During last week’s meeting of Chávez Huerta Preparatory Academy’s (CHPA) board of directors, interim president Angela Giron announced the resignation of Stephen Varela.
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UPDATE: Polis Appoints Don Wilson to Fill Geitner’s Seat
Gov. Jared Polis has appointed Monument Mayor and Representative-elect Don Wilson, a Republican, to fill Tim Geitner’s seat until January 2023, when the legislature convenes. Geitner announced Feb. 24 he would not seek election to the newly redrawn House District 20, and resigned Oct. 7.
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El Paso County Democrats Capitalize on Republican Civil War During Midterms
Democrats in Colorado won big last night, winning all the statewide races, potentially taking six of the eight U.S. House of Representative seats and winning the U.S. Senate race. Nowhere in Colorado is the Democratic victory more evident than in El Paso County, where, based on early unofficial results, Democrat Stephanie Vigil is poised to flip a house seat in a race against Colorado Springs City Councilor Dave Donelson, where Vigil leads by 737 votes.
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The Fall of the El Paso County Republican Party
This Saturday, the last weekend before midterm elections, the El Paso County Republican Party held a special central committee meeting to censure 33 party members, many of whom are current elected officials and candidates for Tuesday’s election. Many of those censured Saturday have also opposed or otherwise run afoul of El Paso County GOP Chair Vickie Tonkins or her slate of FEC United-backed, extremist candidates. Once the flagship county party of the Colorado GOP, the El Paso County Republican Party is a house divided, engaged in what Rep. Dave Williams (R-Co Springs) calls a “civil war,” testing whether that party, or any party so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure. The Colorado Times Recorder has compiled nearly two years’ worth of Republican trials, tribulations, goofs, and gaffes to provide much-needed context for Saturday’s censure vote.
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‘These People Are Not Really Republicans:’ GOP Infighting May Cost GOP a State House Seat
Republicans in El Paso County’s House District 19 failed to select a replacement for former Rep. Tim Geitner (R-Monument) during an attempted vacancy committee meeting this Saturday in Colorado Springs.
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Accusations of Favoritism in John Kellner’s 18th Judicial District
John Kellner, the 18th Judicial District Attorney, is running a tough-on-crime campaign against Democratic Attorney General Phil Weiser, but a Douglas County man says Kellner failed to prosecute a road rage incident involving a Parker Police Department volunteer.
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Varela Won’t Comment on 2017 Domestic Disturbance
Records obtained by the Colorado Times Recorder show that the Pueblo Police Department was called to the home of Republican Senate Candidate Stephen Varela for an alleged domestic disturbance on the morning of Dec. 11, 2017.
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Abortion the Main Issue in 2022 Elections According to Recent Poll
Recent polling from the Global Strategy Group’s The Rocky Mountaineer shows that abortion is a key issue motivating voters during the 2022 elections. According to the poll, “Colorado voters oppose SCOTUS’ decision to overturn Roe by a margin similar to what we saw in June. Now, an even stronger 70% agree that all women in Colorado should have access to abortion care (up from 67% in February).”
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Republicans Rally in Red County with Reduced Results
With three weeks until the election, Republican U.S. Senate candidate Joe O’Dea, Republican gubernatorial candidate Heidi Ganahl, and Republican Attorney General candidate John Keller all held campaign events in Colorado Springs this weekend.
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‘I Haven’t Evolved,’ says Joe O’Dea on Abortion Stance
During an interview Tuesday with Marty Lenz on KOA radio, U.S. Senate candidate Joe O’Dea claimed he hasn’t changed his position on abortion since launching his campaign.