DENVER ( KDVR ) — The Colorado Republican Party is continuing to break precedent by endorsing candidates ahead of the June 25 primary.
Political parties typically wait until after the primary to endorse a candidate, but the Colorado GOP has already endorsed a few congressional candidates.
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The party first broke precedent in January when it endorsed former President Donald Trump ahead of the presidential primary in March. Then in April, the Colorado Republican Party backed U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert in a crowded primary race for the 4th Congressional District.
Now, the party is endorsing Ron Hanks in the Western Slope’s 3rd Congressional District, which Boebert is leaving. But the concern is he did not win the majority of support at the Republican assembly: Stephen Varela did.
Varela is now reacting to the announcement.
“Three Republican Party bosses decided to snub their noses at grassroots conservatives,” Varela said. “Republican and conservative activists across our state are furious that our party has been hijacked by a cabal of imposters.”