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July 21, 2005 08:00 AM UTC

Ms. Davidson Goes To Washington

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  • by: Colorado Pols

FRIDAY UPDATE: Here’s the Rocky Mountain Newson the story.

It looks like the rumors about Secretary of State Donetta Davidson taking a position in Washington D.C. were true. The White House made this personnel announcement today:

The President intends to nominate Donetta Davidson, of Colorado, to be a Member of the Election Assistance Commission, for the remainder of a four-year term expiring December 12, 2007. Ms. Davidson currently serves as Colorado Secretary of State. She previously served as Arapahoe County Clerk and Recorder in Littleton, Colorado. Prior to that, Ms. Davidson was Director of Elections at the Colorado Department of State. She is currently Vice Chair for the National Association for Secretaries of States.

Governor Bill Owens will now be able to fill this slot with a temporary replacement, as he did when Mark Hillman was appointed interim State Treasurer when Mike Coffman left for a tour of duty in Iraq. Normally an interim appointment gives the appointee a head start at re-election, as it will for Hillman and Attorney General John Suthers. But since Coffman isn’t in Colorado (and would have to finish his term as Treasurer even if he was), the benefit isn’t the same.

What Owens can do, however, is give the appointment to a Republican who is considering running for a higher office, such as moving from State House to State Senate, which would give them a boost in name ID and resume for their 2006 campaign.

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22 thoughts on “Ms. Davidson Goes To Washington”

  1. No doubt credit once again goes to the Governor who would have had to sign off. We will now have incumbents for all our statewides below Governor. May I be the first to say SOS Coffman!! Looks like 2006 is shaping up to be a good year for the Republicans.

  2. Now the difficult job starts – finding a placeholder until Mike returns.

    Any chance Norma Anderson would want the job? It’s well known she’s been shopping around for an appointmen and would relish the opportunity to have her seat go to a moderate controlled vacancy committee.

  4. Bob Balink, El Paso Clerk and Recorder, would be good for this position or he could appoint a Democrat to the position who is bound to lose. Let’s say…Mike Miles.

  5. Bob would be amazing. So would Carol Murray (from Douglas County). I think both have thier eyes on higher prizes, but would step down at the end of the term for Mike.

  8. Davidson Moving Up

    ColoradoPols is reporting confirmation of a story that I originally had posted on DemNotes way back in May. Donetta Davidson is leaving the post of Secretary of State early to take a Presidential appointment in Washington, DC. What this means for the G…

  9. Not that I am usually a conspiracy theorist, but I am convinced that this is the Reps way of making sure there is “incumbency” in the statewide offices that are termed or in danger by a Dem (ok, not that the Dems have really stepped up to the plate with phenomenal candidates that make me want to run passionately to my polling place.)

    I wouldn’t be surprised if Owens ended up in DC somewhere just to fill the slot with someone that has name ID before the election.

    WAKE UP DEMS.  GET YOUR ACT TOGETHER!

  10. Mark my words, if a County Clerk and Record gets the position it will by Scott Doyle from Larimer County, who was just award the County Clerk of the Year award by the national association of Clerks and recorders.

    I think Coffman is angling for Lt. Governor, so honestly I don’t the SOS is even on his radar, its a demotion to go from Treasurer to SecState

  11. Julia – one of the perks of being in power is that you get to control things like succession.  It’s how the game is played, and I don’t fault them for it.

    But all the GOP responses drooling over this are somewhere out in left field.  Whoever gets to fill the post is left behind in ’06 when Coffman comes to take the seat away.  The folks who might want it would be those Republicans term-limited in ’06 but looking for that extra credit to take on to their next run for office, or others who want to get in to the Lege like County Clerks.

    Ranger – Coffman has, I believe, expressed interest in the SoS position.

    I’ll second Red Ranger’s point on Scott Doyle.  With Larimer County’s successful transition to electronic polling logs being the talk of the state, he would be an excellent and popular choice to take up the position.

  12. Didn’t Scott Doyle have baggage about his travels all over the country to promote voting centers and charging it to the county’s credit card?

  13. You have got yo be kidding if you think Doyle has a chance to be appointed.  Does the Governor even know who Doyle is?  It will be either Nancy Doty, Carol Murry, or Bob Balink, though Bob would be a weak choice.

  14. For supposedly being political insiders, you missed with this description, “Governor Bill Owens will now be able to fill this slot with a temporary replacement, as he did when Mark Hillman was appointed…”  Mark’s slot is “temporary” because Coffman is expected back to complete the end of his term and Mark will then step aside — before running to fill the vacancy since Hoffman is term limited.  Replacing Donetta won’t have any “temporary” title, it is a permanent replacement until the next election.

  15. Discounting the previous speculation, my observation is that our incumbent SoS was barely competent in her position. The last election was a shambles because she was clueless how to conduct an election under any rules but those she inherited.

    As in the case of Reagan, the state sending them to DC comes out ahead. I cannot see how anyone could be  less effective as SoS unless they are the payroll of some partisan organization.

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