Vacancy Elections
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Proposal to ban appointed Colorado legislators from serving in next term fails to advance
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For the third year in a row, lawmakers have struck down a proposal that would have prohibited members of the Colorado General Assembly who were appointed through a vacancy committee from serving in the term immediately after. Sponsored by Rep. Bob Marshall, D-Highlands Ranch, the referral would have put the question on the November ballot…
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Former House member picked to fill Senate vacancy in Colorado
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A vacancy committee on Thursday night chose a former House legislator to replace former Sen. Dafna Michaelson Jenet, who resigned on Feb. 13 to become the director of the David and Laura Merage Foundation for Combating Antisemitism. Adrienne Benavidez — picked by a Senate District 21 vacancy panel — had served three terms in the…