The Denver Post is speculating about the November election today [January 1, 2006, "Capitol session looking brutal"]. They write, "Almost everything state leaders do this session will be with an eye toward November's election, which will decide every statewide office and control of the legislature. Insiders agree the outcome probably will shape the state's political climate - from statehouse to Congress - for years to come...Leaders on both sides said they expect the power struggle to result in plenty of political gamesmanship this session, such as forcing votes on issues the other side won't want recorded."
Gary Lindstrom has picked a winner for his campaign for governor. He's talking about restricting growth, according to the Denver Post [January 1, 2006, "Dem gubernatorial candidate weighs in on growth"]. From the article, "The former Summit County commissioner, who worked to balance growth with the desire to maintain a sense of place as a mountain community, now has joined the Democratic race for governor on a platform that growth needs to be better managed and, at times, restricted. 'We have a five-bedroom house and we're inviting 20 people to stay,' he said when he announced his candidacy in early December. The 63-year-old said his nine years as a commissioner in a fast-growing, headwaters community puts him in good position to lead a state struggling with how to manage growth and water issues. But the freshman state legislator and political unknown's ideas strike so-called smart-growth experts as politically unworkable, an echo of plans by former Govs. Dick Lamm and Roy Romer that went down in flames. Efforts to develop the Front Range more thoughtfully and focus growth in other areas of the state met with tremendous resistance."
Fred Brown looks at the November election in his column in today's Denver Post [January 1, 2006, "Colorado's politics not easy to predict"]. He writes, "Whatever happens in 2006 depends on independent voters. Statewide, they're 33 percent of the electorate. They don't get to vote in party primaries, but they have a lot to say about who wins in November. And, in their unpredictable way, that's exactly what they've been doing, especially recently."
Category: Denver November 2006 Election
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