Nic Morse is first in, first out of Colorado treasurer’s race
Nic Morse was a month out from losing a congressional race to Jared Polis in December when he was in the race for state treasurer.
Now he’s out.
“I have decided to drop out of the 2018 Treasurer’s race,” he wrote in a statement to ColoradoPolitics.com Tuesday evening. “After talking with my wife, pastor and political advisers, it isn’t the right time for me to run again. Other opportunities politically and professionally have presented themselves and I am going to see those through before I run for office again.”
What does he mean by politically? He wouldn’t say. But stay tuned. To speculate, he’s a motivated young Republican who had the cajones to take on a well-financed, entrenched liberal Democrat and got 37 percent in a left-leaning district. Mr Trump on line one.
Morse leaves a long list of perspective candidates, including state Rep. Justin Everett of Littleton and Sen. Owen Hill of Colorado Springs. The current state treasurer, Walker Stapleton, is term-limited. He is widely speculated as a GOP candidate for governor in next year.
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