JoAnn Windholz (House GOP caucus)
Adams County made official today what Colorado House Democrats have known in their heavy hearts for a while: Rep. Jenise May won’t be returning in January.
to Republican JoAnn Windholz in House District 30. Neither May nor Windholz participated in their caucus leadership elections while they waited for the Adams County clerk’s office to call voters who forgot to sign their ballots, or whose signature on the ballot didn’t match the signature on file and such. May learned today that the “curing” process was over. She lost by 106 votes instead of 110 votes.
Rep. Jenice May (CGA)
As a result, Speaker-designee Dickey Lee Hullinghorst of Boulder now must pick two members to serve on the powerful Joint Budget Committee. Both House Democrats on the JBC are gone: May lost her election and JBC chair Cristana Duran was just elected as the
“I’ll continue on the JBC for a few more days until they replace me and then I’ll help my replacement transition,” May said
“It was an experience,” May said, of her legislative experience, which officially ends Jan. 7. “I did a lot of things for my community that I’m proud of.”
In all, Republicans unseated three House Democrats. Rep. Mike McLachlan of Durango lost to Republican J. Paul Brown, the candidate he unseated in 2012. Brown received 168 more votes. And Rep. Tony Exum of Colorado Springs was defeated by Republican Kit Roupe by a 289-vote margin.
Democrats will have a 34-31 edge the next two years. They currently have a 37-28 majority.
