The Colorado Republican Party’s State Central Committee (SCC) met last Saturday, Sept. 28, in Aurora, that much is certain. As is the fact that Anschutz Medical Campus police had to take the stage to shut down the meeting after it ran an hour long and appeared to have no end in sight. As to what happened during the meeting, from the legitimacy of tabulated votes to whether or not the meeting ever actually ended, well, that depends on whom you ask.
After two and a half hours of points of order, “you’re muted!” shouts, and calls to cancel last night’s virtual meeting altogether, the Colorado GOP finally chose a new vice chair. Richard Holtorf, who represented much of the Eastern Plains until Jan. 8 of this year, defeated Douglas County businessman and online MAGA activist Mark Hampton by a slim six-vote margin, 204 -193.
The Dave Williams era is over. Colorado Republicans elected three new officers, and while they are all very much MAGA, none are aligned with the former chair or his supporters. Newly elected Chairwoman Brita Horn defeated former legislator and Weld County commissioner Lori Saine, after the first round cleared out five other hopefuls.
A pair of Western Slope Republicans vying for Colorado Republican Party leadership slots at Saturday’s statewide GOP reorganization meeting in Colorado Springs say it’s time to move past the bitter divisiveness of the Dave Williams era and welcome all comers in a bid to beat Democrats.
If you’ve been following the race to be the new leader of the Colorado Republican Party, you know there’s plenty to drop your jaw over: the fight among the candidates over who’s closest to convicted election conspiracist Tina Peters; the competition over who can hate trans kids the most; the culty Trump love fest. And more.
The Colorado Republican Party will elect a new leader by the end of March. Dave Williams, the incumbent chair, announced two weeks ago that he would not seek a second term.
The 2025 race for Colorado GOP Chair is heating up. Last week, Brita Horn, a former Routt County treasurer, announced intentions to challenge incumbent Dave Williams for the role, and today the Colorado GOP’s director of special initiatives, Darcy Schoening, announced her candidacy.
Many of Colorado’s top supporters of the 2016 Trump Campaign, including Colorado lawmakers Tim Neville (R-Littleton) and Kim Ransom (R-Lone Tree), gathered at 11:30 a.m. Saturday in Lone Tree to celebrate the one year anniversary of Trump’s inauguration.
