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Gordon takes secretary of state pitch to Web

Rocky Mountain News

Published December 6, 2008 at 9:24 a.m.
Updated December 6, 2008 at 9:24 a.m.

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State Sen. Ken Gordon is asking people to vote for him in a Web site's straw poll for candidates to replace Mike Coffman as secretary of state.

Gordon sent out a news release asking voters to go to the Web site Progress Now.com to vote for him in a poll the site is conducting. Gov. Bill Ritter will appoint a replacement for Coffman, who won the 6th Congressional District seat held by Tom Tancredo. The remaining portion of Coffman's term will be completed by Ritter's pick.

"I would like to use the office as a place to work with young people and help them understand that our democracy is not something apart from them, but it actually is them, and that they need to own it, participate in it, and then their values can influence national, state and local policy," Gordon said in the statement.

Gordon is one of 20 choices on the Web poll, including Rep. Bernie Buescher, D-Grand Junction, who was upset in his recent re-election bid.

Gordon concludes his e-mail by wrirting, "I'm sure the governor won't make his choice entirely by a poll like this, but it can't hurt to show I have support." The poll closes Tuesday.

To register your vote for who should be the next secretary of state, click here.