Pueblo voters made it clear they no longer wanted former state Sen. Angela Giron representing them when they recalled her from office in a special 2013 election.
But some in the Democrat Party establishment have finally found a way to ignore the voters’ will and reinstall her back into office.
Giron is not yet officially in the running to succeed outgoing Senate President Leroy Garcia of Pueblo — she’s waiting on clearance from her employer, the Boys and Girls Club of Pueblo.
But some party leaders are already starting to line up behind Giron, who told Colorado Politics she expects to be nominated from the floor when the vacancy committee meets Saturday.
At least seven people are in the running to replace Garcia. Giron has already been endorsed by Sen. Julie Gonzales of Denver, who chairs the Majority Caucus.
I am so excited to hear that Sen. Angela Giron is running for the #coleg SD3 vacancy in Pueblo! She wholeheartedly lives her values, and I’ve seen firsthand how hard she works to serve Pueblo’s most vulnerable. pic.twitter.com/NN2K2on4gN
— Senadora Julie Gonzales (@SenadoraJulie) February 12, 2022
Are those so-called values like the time when police were called on Giron’s volunteers for harassing recall workers?
And caught on tape was Giron speaking with the man who was also caught on tape handing cash to the protestors doing the harassing?
Despite the mountains of campaign cash poured into the race by New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg to help Giron after she voted for gun control laws, she got beat by Pueblo plumber Victor Head, who spray painted his own yard signs.
It was such an embarrassing defeat, even CNN mocked Giron when she claimed the race was rigged and the vote of her supporters was suppressed.
It would be a shockingly brazen move by Democrats to reinstall a candidate who was recalled by her own voters.
But that’s exactly what we’ve come to expect from Colorado’s Democrat-controlled legislature.
The other candidates pursing the seat are Nick Hinrichsen, who is backed by the incoming Senate leader, Jason Munoz, Brandon Martin, Roxanne Pignainelli, Chuck Hernandez and Larry Atencio.