vacancy committees

The number of state lawmakers who will serve at the Colorado Capitol next year who at some point were appointed to the House or Senate by or through a vacancy committee has grown to 27. That’s more than 1 in 4 members of the General Assembly.

Senate Minority Leader Paul Lundeen, R-Monument, is resigning effective Monday to become president and CEO of the American Excellence Foundation

The legislation is a response to the growing calls for vacancy appointment reform.

Colorado takes a relatively cheap and fast approach for filling statehouse vacancies. What it's not, is democratic.