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UPDATE: Rep @LeslieHerod says she will stay in the #coleg while running for Denver Mayor. Legislators can't accept donations from lobbyists during the Jan-May session. Herod tells me she'll apply the same rule to her mayoral campaign during that time. #copolitics
"As a legislator, community leader, and executive of Caring for Denver, I'm used to wearing multiple hats," Herod said. "I'm great at it." Herod is expected to cruise to re-election in November 2022. Denver's municipal elections are April 4, 2023.
In 2003, then State Senator Penfield Tate was not up for re-election when he resigned his seat to run for Denver Mayor. "I just knew how much time it took to run for Mayor," Tate said. "I did not want to shortchange my constituents."
Tate, who ran unsuccessfully for Denver Mayor in 2003 in 2019, said today he was still considering joining the 2023 race for either Mayor or City Council At-Large.

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NEW: State Rep @leslieherod (D) is running for Denver Mayor. The progressive legislator is a potential frontrunner in the crowded field. #copolitics 9news.com/article/news/l…
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Ma Kaing, a beloved advocate for the East Colfax refugee community, was killed by a stray bullet. Let’s create the Ma Kaing Scholarship to help talented young people from the neighborhood. We’ve raised almost $20k. I’ll match the next 50 donations of $5: coloradogives.org/MaKaingScholar…
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NEW: A spokesman for Colorado GOP Senate candidate @ODeaForColorado said a newly-introduced bipartisan bill to restore federal protections for abortion and contraception is a "positive step" but said it needed additional restrictions to earn his support. #copolitics #cosen
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NEW: Five of Colorado's most-prominent former Democratic elected officials are condemning their party's meddling to elevate extremist Republicans in GOP primaries. #copolitics issueone.org/articles/polit…
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