https://www.coloradopolitics.com/news/in-colorado-and-other-states-republicans-see-recalls-as-a/article_32279142-abeb-11e9-827f-3fc6910ccf58.amp.htmlRepublicans frustrated by losing their grip on political power in Colorado and some other Western states have begun deploying a new weapon: the recall.
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In 2018, they recalled a freshman state senator in California as a way to temporarily undo a Democratic supermajority.
That same year in Nevada, two Democratic lawmakers and an allied independent fended off recall attempts.
In Oregon, Republicans are pursuing a recall of Democratic Gov. Kate Brown, who was re-elected last year, after GOP lawmakers walked out of the Senate to try to block votes on climate change and education bills.
Colorado, where Democrats control both houses of the legislature and the governor's office, is seeing its highest level of recall activity since 2013, when two Democratic lawmakers lost their seats for supporting gun control legislation and a third facing recall resigned.
Recall campaigns are targeting Democratic Gov. Jared Polis, two Democratic state House members and two Democrats in the state Senate. Recall committees have been formed for other lawmakers, and the GOP's top-ranking officials have encouraged the efforts.
"It's our constitutional right to recall," insisted Nancy Pallozzi, a Republican from the Denver suburb of Lakewood, who is leading an effort against state Sen. Brittany Pettersen, who soundly defeated Pallozzi in a 2016 state House election. "We can't wait for new [GOP] candidates to be vetted for the next election. Three more years for the governor? And three more years for Brittany? No."
In Nevada, a group of conservatives say they're preparing a recall effort against first-term Democratic Gov. Steve Sisolak, who signed a law, passed by the Democratic-controlled Legislature, adding restrictions to the recall process.
Oregon Republican Party Chairman Bill Currier filed paperwork to recall Brown based on what he called the governor's failure to honor the will of the voters and her "politically-motivated agendas." Currier did not return multiple inquiries seeking elaboration.
