THIRD Colorado state senator may face recall
Posted: October 7, 2013 Filed under: Politics, U.S. News | Tags: Angela Giron, Colorado, Colorado Senate, Denver Post, Evie Hudak, Hudak, John Morse, Recall election 1 Comment
Brad Jones reports: Energized by historic recalls of two Colorado state senators last month, activists have begun collecting signatures to oust state Democratic Sen. Evie Hudak from office.
Hudak, who represents Westminster, a suburb northwest of Denver, is a favorite target of the GOP for her liberal voting record and a propensity to attract bad PR for herself.
Under Colorado election law, those wishing to prompt a recall election must collect 18,900 signatures from district residents – 25 percent of the total votes cast in the last election. Hudak was initially elected to the state Senate in 2008 after two terms on the state Board of Education. Read the rest of this entry »
Pro-Recall Forces to Take Next Step in Colorado: Repeal Gun Control Laws
Posted: September 15, 2013 Filed under: Self Defense | Tags: Angela Giron, Colorado, Democratic, John Hickenlooper, John Morse, Michael Bloomberg, National Rifle Association, Recall election 1 Comment
Awr Hawkins writes:
The founders of Basic Freedom Defense Fund (BFDF) and Pueblo Freedom & Rights announce they are now pursuing the logical next step in Colorado–the repeal of the draconian gun laws supported senators John Morse (D-Colo. Springs) and Angela Giron (D-Pueblo). Read the rest of this entry »
State Battles over Gun Control Intensify
Posted: September 14, 2013 Filed under: Self Defense | Tags: Andrew Cuomo, Angela Giron, Colorado, John Morse, Missouri, New York, Phil Bryant, Rick Perry 2 Comments
AWR HAWKINS writes: Battles for and against gun control continue to intensify in various states around the country. Although Colorado took center stage with the recall of state senator John Morse (D-Colorado Springs) and Angela Giron (D-Pueblo) days ago, gun control is or has been the recent focus in Mississippi, Texas, Missouri, New York, and Connecticut.
The good news for gun owners is that the clear majority of the battles are against gun control. Read the rest of this entry »
When the Little Guy Wins
Posted: September 14, 2013 Filed under: Self Defense | Tags: Angela Giron, Colorado, John Morse, Mayors Against Illegal Guns, Michael Bloomberg, National Rifle Association 1 Comment
Victor Head at his home in Pueblo, Colo.
Rich Lowry writes: Michael Bloomberg is the mayor of New York and a media mogul who weekends in Bermuda and whose net worth is an estimated $27 billion. Victor Head runs a plumbing business with his brother in Pueblo, Colo.
The two clashed from a distance in the Colorado gun recalls, and Head gave the billionaire a righteous drubbing. The defeat of two pro-gun-control Colorado state senators in the recall elections sends a message that should be heard all the way back on the Upper East Side, and maybe even in Hamilton. Read the rest of this entry »
Colorado’s Gun-Control Meltdown
Posted: September 13, 2013 Filed under: Mediasphere, Self Defense | Tags: Angela Giron, Brooke Baldwin, Colorado, Democratic, Democrats, Giron, Joe Biden, John Morse, Voter suppression 2 Comments
Colorado Springs —Michelle Malkin writes: Quick, call the CDC. We’ve got a Rocky Mountain outbreak of Acute Sore-Loser Fever. After failing to stave off two historic recall bids on Tuesday, two delusional state legislators and their national party bosses just can’t help but double down and trash voters as dumb, sick, criminal, and profligate. Read the rest of this entry »
CNN VIDEO: Gun control backers defeated
Posted: September 11, 2013 Filed under: Mediasphere | Tags: CNN, Colorado, Colorado Springs, Democratic, Doug Funderburk, Gun control, Jay Nixon, John Morse, media, Michael Bloomberg, Missouri, National Rifle Association, Republicans, Supremacy Clause Leave a commentBrooke and two of CNN’s political commentators discuss an overridden bill that could pit feds against locals in Missouri. They also discuss the two pro-gun control state legislators who have been recalled in Colorado.
Bloomberg Wasted $350,000 on Colorado Recall
Posted: September 11, 2013 Filed under: Mediasphere | Tags: Angela Giron, Colorado, Giron, John Hickenlooper, John Morse, Mayors Against Illegal Guns, Michael Bloomberg, Morse Leave a comment
AWR HAWKINS writes: From the moment the recall effort in Colorado began, money started flowing in from out-of-state gun control proponents and influence flowed in from Chicago. It was all part of an effort to protect state senators Angela Giron (D-Pueblo) and John Morse (D-Colo. Springs) from being recalled.
And by extension, it was about protecting Colorado’s new gun control laws as well.
When the gun control measures were passed, and then signed into law by Governor John Hickenlooper (D) on March 20, Coloradans in Giron and Morse’s districts felt hoodwinked. El Paso County Sherrif Terry Maketa said, “The two senators dismissed [their constituents’] opinions, literally said they did not want to hear from them,” thus setting the recall effort in motion. Read the rest of this entry »
The Colorado recalls dealt a serious blow to gun-control advocates. Here’s why.
Posted: September 11, 2013 Filed under: Mediasphere, Self Defense | Tags: Angela Giron, Colorado, Democratic, John Hickenlooper, John Morse, Michael Bloomberg, Morse, National Rifle Association 1 Comment
THE FIX’s Sean Sullivan writes: Something pretty remarkable happened in Colorado on Tuesday night. John Morse, the Democratic president of the state Senate, was recalled from office. So was Democratic state Sen. Angela Giron.
Taken together, the losses arguably represent the biggest defeat for gun-control advocates since the push for expanded background checks failed in the U.S. Senate earlier this year.
Morse and Giron appeared on ballots Tuesday in the culmination of a recall campaign that largely shaped up as a referendum on the state’s recently passed gun-control laws, for which both Morse and Giron voted. Out of state money poured in on both sides. On one end, the National Rifle Association dished out six figures. On the other, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg did too.
It’s not every day that you see an incumbent recalled from office, let alone someone as high-profile as a state Senate president. The message the defeat of Morse and Giron sends to legislators all across the country is unmistakable: If you are thinking about pushing for new gun-control laws, you could face swift consequences. Read the rest of this entry »
CIVIL RIGHTS UPDATE: Both Anti-Gun Senators Angela Giron and John Morse recalled in Colorado
Posted: September 11, 2013 Filed under: Self Defense | Tags: Angela Giron, Colorado, Eli Broad, Gun control, John Morse, Michael Bloomberg, Recall election, Rocky Mountain Gun Owners 2 Comments
DAN CANNON writes: We’ve already reported that Colorado State Senate President, and one of the architects of Colorado’s anti-gun laws that were passed earlier this year has conceded his recall election and is OUT as state senator.
Now, it seems that Angela Giron, the rookie senator who was also a staunch supporter of the gun laws who was also facing recall is also OUT! Giron lost 56% to 44% add Morse lost 51% to 49%. Read the rest of this entry »
Colorado Recall Vote Claims Two Democrats
Posted: September 11, 2013 Filed under: Breaking News, Self Defense | Tags: Angela Giron, Colorado, Colorado Springs, Democratic, John Morse, Michael Bloomberg, National Rifle Association, Recall election 3 CommentsThings haven’t been this bleak for Colo Dems since 2002 blowout. is the GOP back.
— Lynn Bartels (@lynn_bartels) September 11, 2013
Altantic Wire – BRIAN FELDMAN – Colorado held recall elections on Tuesday night to decide whether or not to oust two Democratic state senators who supported stricter gun controls in the wake of events such as last year’s shooting in Aurora. State Senate President John Morse of Colorado Springs and Senator Angela Giron of Pueblo are both being out up for a vote. This is is the first state senate recall election in the state’s history. Read the rest of this entry »
Colorado Lawmakers Ousted in Historic Recall Vote Over Gun Law
Posted: September 10, 2013 Filed under: Breaking News, Self Defense | Tags: Angela Giron, Colorado, Colorado Springs, Democrats, Giron, John Hickenlooper, John Morse, Michael Bloomberg, Morse, National Rifle Association 3 Comments
Colorado Senate President John Morse, a Democrat, concedes defeat in his legislative recall race in Colorado Springs on Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2013. Morse and Sen. Angela Giron, of Pueblo, who voted for new firearms restrictions in the state, faced the first state legislative recalls in Colorado history. Giron also lost. / AP
COLORADO SPRINGS — Two Colorado Democrats who provided crucial support for a slate of tough new gun-control laws were voted out of office on Tuesday in a recall vote widely seen as a test of popular support for gun restrictions after mass shootings in a Colorado movie theater and a Connecticut elementary school.
The election, which came five months after the United States Senate defeated several gun restrictions, handed another loss to gun-control supporters. It also gave moderate lawmakers across the country a warning about the political risks of voting for tougher gun laws. Read the rest of this entry »
BREAKING: Colorado lawmakers lose recalls over unpopular gun-control law support , Second Amendment activists celebrate victory
Posted: September 10, 2013 Filed under: Breaking News, Self Defense | Tags: Angela Giron, Colorado, Colorado Springs, Democratic Party (United States), John Hickenlooper, John Morse, Michael Bloomberg, National Rifle Association 3 Comments
DENVER (AP) — Voters ousted two Colorado Democratic lawmakers Tuesday in the state’s first ever legislative recall launched over their support for stricter gun laws after last year’s mass shootings.
Senate President John Morse and Sen. Angela Giron both lost their jobs… Read the rest of this entry »
High turnouts reported in early voting for Colorado recall following unpopular anti gun rights legislation
Posted: September 6, 2013 Filed under: Mediasphere | Tags: Angela Giron, Colorado, John Morse, National Rifle Association, Recall election Leave a comment
supporters of the recall election to oust Senate President John Morse AP
High turnouts were reported Thursday in Colorado Springs as voters made their way to election centers during the first day of early voting in the recall election of State Senate President John Morse.
The Colorado vote is being closely watched around the country as a litmus test of how the public responds to stricter gun measures in swing states.
Morse, a Democrat, and Sen. Angela Giron, a Pueblo, Colo. Democrat, could both be recalled. They will learn Tuesday whether attempts to oust them over their gun control measures were successful.
