In the News

More news stories: under the Latest News tab, or click here.

Coming Soon: Find the Location of Your Caucus.

New: Photos from the U.S. Senate Candidates Forum on the Events Page here.

New: Photos from Día de los Muertos on the Events Page here.

New: Photos from Temple Emanuel on the Events Page here.

---

Donald Valdez2020 Race: Campaign Refocus

Rep. Valdez drops out...and...Re-ups

Because of a threat to San Luis Valley’s water, State Representative Donald Valdez is stepping down from his U.S. Congressional Campaign to run for re-election to Colorado House District 62...Read More.

---

Leroy Garcia6 out of 6: Recalls Fail

Update: Recall Attempt
Against Leroy Garcia FAILS

From the Democratic Dispatch....Read More

...and so: a Party!

---

Don't forget to vote: 2019 Election

Democrats Running in Local Offices

Although Pueblo City elections and all School Board elections are non-partisan, Democrats are running for several offices. Below is an alphabetical list of candidates who were registered as Democrats on Oct. 18, 2019, according to the Pueblo County Clerk’s Office.

Unopposed candidates are not named.

City Offices:

• Pueblo City Council - At Large

• Tom Croshal
• Lucretia Robinson
• Stephen Varela
  
  

• Pueblo City Council - District 2

• Larry Atencio
• Tom Carrigan
• Floyd Jaramillo
• Joe Latino
  
  

• Pueblo City Council - District 4

• Ray Aguilera
• Josephine Gonzales-Gifford
• R. Ken O’Neal
  
  

• Board of Water Works

• Mike A. Cafasso
• Steve Nawrocki
  
  

• Civil Service Commissioner

• Candidate running unopposed

School Boards:

• D-60 Board of Education

• Barb Clementi
• Tommy Farrell
• Carmen Quenzer
• Jackie Seybold
• Janet Wilson Smith
• Margaret Wright
  
  

• D-70 Board of Education

• All are running unopposed

---

Caucus: 2020 Election

For Important 2020 Dates see the Local and State Elections page...Here.

---

Vote Yes: Proposition CC

Recently, the Colorado Central Committee has overwhelmingly voted to endorse Proposition CC...Read More

---

Opinion: Recall Sen. Garcia? Vince Guerrero

Recall Senator Garcia? No way!

Fowler Tribune / Posted Aug 24, 2019 at 3:21 PM

By Vince Guerrero

“Governing well.” That is not a phrase that we have been accustomed to hearing in the last few years.

But that is exactly a phrase that would accurately describe the performance of Colorado Senate President Leroy Garcia since he has taken over as leader of the Senate chamber in January...Read More

---

Recall Challenge: EVRAZ Corrects Position Leroy Garcia

EVRAZ Rocky Mountain Steel Not
Involved In Garcia Recall Attempt

Colorado Times Recorder / By Erik Maulbetsch / Posted August 22, 2019

UPDATE: EVRAZ emphasizes its work with President Garcia in a tweet...Read More

Related Story:

Pueblo Steelworkers Union President:
“We Owe Our Jobs to Senator Garcia”

Colorado Times Recorder / By Erik Maulbetsch / Posted August 26, 2019

As conservative activists try to convince voters to sign a recall petition for State Sen. Leroy Garcia (D-Pueblo), the Steel City’s namesake industry is circling the wagons in defense of the Senate President...Read More

---

Recall effort: Leroy Garcia Challenge Leroy Garcia

Pueblo’s Garcia to Challenge 
Recall Effort Door to Door

Zach Hillstrom | Crime and Courts Reporter | THE PUEBLO CHIEFTAIN | Aug 9, 2019

Colorado Senate President Leroy Garcia is no stranger to knocking on doors and campaign canvassing, but today, the two-term state senator is going door to door to speak with constituents — not to encourage votes in his favor, but to combat a recall effort against him...Read More

---

Medical Costs: Surprise Out-of-Network Billing

Lien on Me: How one woman's willingness to tell her story changed the law

9News.com |  Chris Vanderveen| Published June 26, 2019

One of the most important bills Colorado Democrats passed this legislative session was suprise out-of-network billing, which allows healthcare providers to bill you for procedures that were out-of-network -- without telling you that you would be billed out-of-network. State Representative Daneya Esgar was one of the leads on this important bill that finally got done this year...Read More.

(The included video features Representative Daneya Esgar in action on the floor of the State House.)

---

Opinion: Recalls

Don’t Undo Voters’ Will

Pueblo Chieftain | Posted May 1, 2019

At its core, the way our democracy works is pretty simple: We hold elections, and then the candidates who receive the most votes serve in office for specifically designated terms. When those terms are over, we repeat the process all over again.

If there’s a better system for selecting the people to run a government, we have yet to hear about it. So it’s disappointing to learn that committees have been formed to attempt to recall two Democratic legislators from Pueblo, Senate President Leroy Garcia and Rep. Bri Buentello...Read More.

---

More news stories: under the Latest News tab, or click here.