Denver November 2004 Election
As we reported yesterday Governor Owens has appointed John Suthers to replace Senator-elect Ken Salazar as Attorney General, according to the Rocky Mountain News [December 10, 2004, "Suthers picked for AG"]. From the article, "The choice was immediately praised by the man Suthers was named to replace - Ken Salazar, who will be sworn in as a U.S. senator Jan. 4...Suthers said he never asked for or lobbied for the job, but the governor knew he was interested. Suthers now gets the job he ran for in 1998 but lost to Salazar...Suthers frequently said corporate crime was a priority for his office, and prosecutors should explore whether a crime is committed when executives make false statements to boost a stock while selling out at the same time."
Here's the coverage of the Suthers announcement from the Denver Post [December 10, 2004, "U.S. attorney is Owens' nominee to replace Sen.-elect Ken Salazar"]. From the article, "Suthers, 53, is a lifelong Colorado resident and a veteran of Republican political campaigns. He was elected twice as El Paso County's district attorney, won the Republican nomination against Salazar in 1998 and co-chaired President Bush's 2000 campaign in his county...Sen. Joan Fitz-Gerald, the incoming state Senate president, said people who have worked with Suthers respect his ability and consider him more practical than ideological."
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