U.S. Senate See Full Big Line

(D) J. Hickenlooper*

(R) Somebody

80%

20%

(D) Phil Weiser

(D) Joe Neguse

(D) Jena Griswold

60%

60%

40%↓

Att. General See Full Big Line

(D) M. Dougherty

(D) Alexis King

(D) Brian Mason

40%

40%

30%

Sec. of State See Full Big Line
(D) A. Gonzalez

(D) George Stern

(R) Sheri Davis

50%↑

40%

30%

State Treasurer See Full Big Line

(D) Brianna Titone

(R) Kevin Grantham

(D) Jerry DiTullio

60%

30%

20%

CO-01 (Denver) See Full Big Line

(D) Diana DeGette*

(R) Somebody

90%

2%

CO-02 (Boulder-ish) See Full Big Line

(D) Joe Neguse*

(R) Somebody

90%

2%

CO-03 (West & Southern CO) See Full Big Line

(R) Jeff Hurd*

(D) Somebody

80%

40%

CO-04 (Northeast-ish Colorado) See Full Big Line

(R) Lauren Boebert*

(D) Somebody

90%

10%

CO-05 (Colorado Springs) See Full Big Line

(R) Jeff Crank*

(D) Somebody

80%

20%

CO-06 (Aurora) See Full Big Line

(D) Jason Crow*

(R) Somebody

90%

10%

CO-07 (Jefferson County) See Full Big Line

(D) B. Pettersen*

(R) Somebody

90%

10%

CO-08 (Northern Colo.) See Full Big Line

(R) Gabe Evans*

(D) Yadira Caraveo

(D) Joe Salazar

50%

40%

40%

State Senate Majority See Full Big Line

DEMOCRATS

REPUBLICANS

80%

20%

State House Majority See Full Big Line

DEMOCRATS

REPUBLICANS

95%

5%

Generic selectors
Exact matches only
Search in title
Search in content
Post Type Selectors
January 18, 2009 02:42 AM UTC

HD-49: BJ Nikkel gets Lundberg's old spot

  • 15 Comments
  • by: twas brillig

(Three words: “Musgrave district director” – promoted by Colorado Pols)

The Larimer County Republican Party vacancy committee — who just selected Kevin Lundberg to fill the vacancy in SD-15 left by now-County Commissioner Steve Johnson — has selected former Musgrave district director B.J. Nikkel to fill out the rest of Lundberg’s term in HD-49.

http://coloradoan.com/article/…

A Republican vacancy committee Saturday morning chose B.J. Nikkel, a former U.S. Rep. Marilyn Musgrave staffer, for an open House District 49 seat.

The district covers most of Larimer County except for Fort Collins and Loveland, though outlying areas of those cities are represented by the seat. It also covers Windsor, Timnath and LaPorte.

Nikkel, a longtime political activist, beat Ray Walter of Windsor 8-2 for the seat, which came open after Kevin Lundberg was chosen Jan. 10 to fill the Senate District 15 post vacated by Republican Steve Johnson, who resigned after he won a county commissioner seat in November.

The committee met at the Allnut Funeral Home in Fort Collins.

“Really what’s most important is that she will represent the district well, and that’s what our job is all about,” Lundberg said, adding that Nikkel is cut of the same cloth he is. [Pols emphasis] “I think she will continue to stand for the solid Reagan-esque conservative values District 49 is all about.”

Comments

15 thoughts on “HD-49: BJ Nikkel gets Lundberg’s old spot

  1. — much smaller, for one thing, the Nikkel-Walters vote was 8-2 and the Lundberg-Lynch vote was 86-42, at least according to the Coloradoan — but has some overlap in members.

      1. But a 10-member vacancy committe is about the same number as how a multi-county district central committee is defined by statute. That would mean it would the Chair, Vice-Chair, and Secretary of the District, of Larimar County GOP and of Weld County GOP and any Republican legislators who live in the district.

        So my assumption here is that the GOP made their HD49 central committee also their HD49 vacancy committee.

        Dems typically expand the vacancy committees to include more people such as precinct committee people etc.

    1. The meeting place chosen, Allnutt (note the two t’s, Coloradoan), isn’t even in HD 49. I bet Middle of the Road could have helped suggest a place in the district that would have met the requirements. Actually, a central location in the district may have been Poudre Valley REA offices.  

  2. No surprises here, I think.  A lot of resignation among Party moderates.  Up in Fort Collins, there are tons of great places to meet besides the funeral home.  I’ll bet that the price was right… no charge.  And besides, the places we’d like to meet in Fort Collins are owned by Democrats and environmentalists…    Too much liberal undertow for the culturally-sensitive dingbats of the far right.  

  3. She’s smart, articulate — and was centered enough to exit the Musgrave circle a long time ago knowning full well the wrath the nut jobs would inflict upon her.  She’ll be a good addition and breath of fresh air to the Republican line-up; while BJ and I may not agree on some things, she’s approachable, listens and is always respectful.  Looking forward to having you under the dome BJ!

  4. is correct in his assessment of Nikkel, then this is indeed good news for Democrats…the oppposition party has not learned the lesson of the past few elections in which the voters of Colorado have not bought what they are selling.

Leave a Comment

Recent Comments


Posts about

Donald Trump
SEE MORE

Posts about

Rep. Lauren Boebert
SEE MORE

Posts about

Rep. Gabe Evans
SEE MORE

Posts about

Colorado House
SEE MORE

Posts about

Colorado Senate
SEE MORE

62 readers online now

Newsletter

Subscribe to our monthly newsletter to stay in the loop with regular updates!