recall election
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Cripple Creek councilmen face recall after voting to allow retail gift shop in heritage center
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Two Cripple Creek councilmen have been named in a special recall election scheduled for late January over their votes last summer to allow retail sales at a city-owned facility. The resident-led initiative attempts to oust Councilmen Mark Green and Charles Solomone after they voted in early July to permit a retail gift shop to operate…
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Recall drive against San Luis Valley District Attorney submits enough signatures, officials say
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Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold on Thursday announced enough signatures had been turned in to start a recall election against District Attorney Alonzo Payne of the 12th Judicial District, which covers Colorado’s six-county San Luis Valley region. Payne was first elected to the office in 2020. His tenure has been marred by accusations that…
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A LOOK BACK | Freshman legislator upturns state politics, switches parties
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Thirty-Five Years Ago This Week: State Rep. Faye Flemming, R-Thornton, told The Colorado Statesman “everything in my organization is in place” to deal with furious voters and their election to attempt to recall her. Less than six weeks after taking office, Fleming switched her party affiliation from Democrat to Republican, leaving Democratic Party officials as…
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Thousands sign petition to recall Douglas County school board members
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More than 18,000 people have signed an online petition to recall Douglas County School District school board members who voted to remove the district’s superintendent on Friday night. The petition on Change.org had received more than 18,000 signatures as of 10 p.m. Saturday. It was launched by a parent, Kaci Burns Nice, who is calling on…
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Rep. Dan Thurlow challenging Sen. Ray Scott in GOP primary, flirted with unaffiliated bid
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State Rep. Dan Thurlow, a Grand Junction Republican, plans to announce Saturday he’s challenging state Sen. Ray Scott in the GOP primary, although he first considered running for the seat as an unaffiliated candidate, Colorado Politics has learned. Thurlow, who has represented House District 55 for two terms, asked supporters in an email Friday to…
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Colorado voters set to decide school board and city council races, contentious ballot measures
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Voters across Colorado finish casting ballots at 7 p.m. tonight, deciding city council and school board races as well as local ballot issues ranging from funding for affordable housing and limits on oil and gas drilling to road improvements and municipal high-speed internet. For the first time in eight years, though, there isn’t a statewide…
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Is it too easy to mount a recall campaign against Colorado officeholders?
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…That’s the question conservative blog Colorado Peak Politics raises and, as far as it’s concerned, answers. Peak Politics cites a pending recall of city council members in Frederick – pointing out even the candidates running to replace the incumbents don’t seem to see any value in the effort: At least two of the candidates running…
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Cadman: Session much more successful than advertised
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It’s that time of year again – the legislative interim – when our media friends and editorial writers draw sweeping but invariably distorted conclusions about “what the session really meant.” These are the same people who spent months largely ignoring the bipartisan successes while hyping partisan flaps, proclaiming that rancorous “partisanship” blocked passage of all…
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Video: Windholz recall campaign turns eyes to November election
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Organizers of an effort to force Rep. Joann Windholz, R-Commerce City, to resign presented her office with about 63,000 signatures Tuesday at the Capitol. The petitioners cited “hateful” comments she made after the November shootings at a Planned Parenthood clinic in Colorado Springs. “I can’t think of many things that would be more irresponsible and…
