Former Colorado state Sen. Andy Kerr, D-Lakewood, has declared his intention to run for county commissioner in Jefferson County.
The seat is an open one. Commissioner Casey Tighe, a Democrat, is term-limited. Two Republicans — Joni Inman and Frank Huftless, both of Golden — have already entered the race.
State Rep. Tracy Kraft-Tharp, D-Arvada, announced last week
she would challenge incumbent Jeffco Commissioner and former state Rep. Libby Szabo, a Republican, for the District 1 seat. Kraft-Tharp is term-limited in 2020.
State Rep. Tracy Kraft-Tharp, the Democratic ace in the statehouse, said she plans to run for the Jefferson County Commission next year.
She will take on District 1 incumbent Republican Libby Szabo, who served three terms representing House District 27 in the legislature before being appointed to a vacancy on the three-member County Commission in 2015.
More than 20 organizations have named her their legislator of the year, including the Colorado Bankers Association, the National Association of Social Workers and the Independent Electrical Workers Association.
In 2018 she was recognized nationally by the conservative Tax Foundation for her work in simplifying Colorado’s sales and use tax system.
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