Denver November 2004 Election
The Denver Post has a short article this morning about Senator-elect Ken Salazar and his successor for Attorney General [December 7, 2004, "Salazar hopes for smooth transition"]. From the article, "Democratic state Attorney General Ken Salazar offered a parting wish Monday that his departure will not provoke a partisan fight over his successor...Salazar learned Monday that he won't get a seat he wanted on the newly restructured Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee. He had said a seat on that panel would allow him to tap his experience as attorney general. Instead, Democratic leaders announced he will serve on Agriculture; Energy and Natural Resources; and Veterans Affairs."
Here's another article on the Senator-elect from Colorado from the Rocky Mountain News [December 7, 2004, "Salazar fears 'logjam'"]. From the article, "Salazar raised some eyebrows when he became the state's attorney general in 1999, by requiring all 180 lawyers already on staff to resign, so that he could better put his own imprint on the office. Of those 180, he soon rehired all but 11."
Here's the list of names of possible successors recommended by Salazar to Govenor Owens: Current deputy attorneys general, who work under Salazar: Steve Black, Renny Fagan, Karen Howard, John Krause, Garth Lucero, Beth McCann, Jan Zavislan; Former deputy attorneys general: Court of Appeals Judges John Dailey and Bob Russel; Hubert Farbes, now in private practice; Current or former state lawmakers: Dan Grossman, Ken Gordon, Jennifer Veiga, Gil Romero, Terrance Carroll, Matt Smith; Term-limited district attorneys who leave office next month: Jeanne Smith, of El Paso County; Al Dominguez, of Weld County; Bob Grant, of Adams County; Bill Ritter, of Denver County; Dave Thomas, of Jefferson County; Gus Sandstrom, of Pueblo County; Stu VanMeveren, of Larimer County; Jim Peters, of Arapahoe County; Gary Stork, of Otero County; Frank Daniels, of Mesa County; Other district attorneys: Pete Comar of Alamosa County, who won re-election in November; Miscellaneous: U.S. Attorney John Suthers, whom Salazar beat in the 1998 attorney general's race; Troy Eid, Owens' first legal counsel, now in private practice."
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