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Ken Buck (R-CO) to resign early

1. Fullgoldcrown says:

   March 12, 2024 - 3:52 pm at 3:52 pm

   What a piece of Shit.

   Good ridance but it appears these RINOs are doing everything they can to help the Democraps .

   • Kewl2 says:

     March 12, 2024 - 4:07 pm at 4:07 pm

     This DOES appear to be what’s happening……… do they have enough RINO’s to flip the House to Democrat control before the election date?

     Control over the House, Senate and Executive to do “something”??

   • YYZ says:

     March 12, 2024 - 4:11 pm at 4:11 pm

     ‘people back east’ will pay you big bucks not to run, or you can just make them an offer.
     – AZ GOP Chair to Kari Lake

     SCUM

   • Kestrel says:

     March 12, 2024 - 9:15 pm at 9:15 pm

     they surely are….
     which tells u what repubs are….

2. pedro_deleon says:

   March 12, 2024 - 4:03 pm at 4:03 pm

   State law says a special election cannot be scheduled less than 90 days before the Nov. 5 election — meaning it must occur by early August.

   The state’s congressional primaries, when Democratic and Republican candidates will be nominated for the fall election, already are set for June 25. Whoever wins the special election would need to win in November to continue serving next year.

   The 4th Congressional District stretches across eastern Colorado, from the Wyoming border south to the Oklahoma panhandle, and includes Douglas County in metro Denver. Boebert announced earlier that she would change districts to vie for the seat.

   https://www.denverpost.com/2024/03/12/ken-buck-resigns-congress-special-election/

   CO-4 is likely rural and conservative, although hispanics dominate SE colorado. Douglas county is south Denver metro and reliably conservative, far more so than most other front range counties.
   Meaning, it should go Republican (twice) but unclear to whom.
   Meanwhile, that vote vanishes until up to August potentially.

   • Kewl2 says:

     March 12, 2024 - 4:09 pm at 4:09 pm

     I thought Boebert already switched districts (weeks ago) and the new one isn’t taking kindly to the change????

   • pedro_deleon says:

     March 12, 2024 - 4:19 pm at 4:19 pm

     So do I have this straight?
     Primaries in June. To determine who runs against whom in Nov.
     Another election before Aug, to determine who fills out the seat into Jan?
     (who can run in that one?)
     And then a third election in Nov, to determine who takes it next year?

     Note: Buck hasn’t actually resigned yet. He’s just announced he will.
     What’s his price? Is any price worth it?

3. pedro_deleon says:

   March 12, 2024 - 4:41 pm at 4:41 pm

   Under Colorado law, the governor is required to schedule a special election to fill a House vacancy between 85 and 100 days after the seat is declared vacant, so long as November’s general election isn’t within 90 days of the special election, creating a window between June 15 and (June) 30.

   https://www.coloradopolitics.com/news/colorados-ken-buck-to-step-down-from-congress-next-week/article_5bf980d0-e09c-11ee-bdf8-23e5a0d94082.html

   That window coincides with the primary, so this journalist speculates the special and the primaries will happen the same day.
   The only way this works is if the special election replaces the seat with a republican who wins the Rep. primary, as it can’t pit a Dem vs Rep until the Nov. election candidates are nominated and selected.

   ***Sounds like this could be putting an Incumbent Rep (from June) into the race against a challenging Dem for the Nov election.***

   • Fullgoldcrown says:

     March 12, 2024 - 5:32 pm at 5:32 pm

     A real mess