COLORADO FOCUS: Wins and Losses

Progressive Majority did well in Colorado this year! Building on a 4//5 win last spring, they won a bunch more this last week.

City Offices

Pat Quinn, Broomfield Mayor: Won with 48% of the vote.

Kevin Jacobs, Broomfield City Council, Ward 3: Won with 59% of the vote.

Judy Enderle, Broomfield City Council, Ward 4: Lost with 47% of the vote.

Angelique Espinoza, Boulder City Council: Won one of seven seats up on the Boulder City Council in a field of 22.

Eugene Pearson, Boulder City Council: Lost in a 22 candidate field for seven seats up on the Boulder City Council.

Russ Arensman, Glenwood Springs City Council, District 1: Won with 100% of the vote. (100%??? That is almost unheard of!)

Jacob Smith, Golden Mayor: Won by 141 votes in a three way race. (Shows you that EVERY VOTE COUNTS!!!)

Bob Murphy, Lakewood Mayor: Won with 49% of the vote.

Karen Kellen, Lakewood City Council, District 1: Won with 53% of the vote.

Cindy Baroway, Lakewood City Council, District 2: Won with 55% of the vote.

Tom Quinn, Lakewood City Council, District 5: Won with 67% of the vote.

Karen Benker, Longmont Mayor: Lost with 43% of the vote.

Sean McCoy, Longmont City Council, District 3: Won with 53% of the vote.

Eric Drummond, Manitou Springs Mayor: Won with 75% of the vote. (VERY respectable!)

Karen Post, Steamboat Springs City Council, District 3: Lost with 44% of the vote.

Vince Arroyo, Steamboat Springs City Council, District 3: Lost with 43% of the vote.

Townie Anderson, Steamboat Springs City Council, At Large: Lost with 36% of the vote.

Eva Henry, Thornton City Council, Ward 1: Won with 62% of the vote.

Faith Winter, Westminster City Council: Was elected out of a seven candidate field.


School Boards

Jennifer Herrera, Cherry Creek School Board, District A: Lost with 43% of the vote.

Jan Tanner, D-11 School Board; Was elected out of a seven candidate field with 20% of the vote.

Tom Strand, D-11 School Board: Was elected out of a seven candidate field with 19% of the vote.

Chyrese Exline, D-11 School Board: Was not elected out of a seven candidate field with 12% of the vote.

Naomi Helterbran, Douglas County School Board: Was not elected out of a five candidate field with 17% of the vote.

Trena Anastasia, Poudre Valley School Board, District A: Lost with 34% of the vote.


All in all not a bad record for progressive grassroots. To build on these gains, I strongly urge you to join Progressive Majority.

Additionally, Democracy for Colorado has a very ambitious, quite brilliant, I think, plan to work precinct by precinct to win Colorado. I urge you to join the Think Precinct movement in Colorado. It is one of the best grassroots organizing idea I have seen recently. It could make a HUGE difference between now and 2008.