In the midst of several other happenings this week, on Tuesday, Colorado Governor Jared Polis (Democrat) declared his intention to run for a second term in the Nov. 2022 election. He will be running again with Lt. Gov. Dianne Primavera.
Colorado Governor Jared Polis enters the House of Representatives chamber to make his first State of the State address to a joint session of the Colorado Legislature Thursday, Jan. 10, 2019, in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
The governor traveled to Pueblo to make the announcement in a campaign video in which he commented “there’s more we can do to strengthen Colorado’s recovery.”
He added, “This is our Colorado. If you give me the chance to keep serving as your governor, I’ll show you that Colorado’s best days are still ahead.”
Not letting any moss grow beneath his feet, Polis hit the campaign trail on Wednesday, making stops in seven Front Range cities. It was the second day of an announced four-day, statewide tour to begin his election run. As he stumped the Front Range, he vowed to make Colorado ‘more affordable’.
Given the tangled supply chains, the rising costs of housing, and the highest inflation rates in 40 years as the U.S. moves from the pandemic to endemic stage of the virus, this is a major campaign promise.
Polis is a former tech entrepreneur and a five-term congressman. He defeated Republican Walker Stapleton in the 2018 governor’s race, becoming the first openly gay governor in the U.S.
Polis’s handling of the state during the COVID-19 pandemic has come under some intense criticism by most Colorado Republicans, many of whom pushed back on restrictions, shutdowns, face mask mandates, and then objected to vaccines. But recent complaints are behind the times; there hasn’t been a statewide facemask mandate in a year.
The Republican challenger who is largely seen as his most viable opponent, Heidi Ganahl, filed her paperwork to run for governor on Sept. 1, 2021.
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