March 10, 2010 06:11 AM UTC

Garcia endorses State Sen. Paula Sandoval as replacement for city council seat

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From the Denver Post http://blogs.denverpost.com/th…

Denver Councilman Rick Garcia has waded into the race that will determine who will replace him in representing northwest Denver by endorsing State Sen. Paula Sandoval.

In a signed letter that the Sandoval campaign will mail to 7,000 households in Council District 1, Garcia announces his endorsement. In the letter, Garcia states: “I believe Paula will continue to represent Northwest Denver as well as she has for the past eight years as your state Senator.”

The letter goes on to state that Sandoval was raised in the projects of West Denver by a single mother, and that she paid her way through the University of Colorado where she received a master’s degree in public administration. It also stresses the business, Tamales La Casita, she and her husband, Paul, established.

The letter also touts legislation Sandoval pushed as a Democrat in the state legislature to lower the the cost of heating bills, to expand access to school breakfasts and lunches and to improve access to health care for children.

“Throughout her years in the senate and as a business owner in Northwest Denver, Paula has voted with her heart and her head,” Garcia adds in the letter. “She listens to both sides of an issue and then decides what is best for her constituency and the city as a whole.”

Garcia’s seat became vacant when Garcia left to take a job as regional director for the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. The special all-mail ballot election to replace him is scheduled for May 4. The race has attracted several candidates, ranging from a Denver police detective to a civil rights lawyer.