Ken Buck getting a hard time from Resistance members in Longmont. Expect many similar scenes to play out in the next 13 months til the 2018 General election.

Oh, the Buck, oh the Buck, oh the Buck is Back

Colorado Congressional District 4 Representative Kenneth Buck ended speculation that he will not seek re-election on Wednesday, September 13, speaking to KHOW (630 am) Denver talk radio personality Ross Kaminsky. As the Greeley Tribune reports it, Buck laid to rest the excited conjecture about who might run in his place by saying:

“Right now, I think it’s very unlikely that I do anything other than stay focused on running for the 4th Congressional District and doing the job that I enjoy doing here in D.C.”

This is disappointing news to organizations like WTFColorado.org and ColoradoPols.com, who have been speculating in print about the pleasant consequences of Buck leaving his Congressional seat empty to run for Colorado Attorney General. We must now resign ourselves to a harder-fought contest in the 2018 general election.

Democratic Primary Candidate for the CD4 Congressional Seat, and team, at a DACA rally in Greeley.

In 2018, Buck and Colorado’s Oil and Gas interests will face off against either Dr. Karen McCormick (pictured below) or Dr. Chase Kohne (pictured above). WTF Colorado is joyfully committed to supporting whichever of these fine candidates is victorious in the June 2018 Democratic Primary.

Democratic Candidate Karen McCormick being interviewed in Lamar, CO after a Ken Buck town hall.

Originally published in The Weathervane No 18 on September 21, 2017. [Subscribe]