http://news.msn.com/us/colorado-lawmakers-lose-recalls-over-gun-laws-support Two Colorado state lawmakers who backed gun-control measures in the aftermath of the mass shootings in Colorado and Connecticut last year have been ousted in recall elections. Pueblo voters in Democratic Sen. Angela Giron's district approved her recall, with results coming in late Tuesday. Returns earlier showed Democratic Senate President John Morse also lost his seat in Colorado Springs. In Giron's race, voters chose Republican George Rivera, a former Pueblo police officer, to replace her. The firearms legislation package Giron supported this year included size limits for ammunition magazines and expanded background checks for private and online gun purchases. Her working-class district favors her party but includes Democrats who are big supporters of the Second Amendment. Senate President John Morse faced a tough election in the Republican stronghold of Colorado Springs, where he won re-election by just a few hundred votes in 2010. "We as the Democratic party will continue to fight," Morse told supporters in Colorado Springs as he conceded the race. With 94 percent of the projected vote counted, voters in Colorado Springs favored recalling Morse by 51 percent to 49 percent. Republican Bernie Herpin, a former Colorado Springs city councilman, will replace him.
Pretty much. That gun law was a HUGE issue here in Colorado. Those two legislators ran as moderates and governed as liberals.
I found this hilarious. Next fall won't be pretty for the Democrats ... not that the GOP who replaces them will be much better, if at all. http://www.publicpolicypolling.com/main/2013/09/reflecting-on-the-colorado-recalls.html
I was very surprised to learn this is such an issue to people. Clearly I was living in a bubble on the topic. Consider myself educated and scared.
