Ritter Hires Campaign Manager

Bill Ritter, Democratic candidate for governor, has hired one of Colorados leading political consultants, Greg Kolomitz, as his campaign manager.

Kolomitz, a native Coloradan, is taking a leave of absence as president of CRL Associates Inc. to run Ritters campaign effective Jan. 3, 2006. Kolomitz has served as an unpaid adviser to the campaign for the past six months. 

Greg brings a high level of sophistication and political savvy to my statewide campaign for governor, Ritter said. I feel extremely fortunate to have him leading the charge as we march toward the governors chair.

Kolomitzs most recent campaign successes include passage of:

FasTracks (November 2004)
Yes on 3A (DPS teacher pay-for-performance; November 2005)
Yes on 2A (Lakewood sales-tax increase; November 2005)
Initiative 912 (Washington state; rejecting gas-tax repeal; November 2005)

Kolomitz also has worked on numerous school district bond measures, as well as de-Brucing and candidate races at the local, state and congressional levels. He worked on former Denver Mayor Wellington Webbs campaigns and also led the campaign to expand the Colorado Convention Center.

One of my goals has long been to manage a Colorado gubernatorial campaign, Kolomitz said, and Bill Ritter is the ideal candidate. Hes a man of great integrity and honesty. He understands this state, its people and its issues like no other candidate. Im grateful for the opportunity to help get him elected as the next governor of Colorado.

Kolomitz grew up in La Junta, where his parents still live, and graduated from La Junta High School. He graduated from Regis University and is married to Carla Lucero Kolomitz. He has been involved in politics his entire life. His earliest campaign memories are of passing out balloons for his grandfathers race for district attorney and going door-to-door for his fathers school board campaign.