In the race to be the Republican nominee to unseat incumbent Democratic Gov. Jared Polis, two candidates are revealing some important positions through what they say — and what they don’t.
For the leading fundraiser and establishment favorite, Heidi Ganahl, that’s because there are certain questions she refuses to engage with. The 55-year-old from Lone Tree launched her campaign in Monument last year byto press inquiries about the extent to which she sympathizes with the baseless and increasingly popular GOP position that the 2020 presidential election was stolen.
, is more welcoming of a broad range of questions — but his answers on key issues are often incomplete. Asked how to increase teacher pay and reduce class sizes, Lopez said, “Everybody thinks the governor has all the answers. I can tell you this, what we need to do with our schools is first evaluate — Are you actually teaching? Are these students actually learning?”
Pressed for specifics on his election overhaul idea, Lopez said, “I don’t have the visuals with me, but I’d love to sit down with you at a different time and show you.”“Unintentional omissions”Lopez says the cost of housing is a serious problem in Colorado. In theof his campaign website, he offers that the answer, at least in part, is to lower the cost of homebuilding and construct more units.
His site explains that, “The Department of Regulatory Agencies is the state’s umbrella regulatory agency, charged with managing licensing and registration for multiple professions and businesses, implementing balanced regulation for Colorado industries, and protecting consumers.”on its own website, but, again, the Lopez campaign did not attribute the language.
“I think right now people want big, bold solutions for the future,” she said. “We’re headed down a scary path with inflation and crime and what’s happening with our kids.”“Colorado is broken. Colorado is broken everywhere we look,” he said. “And I don’t necessarily blame the governor. Maybe he just doesn’t have the emotional intelligence to connect with people, to truly understand what he does when he makes a decision.
She frequently talks about ways she feels Colorado’s Democratic leadership has made life too expensive, vowing to roll back fees in a variety of areas. , such that she is now the only statewide elected Republican here, Ganahl puts most the blame on Democratic money.
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