CO-Gov

[BuckeyeNut]

Pretty excited for State Senator Mike Johnson's campaign.

[BuckeyeNut]

Pretty excited for State Senator Mike Johnson's campaign.

He has changed all of his positions and the CEA hates him. He won't win. Nor should he. He is the epitomization of the LoDo privileged frat boy that has made Denver an expensive hellhole.

Well that's a damn shame. What happened to him?

[BuckeyeNut]

Perlmutter, Uhh can we get somebody younger? If there is one thing I applaud republicans for is electing young candidates. The Democrats struggle to find people under 60. That the main reason there's no bench.

If he's running for Governor at 63 after spending 12 years in the House, he likely views this as a capstone to his career as an elected official. Don't worry about running young people for Governor, find someone young to replace him in the House, and someone young to replace whoever that is in the State Legislature. (If his Congressional replacement comes from there.)

[BuckeyeNut]

I thought that Jared Polis built up most of his wealth. From what I've learned about him, he's eccentric.

It's complicated. Polis' wealth comes from the dot-com boom, and he co-founded a website with his parents and sold it for a lot of money. (Parents had a greeting card company, Polis figured out e-cards in college.) He then went on to do his own business with ProFlowers.

Polis might be fairly neo-liberal (one of the few detractors of SOPA and PIPA doesn't read as that neo-liberal to me), but he's a relatable guy. (Who really only underperformed in 2010. Hmm.) Also way more likely to run for Senate than Governor, from what I've heard.