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August 24, 2005 08:00 AM UTC

Itll Stay SENATOR Salazar

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  • by: Red Hawk

Well, this seems clear enough:

Rookie Sen. Ken Salazar told his inner circle of trusted advisers and friends he won’t run for governor next year.

“Here’s how I put it to them,” Salazar said Tuesday. “I said, ‘I have no intention to run for governor. There are other candidates out there who can do a great job as governor of Colorado.’ ”

The announcement will undoubtedly disappoint some within the Democratic Party; since the only announced candidate is also unabashedly pro-life, Kens withdrawal from the race will lead to even more pressure on Hick.

As for Ken, his reasons are clear

He understands the pressure of running a Colorado Office, DC Office, and (potential) State-Wide Campaign Office.

That would make me a completely absent father and that’s unacceptable,” said Salazar.

(Even Republicans can understand and appreciate that.)

As for the political consultants out there, Eric Sondermann added his two cents to the Salazar announcement:


Sondermann said he believes it would (have been) be a mistake for Salazar to run for governor so soon after being elected to the Senate what do you say to all those people around this state and this country who moved heaven and earth to get you elected to the U.S. Senate and when, from a national Democratic perspective, you were one of the only bright spots on election night?”

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20 thoughts on “Itll Stay SENATOR Salazar”

  1. While Salazar would have been the best Governor in the field of potential and announced candidates, I am glad he’s staying in Washington.  He is a great Senator and is serving the state well in that capacity.

    Hickenlooper, do you hear that?  The calls are getting louder…

  5. Unfourntatly, if Hick doesn’t run and Salazar is out, we are left primarily with Ritter and maybe Fitzgerald. I personally think it would be nice to see another quality dem canidate step up to the plate (such as A. Romanoff). Both republican canidates look well armed and well off.

  8. The problem with Ken Salazar or John Hickenlooper running for Guv is simple…The newer position is a step DOWN for either one of them.  Why would one of the “100 Kings” or a big-city strong mayor want to preside over a bunch of part time, underpaid citizen legislative types?

  9. I want to point out that we are still 14+ months before the 06 election, so it is a little early to be worrying because there are no strong Dems running for state-wide office yet. There rarely are beofre Jan. of an election year. But this year, the GOP has staked out its territory very early on which is making the Dems appear unorganized by comparison. But appearances can be deceiving.

    In reality, the early-season manuevering by the GOP also tips their hand a bit. The Dems now know what they are facing in the state-wide offices so they can coordinate a more effective strategy. From a campaign point of view, it is much easier to plan a campaign knowing your opponent than not knowing.

    Now the Dems can assume that Beauprez is the likely GOP for Gov., Coffman for Sec. of State, Hillman for Treasurer, and Suthers for AG. Given that knowledge, the Dems can avoid a lot of early season “vetting” (or as I call it “the nashing of teeth and pulling of hair”) and go straight to the big guns for the offices in quesiton.

    I think nearly everyone in the Dems is holding their breath until after the 05 election because it will have such a profound effect on nature of each of these jobs. After all, who in their right mind would WANT to be Gov. (or a legislator) if C & D fails? They will not be facing the usual question of “who do we cut funding from” but will be asking “how does a financially unviable state exist?”

    BTW, there have been some things told to me in private about potential Dem candidates. Since I have not yet seen them mentioned in public, I will merely say to my fellow Dems…Have hope, there are some shining lights just over the horizon.

  10. This whole rumor had more to do with internal Senate politics, than it ever had to do with Ken Salazar actually running for Governor.  Borrowing a page from KBH’s playbook.

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