Colorado Dems Replace Lawmaker Who Resigned To Preserve Majority

Senators Evie Hudak, left, D-Westminster, and Linda Newell, D-Littleton testify on their joint bill on school discipline during a hearing at the Capitol in Denver on Thursday, Feb. 16, 2012. (AP Photo/Ed Andrieski)
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Colorado Democrats on Tuesday appointed a replacement for Evie Hudak, the state senator who last month decided to resign rather than face a recall election to preserve the party’s single-seat majority, the Denver Post reported.

A Democratic vacancy committee appointed Rachel Zenzinger, a city councilwoman from Arvada, Colo., to fill Hudak’s seat, according to the Post. 

In a letter explaining her decision to leave office, Hudak wrote that her resignation would protect gun control legislation that sparked a recall movement against her and other state legislators who voted for those laws. Hudak also told TPM in an interview that she suspected the recall movement was a power grab by Republicans looking to regain a majority in the legislature.

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