Democratic gubernatorial candidate Rep. Jared Polis released a very long list of endorsements today (after the jump) of Colorado Democrats backing his campaign, including former Congresswoman Betsy Markey and most of the state’s legislative leadership from the area Polis represents in Congress. It’s a strong show of support for Polis ahead of tomorrow’s entry of Lt. Gov. Donna Lynne into the race, and also helps pinpoint where Polis can expect to run strongly in the Democratic primary–urbanizing communities along the northern Front Range adversely affected by oil and gas development, many of which are in Polis’ congressional district.
This list is illustrative of the difficulty not just Lynne but all of the Democratic primary candidates are going to have catching up with Polis, whose vast financial resources and solid base of support among environmentally-minded Democrats have cemented his status as the Democratic frontrunner following the departure of Rep. Ed Perlmutter from the race. In fact it’s a fair statement to say that Lynne’s expected entry tomorrow into the gubernatorial primary is a problem for every Democratic candidate except Polis, who is already well on the way to owning the field.
Elected Officials who have endorsed Jared:
Betsy Markey | Former United States Congresswomen | ||||
Dickey Lee Hullinghorst | Former Speaker of the Colorado House of Representatives | ||||
Rick Palacio | Former Colorado Democratic Party Chairman | ||||
John Kefalas | State Senator | ||||
Steve Fenberg | State Senator | ||||
Chris Romer | Former State Senator | ||||
Polly Baca | Former State Senator | ||||
Sue Windels | Former State Senator | ||||
Tom Glass | Former State Senator, Former Mayor of Crested Butte | ||||
Edie Hooton | State Representative | ||||
Jeff Bridges | State Representative | ||||
Jeni Ardnt | State Representative | ||||
Matt Gray | State Representative | ||||
Mike Foote | State Representative | ||||
Angie Paccione | Former State Representative | ||||
Cherylin Peniston | Former State Representative | ||||
Dianne Primavera | Former State Representative | ||||
Ed Casso | Former State Representative | ||||
Joe Miklosi | Former State Representative | ||||
Roger Wilson | Former State Representative | ||||
Stan Garnett | Boulder County District Attorney | ||||
Jeff Chostner |
Pueblo County District Attorney, Former County Commissioner, Former State Representative | ||||
Eva Henry | Adams County Commissioner | ||||
Cindy Domenico | Boulder County Commissioner | ||||
Deb Gardner | Boulder County Commissioner | ||||
Elise Jones | Boulder County Commissioner | ||||
Tim Mauck | Clear Creek Commissioner | ||||
Garrison Ortiz | Pueblo County Commissioner | ||||
Sal Pace | Pueblo County Commissioner | ||||
Dan Gibbs | Summit County Commissioner | ||||
Karn Stiegelmeier | Summit County Commissioner | ||||
Thomas Davidson | Summit County Commissioner | ||||
Jorge Amaya | Former Alamosa County Commissioner | ||||
Will Toor | Former Boulder County Commissioner | ||||
Buffie McFadyen | Former Pueblo County Commissioner | ||||
Suzanne Jones | Mayor of Boulder | ||||
Jacque Whitsitt | Mayor of Basalt | ||||
Christine Berg | Mayor of Lafayette | ||||
Gustavo Reyna | Mayor Pro Tem, Lafayette | ||||
Cecil Gutierrez | Mayor of Loveland | ||||
Dennis Coombs | Mayor of Longmont | ||||
Bob Muckle | Mayor of Louisville | ||||
Sean Murphy | Mayor of Telluride | ||||
Susan Osborne | Former Mayor of Boulder | ||||
Dr. John Warner | Former Mayor of Breckenridge | ||||
Tiffany A. Snyder | Former Mayor of Ward | ||||
Aaron Brockett | Boulder City Council | ||||
Andrew Shoemaker | Boulder City Council | ||||
Lisa Morzel | Boulder City Council | ||||
Kevin Kreeger | Broomfield City Council | ||||
Bette Erickson | Broomfield City Council | ||||
Sam Weaver | Boulder City Council | ||||
Richard Skorman | Colorado Springs City Council | ||||
Yolanda Avila | Colorado Springs City Council | ||||
Dean Brookie | Durango City Council | ||||
Kristin Stephens | Fort Collins City Council | ||||
Leah Johnson | Loveland City Council | ||||
Rich Ball | Loveland City Council | ||||
Ed Brown | Pueblo City Council | ||||
Mack Goodman | Thornton City Council | ||||
Val Vigil | Thornton City Council, Former State Representative | ||||
Maria De Cambra | Westminster City Council | ||||
Andy Schultheiss | Former Boulder City Council | ||||
Francoise Poinsatte | Former Boulder City Council | ||||
Ramona Martinez | Former Denver City Council | ||||
Angelika Schroeder | Chairwomen of the State Board of Education | ||||
Dave Levy | Thompson School Board | ||||
Denise Montague | Thompson School Board | ||||
Nancy Tellez | Former Poudre School Board | ||||
Beverly Breakstone | Summit County Assessor | ||||
Nancy Cronk | Director on the Cunningham Fire Protection District’s Board of Directors | ||||
Beverly Benavidez Ryken | Former Vice Chair of the Colorado Democratic Party | ||||
Bob Hullinghorst | Former Boulder County Treasurer | ||||
John Tayer | Former RTD Board | ||||
Eric Mamula | Breckenridge (as an individual) | ||||
Gerry Horak | Ft. Collins (as an individual) |
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Missing: KC Becker (who's from Polis' district), current House Majority Leader
Joe Neguse (who's running for Polis' seat and is from his district)
Crisanta Duran, current Speaker of the House
Jessie Danielson, Speaker Pro Tem
Former state Sen. Rollie Heath (who's from his district)
Former state Sen. Ron Tupa (who's from his district)
I'd say there's some major leadership names missing from this list.
I was going to make a crack about just linking to the list of endorsements on his campaign website rather than listing them all here, until I realized that there apparently isn't one. Just whatever mess this is. Keep doing you, Pols, I'll keep the snark dry for a better opportunity.
Hey Pols. You mis-spelled Jeni Arndt's last name.
Environmental radical, social issue extremist. Colorado Pols will love Gov. Jared!
I didn't know that support for clean air, clean water; and protection of public lands; makes one an "environmental radical." If that is true, sign me up. Common sense conservatives want all that.
How is Polis a social issue extremist? I thought the extremists are those who want to control female bodies through banning of abortion and contraception? Or those who deny the 14th Amendment's support of equal rights?
C'mon Moderatus. Enlighten us.
Polis has a husband and children and doesn’t want a fracking operation within rock-throwing distance of his kids. That's what makes Moddy crazy.
Moldy as a brainless shill for the authoritarian right, you have no business calling anybody an extremist.
Actually, I find this quite disappointing. There are a number of ways that Jared Polis is out of step with the Democratic party. He is perhaps last on my list of desirable governor candidates.
In particular, Polis has a number of votes/cosponsorships on undoing current gun laws. No surprise then to see pro-gunners Sal Pace and Buffie McFayden lined up in his court.
Unfortunately, all I see that Polis brings to the table is money, the factor that chased away a far better candidate Ed Perlmutter.
As a not-exactly impartial observer, I can suggest one reason for Jared already doing so well — he knows what he's doing. He handles social media like that Elway chap used to handle a football. And he's on the ball in real life too. Last weekend he walked in the State Fair parade Sunday morning, drove to Lamar (120 miles) for an afternoon meeting, then drove to Alamosa (3+ hours) for an evening meeting, and went home to march in a parade in either Louisville or Longmont, I forget, on Monday.
I'm not just a mother, I'm a grandmother, and *I* endorse him too! 🙂
I'll call your grandparent status and raise you Cary Kennedy.
Cary is also an excellent candidate. 🙂 Actually, as Dems we are very much spoilt for choice, and not just in this race. #benchdeeperthanthemarianastrench
I support Jared.