Last week, Colorado governor Bill Ritter announced he will not seek reelection in next year's race, a prospect that has the Democrats searching for a candidate to run against Republican Scott McInnis. Ritter cited the increasing toll on his family as the primary reason for withdrawing from the race and he says that he could not be a good father and husband while running for governor. One of the aspects of this decision (albeit a small one) was that his family was not happy in the governor's mansion, as Ritter pointed out last year "We moved into the Governor's Residence. It's a lovely place, but it's not a community." Read more at http://www.denverpost.com/ci_14130197. At the moment, it appears that Denver mayor John Hickenlooper will be the Democratic candidate for the governor position. The race between Hickenlooper and McInnis should be quite interesting, seeing how Hickenlooper is popular in Denver and McInnis has past experience to draw on (he has served as a Colorado Senator). While it's a shame Ritter isn't running for another term (nothing bad happened while he was governor), I think he has his priorities straight, as family should come first no matter how high-profile the job. No we'll just hope McInnis doesn't win so we don't have to name another one of our wonderful conservation areas after him.
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