Conservative activists submitted paperwork to initiate a recall petition against state Sen. Kevin Priola on Wednesday, two days after he announced a switch of his party affiliation from Republican to Democrat.
“Voters in SD 13 deserve to decide who they want to represent them. My guess is they’ll pick someone they can actually trust and who more closely reflects their views.”
Reached Wednesday, Priola called the petition a political move of the sort “that most people are sick and tired of.” He won re-election to a second Senate term in 2020 with 50.8% of the vote. His new district, drawn during last year’s statewide redistricting process, shows a slight Republican edge over the past eight elections, according to state data, but is still within toss-up territory.According to Fields, to force the recall election, petitioners will need to collect 18,291 valid signatures, or 25% of the total votes cast for the seat in the most recent election.
It wasn’t clear Wednesday afternoon if the recall election would take place in the district Priola currently represents or the shifted district he’ll reside in next year — a question that will affect where the petitioners must gather signatures. The Secretary’s of State’s Office is working with the Colorado Attorney General’s Office to provide an answer.
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