State Reps. Clarice Navarro of Pueblo and Libby Szabo of Arvada, with Arapahoe County District Attorney George Brauchler at a Colorado Women’s Alliance Luncheon. (Lynn Bartels, The Denver Post)
Rep. Polly Lawrence, then U.S. Rep. Cory Gardner and state Treasurer
Walker Stapleton at the Colorado Republican Party’s Centennial Dinner. (Lynn Bartels, The Denver Post) .
Reps. Clarice Navarro of Pueblo and Polly Lawrence of Douglas County are lobbying members of their Republican caucus to be the next assistant minority leader.
The office is now held by Rep. Libby Szabo of Arvada, as she was selected by a vacancy committee to serve on the Jefferson County board of of commissioners. Her resignation date and caucus election date are not known yet.
Lawrence said she worked with the Minority Leader, Brian DelGrosso, during the election to help pick up three seats that had been in Democratic hands. “I think Brian and I make a great team, raising money, reaching out and identifying candidates and working with our caucus,” she said.
Navarro said she has leadership skills that would help the caucus.
“We need to be more aggressive in our tactical and political moves,” she said, adding that includes raising money. “We all need to own a piece of this, especially those of us in safe seats. If we don’t raise the money to win critical races we won’t win back the majority.”
