“My first official duty as the current — and future — El Paso County coroner is to officially declare the Top Line Candidates dead,” said a triumphant Dr. Leon Kelly during Tuesday’s primary watch party at Boot Barn Hall in Colorado Springs, referring to a group of hard-right Republicans who were selected by GOP activists at a statewide convention in April. “What do we hear from them now? Nothing. You know what that is? Silence. It’s also the sound when a bunch of RINOs kick the crap out of conspiracy theorists.”
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‘We Were Able to Sweep Entire Assemblies With FEC United Candidates,’ Says GOP Extremist Oltmann
El Paso County Coroner Dr. Leon Kelly very nearly missed the ballot for the November 2022 ballot, thanks to what he says was intentional “manipulation” of the assembly process in El Paso County.
‘Completely Unqualified Far-right Political Activist’ Running For El Paso County Coroner
For voters who haven’t paid attention to the ongoing drama in the El Paso County Republican Party, the fervor and turmoil of the 2021 school board elections, and the growing influence of the far-right political activist group FEC United, Saturday’s Republican Assembly, which selected the candidates to appear on the ballot for the June primary election, was probably something of a shock.
Pandemic Reveals Need for Better-Qualified Coroners, Says GOP Coroner in Southern CO
In November 2018, most people in Colorado were focused on the race for governor and attorney general or on the political fight to win control of the U.S. Senate and the U.S. House of Representatives.