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(D) Michael Bennet
(D) Phil Weiser
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Att. General
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(D) M. Dougherty
(D) Jena Griswold
60%↑
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(D) A. Gonzalez
(D) J. Danielson
(R) Sheri Davis
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State Treasurer
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(D) Brianna Titone
(D) Jeff Bridges
(R) Kevin Grantham
40%
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CO-01 (Denver)
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(D) Diana DeGette*
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CO-02 (Boulder-ish)
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(D) Joe Neguse*
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CO-03 (West & Southern CO)
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(R) Jeff Hurd*
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40%
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(R) Lauren Boebert*
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90%
10%
CO-05 (Colorado Springs)
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(R) Jeff Crank*
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80%
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CO-06 (Aurora)
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(D) Jason Crow*
(R) Somebody
90%
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CO-07 (Jefferson County)
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(D) B. Pettersen*
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CO-08 (Northern Colo.)
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(R) Gabe Evans*
(D) Manny Rutinel
(D) Yadira Caraveo
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30%
State Senate Majority
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February 10, 2009 07:09 PM UTC
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to be a very good route to anything. Gail Schoettler came closest, but has anyone ever been elected Governor after having been Lt. Gov. in Colorado?
The office only has 1 constitutional duty, over-seeing Colorado’s office of Indian Affairs. Beyond that the LG only performs duties as assigned by the Gov. Until the 2002 election Gov and LG candidates ran separately so ar times had Gov and LG from different parties. Obviously when that happened the LG’s office had very little involvement in the functioning of government and thus LGs were not really great candidates for the Governors office.
I wouldn’t be surprised to see a different LG on the ticket with Ritter. O’Brien is an accomplished woman who has very little in terms of substantive duties. She heads the P-20 Council but other than that you don’t hear anything about her or her achievements. I’ve wondered if she wouldn’t head up Obama’s national pre-k program when that gets started.
Even if O’Brien goes though I don’t know if there’s much benefit for Romanoff in becoming LG. He’d be better off politicking for the next 2 years and setting up his grassroots support for a run in 2010 at Bennett.
Schoettler came very close, but the last Lt. Gov. to sit in the governor’s chair for more than a few days at a time was John Vanderhoof, who took over for John Love when the governor left to become Nixon’s energy czar. Vanderhoof lost his only bid at the top of the ticket to an upstart legislator named Dick Lamm, who held the office for three terms.
The lieutenant governor’s office is a political graveyard.
To put this in context, Johnny Van ran against Lamm in 1974, not a good year for any Republican in the country. Tricky Dick took care of that.
Kinda like Dubya took care of a lot of Republican chances this past election.
though Lamm successfully helmed the Olympics ban two years earlier. Nixon accounted for the landslide, but Lamm was on track to win all by himself.
What we do know is that Nixon cratered Republicans who ran in 1974.
that yet another Lt. Gov. failed to ascend to the bigger office. There are always variables, but that one appears to be a constant, at least in recent history.
But I think that Romanoff would have a good shot at beating Bennet for the nomination next year.
The only problem is that it would further weaken Ritter, and I doubt the party leaders would support Andrew if he decided to run. There would be a substantial amount of support from everyday Dems though.
The fact is, though, that come 2010, there will most likely be two incredibly talented former House Speakers who are going to be sitting on the sidelines.
Are you kidding? An 18-month primary campaign against a sitting senator? That’s a sure ticket to Mike Miles obscurity. Romanoff is smart, he’s not stupid.
It appeared as thought President Obama played at least some role in Ritter’s selection of Bennet (remember, he was a finalist for Secty of Education). If Obama wanted Bennet, it is likely he’d like to keep him in the Senate. I’d bet within the next 6-8 months Obama will be doing some fundraising for Bennet and that could well quash any potential primary from Romanoff or anyone else.
I think he would be a better politician if he worked a couple of years as an administrator. Especially if he gets a job in the private sector.
First of all, women would be pissed at Ritter for shoving aside a woman for political expediency and assuaging his guilt over Andrew. Secondly, who knows all the bad crap that’ll happen over the next 4 years that people will sour on the Dems and Andrew is screwed. It’s now or never for Andrew. It’s not an 18 month campaign for Senator. It’s up to Andrew to drive the agenda, and the first big test is the state convention early next year, which there’s no doubt he’d win handily. Bennet would have to petition on and that would look really sad.
I wouldn’t be shocked if she decided not to ride along in 2010 if a better position comes along.
That said, if so many people think there’s a mini war between Ritter and Romanoff/Hick/Perlmutter/whoever else, why would anyone run under him? That would take a huge party leadership… what’s the polite way to tell Ritter to get fucked? If that could happen both Ritter and Bennet would be vulnerable. Gov. Romanoff meet Senator Carroll.
She hasn’t been lieutenant governor for a while. Pretty solid, though, that she won’t be Ritter’s running mate in 2010, regardless of better offers.
By Jove, you’ve hit on the polite way!
But they do have the same political future, so the substitution’s fine.