While lacking the national cache of N-23 or a govenor’s race in a bellwether state (that comes next year), Colorado does have some election activity of its own this year.\u00a0 With the usual caveats about off-year turnout, here are some of the more interesting races to keep an eye on.<\/p>\n

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• In Douglas County, the non-partisan school board race has turned partisan, as the teachers’ unions try to seize control of that body in a heavily Republican county.\u00a0 The local Republican party has responded by endorsing a slate of four candidates of its own.\u00a0 Good luck to Dan Gerken<\/a>,\u00a0 Doug Benevento<\/a>,<\/strong> Meghann Silverthorn<\/a> and incumbent John Carson<\/a><\/li>\n
• In Denver, voters will elect some of the new school board as well.\u00a0 I’m personally supporting Mary Seawell, who’s a big booster of Charter Schools.\u00a0 She’ll probably cruise to victory fairly easily.<\/li>\n
• Denver will also decide whether or not to require police officers to impound the vehicle of someone found driving without a license.\u00a0 Widely seen as targeting illegal immigrants, the law does provide an out for someone whom the officer can determine has a license and insurance, but that hasn’t kept the so-called progressives from emailing energetically about the unfairness of it all.\u00a0 The state auditor finally got around to reporting<\/a> on this issue yesterday, as voting ends.\u00a0 Look for this to fail.<\/em><\/li>\n
• And last but not least, my friend Katie Witt<\/a> is running for City Council up in Longmont, the more Republican area of Boulder County, and we’re all looking forward to a win up there for her.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

  So while the Tea Party Express<\/a> rolls into town, CCU\u00a0has its Governor Canddiates’ Forum<\/a>, and the Mayor of Jerusalem speaks over at DU<\/a>, we’ll be watching New Jersey, Virginia, New York, Maine, and Washington State.<\/p>\n

  And a little action closer to home, too.
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