Training for the Caucuses in NE Colorado
(Cross-Posted to DemNotes at www.DemNotes.com)
Saturday, we drove up to Fort Morgan — in terrifyingly heavy winds along I-25 — to do caucus training for counties in Northeast Colorado.
When I arrived at Morgan Community College, I was heartened by the turnout. We had a nice crowd, including folks from Logan, Lincoln, Washington and Yuma Counties, and several folks from Morgan County ready to help out with the precinct caucuses on Feb. 5.
I spent about an hour and a half discussing the caucus process with the folks there and going through my PowerPoint presentation to show exactly how caucuses work. There were a lot of really good questions from all over the room, and we had a good discussion not only about the way caucuses work, but also about some strategies different folks might use at the caucuses.
After the training, several of us went out for lunch at a local restaurant near Fort Morgan. There, we continued a really lively discussion of a number of issues. We were joined by Mark Benner, who is the Washington County chair and who is contemplating a run for U.S. Senate (he indicated on Saturday that he would be “making it official” that night). He and I did talk at length about the impacts, from a Party perspective, of his running (such as the fact that the assembly preference poll at caucuses will be on the U.S. Senate race if he runs). I tried to neither encourage nor discourage his run, but instead focused on answering his questions about the real impacts of a decision to run.
It was a good trip to the northeast part of the state, and I’m looking forward to getting back there soon to help elect more Democrats in this critical area in the completion of the transformation of our state from Red to Blue!