Will Mayor Hickenlooper run for governor? That question has been dogging him for months. According to the Denver Post the mayor told cabinet members that he has not ruled out a run but needs a compelling reason [December 17, 2005, "Denver mayor hasn't ruled out run for governor"]. From the article, "The pressure on Hickenlooper to get into the race is rising because candidates need a year to raise enough money to mount a statewide campaign. Hickenlooper was scheduled to meet with a prominent Democratic fundraiser Saturday, a source said Friday. In recent weeks, privately commissioned polls found Hickenlooper was popular with voters statewide."
Bob Ewegen looks at the state of statewide races for 2006 in his column in today's Denver Post [December 17, 2005, "Key state races still in flux"]. He writes, "The most powerful of the three jobs is clearly that of attorney general. Incumbent Republican John Suthers was appointed to replace Democrat Ken Salazar after the latter was elected to the U.S. Senate in 2004. Suthers kept most Salazar appointments at their jobs and has generally won bipartisan praise. State Sen. Dan Grossman, D-Denver, once toyed with running for the post but backed off. As of now, it looks as though Suthers will face fairly nominal Democratic opposition next fall...State treasurer looks like a more competitive contest. The current treasurer, Republican Mark Hillman, left his state Senate seat after Gov. Bill Owens named him to replace Mike Coffman. Coffman, a Marine reservist, is off in Iraq and helped that country's nascent democracy stage its recent elections. There is a kind of gentleman's agreement between Owens, Coffman and Hillman that when Coffman returns in April, Hillman will resign and Owens will reappoint Coffman as treasurer. But Coffman is term-limited and Hillman is thus the likely Republican candidate for treasurer in 2006...Also looking at the treasurer's job is Cary Kennedy, co-author along with Chris Romer of the 2000 Amendment 23 school-finance plan. She would probably be the favorite of Democratic activists at their convention. A Kennedy-Hillman race next fall would be interesting because Hillman has been a frequent critic of Amendment 23."
Category: Denver November 2006 Election
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