On today’s Local Motion we take a look at four political races in our listening area. Full interviews of each candidate highlighted can be found at kvnf.org under our KVNF Stories tab.
We start the show with the top two candidates in Colorado's Third Congressional District, Democrat Adam Frisch and Republican Jeff Hurd. Adam Frisch served on the Aspen City Council from 2011 to 2019. Jeff Hurd has not served in a political office.
Next up we take a look at the Colorado Senate District 5 race between Republican Marc Catlin and Democrat Cole Buerger. Republican Perry Will who currently holds the seat stepped down to run for Garfield County Commissioner.
The district, reconfigured for the 2022 election includes all or parts of seven counties: Delta, Eagle, Garfield, Gunnison, Hinsdale, Montrose, and Pitkin.
Next we turn our attention to the Colorado House District 58. This seat is currently held by Republican Marc Catlin. Catlin is term limited, and as you heard in our previous segment is running for Senate District 5. The departure of Catlin opened up the seat giving both parties a chance to capture it.
Candidates for HD58 are Democrat Kathleen Curry and Republican Larry Don Suckla. House District 58 serves eight counties: Dolores, Gunnison, Hinsdale, Montrose, Ouray, San Miguel, and parts of Delta and Montezuma counties.
We complete our coverage with the race for Delta County Commissioner for District 3 which covers the unincorporated areas of Crawford, Hotchkiss, and Paonia in the North Fork Valley.
Incumbent Commissioner Wendell Koontz will square off against Niko Woolf, a builder and farmer from the Crawford area. This race has direct ties to the county’s land use code.
Local Motion airs every other Tuesday night at 6 pm and the following Saturday morning at 10:30 am. KVNF reached out multiple times to Marc Catlin for an interview, but did not hear back . Portions of the interview with Mr. Catlin was provided by KDNK.
