problems?  Not that I think these are a big deal, but certainly they are known.

      2. ..is deeply disliked by parts of the district, and he’s already got every business person in the city against him.

        Conner really hasn’t raised much money – do you think she’ll outpace Watters?

        This is such a weird election – it’s nearly impossible to tell what’s going to happen. Who knows how many people are even going to vote?

      3. I never mentioned “Watson’s troubles” but since you brought it up it seems like his biggest one is the only reason he’s running is so he can get a job!  Isn’t he unemployed?

  2. If passed it would allow Denver DAs to serve three 4-year terms instead of the current two.  Makes the DA consistent with other Denver city offices.

    I agree that Nevitt and Watters will be in the runoff, but I don’t see Watters winning.  She has money but no volunteer base.  Nevitt has both.

    You could be right about Madison.  However that is a tougher call and if it turns out would be a true upset.

    I thought for a long time that the runoff would be between Sharon Bailey and Darrell Watson.  Now, I think it may be between Bailey and Madison because of the troubles Watson has.

    The old guard and the ministers are with Bailey, the white liberals are probably split between Madison and Watson.

    The at-large council seats have 3 candidates.  The top two vote-getters win out right May 1.  I am guessing that it is very possible that one of the two incumbants will come in third.  Just not sure which one.

    I have had lit dropped at my house for Carol Campbell, nothing from either of the other candidates.  I am assuming I will start to see mail this next week from all three.

    1. …of dropping literature you haven’t paid for?  Campbell’s March report reflects that her literature is an “unpaid obligation”.  Can you print and hand out literature, that’s suppose to say “Paid For By…” even though she hasn’t really paid for it yet?  Questions.

      1. Campaigns are allowed, and often do, go into debt right before the election.

        Usually the winner suddenly has a lot of new “best friends” who will raise the $$ to retire the debt.

      2. Thanks for your inquiry “Democracy???” My name is Rick Taylor, Carol Campbell’s campaign treasurer. You asked a great question. I struggled with how to report our printing expenses as our printer gave us 30 day terms and we would be dropping nearly all the literature by his April 20 due date. I was afraid that someone would receive our literature, look at our expense report and ask, “Where is the expense? Who is paying for this?” To resolve the issue, I reported the printing expense under “Unpaid Obligations” although it was not past due as of April 1 because I wanted to report the expense and make it clear that we do not have a secret benefactor. Under campaign finance law, I did not have to report the expense until the pre-election report due later in April, but I reported it so that you and all other Denver residents have an accurate reporting of our contributions and finances. We plan to meet all our finacial obligations. If you have any questions, please contact me at rtaylor1802@hotmail.com and thanks again for your inquiry.

  3. why would you pick Madison to win Wedgeworth’s seat? She’s the only caucasian our of four candidates running in a district that is usually thought to be black. I would think it’d be between Watson and Bailey…

    1. is changing and becoming more gentrified.  With the african-american vote being split three ways if Madison rallies the new white voters she could pull it off.  Plus & I know I’ll get slammed for this as the cheesiest possible response she just has more yard signs out.

  4. Down here in the springs, I don’t get a good sense as to what is going on up in Denver politically.  I love this thread.  Please go into more detail!  Who are these people?  What do they want to do?  Etc?

    1. I’m wondering about is district 3; that’s Rosemary Rodriguez’s seat. Since she’s leaving, it’s open, and there are something like seven candidates. Anybody got any thoughts on that one?

      1. I live fairly close to the district, but not in it. I have not heard a peep out anyone running for the seat except one young man who came to the Denver Dems’ re-org meeting at the beginning of Feb.

              1. Despite the last name, Philips is hispanic, though having a non-hispanic surname doesn’t help her if she is not known.

                That said, this will be low-turnout by comparison to other contested districts.  3 traditionally has a very low turnout rate.

                Some unions are backing Lopez and some are backing Phillips.

                I don’t know what happens in the runoff.

  5. Julie Conner is working hard and has money and some key endorsements. Don’t be surprised if she not only makes the runoff put is the front runner on May 1.

  6. Why would anyone vote for Nevitt, he is the union guy and with all these unions throwing a fit with the convention who would vote for a union guy?

  7. He is consistently a buffoon.  It seems that his every policy decision is driven by what he read in the newspaper that day.

    Faatz is often too conservative for my taste, but at least she makes sense and articulates her reasoning fairly well.  Brown is always nutty and usually annoying.

    1. I live in his district.  He does not respond to emails, he’s never sent out a print or electronic newsletter, and he’s never had a town meeting.  Added to that, he votes like a Republican.

  8. First of all, folks looking for comprehensive information regarding the Denver City Council races should visit Denver Politics. There are nearly 80 posts from the last month alone, including profiles of most of the candidates and various news items for each Council District seat. (Yes, I am the blogger for that site.)

    As for the Council District 7 race, Chris Nevitt is clearly in the lead but Shelly Watters wouldn’t be an upset. Indeed, her “insurgent” campaign is predicted upon big-ticket contributors, especially the construction, realty, oil-and-gas, and legal communities. Nevitt has more than twice as many contributions, and now leads the financial race, but he’s done it with a far wider base than Watters.

    Indeed, Julie Connor is well within the hunt as well. Her contributor base is just 36 fewer than Shelly’s (162 to 199), and her strength has always been her name recognition and experience from helping to coordinate the office of popular Councilwoman Kathleen MacKenzie. There was a bit of a campaign worker snafu in early March, but now that that’s corrected, you can see her starting to surge again.

    District 3 has been a very quiet race. In fact, I analyzed the campaign contributions today and found that all of the candidates in this district raised just $28,634. That pales in comparison to the two other open seats: CD8’s $67,395 and CD7’s $146,681.

    Finally, with regard to Councilman Brown, you would unsurprised to learn that most people are similarly disposed to getting rid of the man. A recent poll asked “Which unopposed City Council incumbents would you vote out of office?“, and Brown came out way on top. Why is he unopposed then? Because he’s amassed a war chest of $164,000. Business leaders love him, and he never fails to deliver.

  9. Could we please get Rick Garcia and Andrew Romanoff in the CD 1 mix so we can get rid of both Garcia and Degette and get some real congressional representation for CD 1? 

    Please?

    Degette seems to think she is Colorado’s third senator and Garcia stinks of unbridled ambition who has no problems getting into bed with the likes of Alex Cranberg if it will help him get elected.  Romanoff gets it!

    1. I was eating lunch when you gave me that visual image of Cranberg and Garcia in bed. I’ guess I can save the rest of my lunch for supper. *sigh*

        1. he has been behind pretty much every voucher bill in the legislature for some time.  He was also the big donor behind Hickenlooper’s early child hood/preschool ballot question last November.  He supported it because it opens the door for public spending vouchers on non-public school efforts.

    3. he had his chance to be gov. romanoff.  He could have stomped Ritter back in the early primary days when Ritter was a laughing stock and he chickened out.  I think he would be a great rep, just don’t think he has it in him to challenge the big D.

    4. …the chances of him challenging DeGette (with or without Garcia thrown into the mix) are about as likely as the chances you’ll see Mark Hillman challenge MM in a primary.  Aint gonna happen!

    5. I live in Garcia’s district and I think he does a pretty good job. What do you mean when you say he has no problem getting involved with people like Cranberg?

      And what do you mean by Degette thinking she is CO’s third senator?

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