MAIG Activist Mike Merrifield plans to run for seat vacated by John Morse

[Zundfolge]

I fully expect Senate District 11 to go back to the Democrats regardless of whom they run (although Merrifield is a weak candidate) SD11 is so ridiculously gerrymandered it'll be hard to keep in Republican hands.

That said, if the rest of the state Senate goes R (which it very well could) then it doesn't matter who SD11 sends to Denver, they'll be in the minority.

[Aloha_Shooter]

I fully expect Senate District 11 to go back to the Democrats regardless of whom they run (although Merrifield is a weak candidate) SD11 is so ridiculously gerrymandered it'll be hard to keep in Republican hands.

That said, if the rest of the state Senate goes R (which it very well could) then it doesn't matter who SD11 sends to Denver, they'll be in the minority.

The one thing that might keep it out of Democrat hands is a MAIG activist being the Democrat nominee. I had a couple Manitou loons get in my face on election day with one of them saying, "we LIKE him here!" .... yeah, not so much. There were a whole lot of Dems in that district who were pissed off by Morse's Bloomberg-driven agenda. The election wouldn't even have been close if they hadn't been running CC students down in shuttles all day or if everyone who signed the petition turned out to vote. The one thing that might seal it for Merrifield would be for the Libertarians to play spoiler like they did in 2010.