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The head of Colorado’s ruling party is calling for reforms to the state’s laws after two newly elected state lawmakers announced they’re resigning.
The resignations come weeks after incumbent Sens. Janet Buckner and Chris Hansen won their reelection bids.
Hansen, a Denver Democrat, was announced by La Plata Electric Company as its new CEO shortly after the election. Buckner announced after she won her election that she would resign to focus on her health.
Sen. Kevin Van Winkle, a Highlands Ranch Republican, won his race for the Douglas County Board of County Commissioners. He’s yet to announce his resignation.
The electoral maneuvers led to Shad Murib, head of Colorado’s Democratic Party, to call for a change.
“(T)he growing number of senators and representatives of both parties serving in office as a result of vacancy committee selections and not traditional elections should concern every Coloradan, and it certainly concerns me,” Murib said in a statement posted to X by Newsline. “Regardless of the high standards we place on ourselves to run as great a vacancy committee process as allows, the fact remains that vacancy committees are small and don’t provide for the same type of…
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