David Buckley, a Republican candidate for the state legislature, used campaign funds to pay himself thousands of dollars in improper mileage reimbursements  – this according to his own documentation, a campaign finance complaint filed with the Secretary of State, and a subsequent analysis by the Colorado Times Recorder. 

Republican state Senate candidate Tim Walsh broke the law by not disclosing a $3 million mountain home, but he won’t face any fine or penalty for his omission, according to a recent ruling from the Colorado’s Secretary of State’s office. Though it’s rare for a single campaign finance complaint to upset several years of established legal interpretation, that’s exactly what happened when the Deputy Secretary of State handed down a decision in the Walsh case overturning four years of incorrect legal precedent established during former Secretary of State Wayne Williams’ tenure in office – after applying it to Walsh one last time.

In the months since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, Republican candidates across the country have attempted to distance themselves from their past embrace of hardline anti-abortion positions, seemingly due to fear of backlash at the ballot box in November. In southwestern Colorado, though, a candidate for the state legislature is not following their lead.