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Senate President Peter Groff is stepping down May 8, but the election to succeed him will be held Friday. Aurora Sen. Suzanne Williams, caucus chair for the Senate Democrats, said members decided to elect Groff’s successor now “to get politics out of the way, to get this out of the way.”
Groff, D-Denver, has accepted a position in President Barack Obama’s administration within the Department of Education. The names mentioned most often as Groff’s successor are Majority Leader Brandon Shaffer of Longmont, Abel Tapia of Pueblo, John Morse of Colorado Springs and Betty Boyd of Lakewood. Groff’s Senate seat will be filled by a Democratic vacancy committee.
Lynn Bartels, The Denver Post
