Absolutely everyone I voted for in a contested race lost. Colorado is a lost cause. Say hello to governor polis and california type regulations. We’ll be retiring and moving out next year anyway, but sorry to see my home state commit suicide.
Probably true; but at least one bright spot.
Email from Jon Caldara (Independence Institute) received a few minutes ago:
As I’m watching the numbers roll in tonight from Colorado’s primary elections I just had to tell you what the news might not pick up on, even if they noticed it. The big winner in tonight’s Republican Primary is our Taxpayers Bill of Rights.
You might recall last year several week-kneed Republicans in the state legislature worked with 100% of the Democrats to blow a massive hole in TABOR. Senate Bill 267 labeled a giant tax hike as a “fee” and a $2 billion debt package as “certificates of participation” as a way to avoid going to the voters as required by TABOR. The end result is that while Trump gave you an income tax cut, these Republicans took it all away, without even asking.
Tonight Republican voters made very clear – when you betray us, when you betray our Taxpayer Bill of Rights, you will NOT go any higher in political office.
Three of the anemic Republicans who voted for this grand betrayal had the gall to run for higher office. State Senator Owen Hill wanted to become a U.S. Congressman, State Representative Polly Lawrence wanted to become Colorado’s State Treasurer, and State Representative Dan Thurlow wanted to graduate to State Senator.
All three lost in their primaries tonight.
Republicans should take note. You mess with our Taxpayer Bill of Rights, you go no higher in elected office (at least as a Republican).
Polis will almost certainly win. Republicans hanging on to the state Senate would delay the inevitable.
We’ll be retiring and moving out next year anyway, but sorry to see my home state commit suicide.
I just retired a few months ago, but both of my parents are still alive and living together in a nursing home. I'm their power of attorney, and as long as they're around I'm not going anywhere.
I do look at the politics of Wyoming (just 100 miles north) with envy.
We have friends (in TX) that are retiring and moving TO Colorado. Maybe they pay much attention to the politics.
I lived there (Morrison area) in my high school years in the 70s. Always thought I might want to move back. Since the Cali invasion and the ganja nonsense, I won’t bother. I’ll just fly in, ski, and get the hell back out.