October 19, 2007 06:36 PM UTC

Ron May to Resign

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• by: Colorado Pols

From The Colorado Springs Gazette:

State Sen. Ron May will resign effective Oct. 31, ending a public service career that began on the Colorado Springs City Council and spanned nearly three decades.

May, R-Colorado Springs, faxed a letter to Secretary of State Mike Coffman late Thursday and planned to hand it to him in person today. May had been scheduled to leave office at the end of 2008, when he was term-limited.

His departure will set into motion a series of events in which state Rep. Bill Cadman is expected to assume May’s seat and several Republicans will battle to finish the final year of Cadman’s term. Vacancy committees are expected to fill both seats by the end of November.

May said in an interview with The Gazette on Thursday that he is leaving to pursue job opportunities that would not be available if he were to wait to leave office next year. He said that he has also grown tired of some of the recent financial restrictions placed on legislators and that he hopes to continue to work with state government from the private sector, he said.

The dominoes that will fall here could include ol’ Doug Bruce, who may try to succeed Cadman:

The other name is that of Bruce, an El Paso County commissioner who has lost two primary races for Senate seats. When asked about it, Bruce declined comment, saying he will make his 2008 election plans known Nov. 7, the day after the 2007 election.