Gov. John Hickenlooper:

Shouldn’t Colorado have its day to be one of the top three states to select the presidential nominee for each party? What if instead of caucusing in Iowa, the presidential candidates were currently courting voters in Denver, and having a discourse on the issues that affect your state? We are proposing a rotation in the order of the states’ primary election dates that would achieve just that.

Enclosed is a copy of an op-ed recently published in the San Antonio Express-News, which advocates for a more fair system that will allow the rest of the states to engage in a meaningful discussion with presidential candidates before the primary is all but decided.

Thank you for your consideration of this proposal. We look forward to continuing a meaningful national discussion and working with party leaders to review the process by which our parties select presidential candidates.

State Rep. Lyle Larson

San Antonio, Texas

[Ed. Note: Larson also sent versions of the above letter to the chairs of Colorado’s Republican and Democratic parties, along with a pair of sunglasses and a note reading, “Rotate the presidential primaries, because Colorado should have its day in the sun!”]