Paging the NRSC, turn on the spigot. Keyser seems good too but I’m inclined to favor Glenn after this. This was a significant event and seems like just the kind of thing the CO GOP needed to inject some energy into this race.
The article says Vargas was a write in (at the convo?) which adds another layer of wow, humiliating for Lamborn. She seems to have come out of no where. Gunzberger hasn’t updated Politics1 but Ourcampaigns has her
http://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=369340
Is it called a convention or an assembly?
http://gazette.com/meet-new-5th-district-gop-candidate-calandra-vargas/article/1573827#cxrecs_s
Video at link, haven’t watched it,
According to one article I read you can submit petitions and still try to get nominated at the convo and if you get at least 10% at the convo you can still get on via petition. But Neville didn’t take that precaution (deadline was Apr. 4th) being confident of getting at least 30% at the convo (and in fact confident of winning it).
I don’t know if Lamborn took the precaution or if incumbents are exempted from the 30% requirement, if no on both counts, then he’s lucky to even be on the primary ballot. I gotta think he’s still favored in the primary though.
I think to be technically correct, the county level is called an assembly and the state level is called a convention.
According to one article I read you can submit petitions and still try to get nominated at the convo and if you get at least 10% at the convo you can still get on via petition.
We had a county commissioner candidate do this recently. It's probably true for other offices as well.
You should watch the Vargas video: She appears to be the real deal. And she has credentials and experience, not just a stump speech.
As for Glenn, his victory at the convention after a powerful speech reminds me of how Mia Love went from a little-known mayor to the GOP U.S. House nominee for UT-04 in 2012. It certainly helped that the convention was in Colorado Springs, where Glenn is a longtime city councilman and county commissioner. Hopefully this will result in an increase in donations to his campaign and a victory at the primary; he =appears to have more of an upside than the other GOP Senate candidates.