Denver November 2004 Election
The Colorado Supreme upheld voter approved term limits for district attorney's yesterday, according to the Rocky Mountain News [January 27, 2004, "Term limits upheld for DAs"]. The ruling should set the stage for a run at Bill Ritter's office this fall. So far John Walsh, Mitch Morrisey, and Beth McCann have announced that they are running. I haven't been able to find a website for Mr. Morrisey or Ms. McAnn. Please e-mail me at jworr@operamail.com if you know the URL's.
Candidates, where are your weblogs? Drop me an e-mail and I'll help you get set up.
Here's another article from the Rocky [January 27, 2004, "DA candidates get green light"] that mentions the Second Judicial District (Denver) race.
Here's the coverage from the Denver Post [January 27, 2004, "Court OKs term limits for DAs"]. From the article, "The decision, written by Justice Nancy Rice, noted that beginning in 1990, Colorado voters had embarked on a series of efforts to limit elected officials' terms. A 1990 constitutional amendment imposed term limits on the governor, lieutenant governor, secretary of state and state treasurer. In 1994, the voters extended term limits to many other officials, including nonjudicial officials of any county, city, town and school district. In 1998, voters approved another term-limit amendment that permitted, but did not require, candidates for Congress to file a 'Term Limits Declaration.' Rice said that in November 2002, the district attorneys took the matter to Colorado voters and asked them to exclude them from term limits. The measure failed, 65 percent to 35 percent. Monday's ruling stemmed from the 1994 constitutional amendment that imposed a two-term limit on any 'nonjudicial' elected official in any Colorado county, city or town. However, the amendment also permitted voters to lengthen, shorten or eliminate term limits for any particular office."
Coyote Gulch concentrates on Denver Elections. Here's a post from Colorado Luis about the race in the 7th Congressional District.
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