State Sen. Dan Grossman, D-Denver, bowed out of the 2006 attorney general’s race on Friday without ever formally declaring that he was running.
In a prepared statement, Grossman said, “As exciting and rewarding as the prospect of serving as Colorado’s attorney general is, at this time, it does not exceed the importance and fulfillment of being a present parent and husband.”
Grossman and his wife have a 10-month-old daughter.
Last January, Grossman, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, oversaw the confirmation hearings for Attorney General John Suthers, a Republican. Suthers replaced Democrat Ken Salazar, who had been elected to the U.S. Senate. Grossman said he declined to vote during the Suthers hearing because he was thinking about running for the office himself.
