{"id":1382590,"date":"2018-12-18T11:49:24","date_gmt":"2018-12-18T18:49:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/?p=958605"},"modified":"2018-12-18T11:49:24","modified_gmt":"2018-12-18T18:49:24","slug":"state-sen-randy-baumgardner-accused-of-sexual-harassment-is-retiring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kkch\/local-news\/state-sen-randy-baumgardner-accused-of-sexual-harassment-is-retiring\/","title":{"rendered":"State Sen. Randy Baumgardner, accused of sexual harassment, is retiring"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"620\" height=\"425\" src=\"https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Colorado_Legislature_Session_Ends_39290-e3fb2-8-620x425.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium-large size-medium-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Colorado_Legislature_Session_Ends_39290-e3fb2-8.jpg 620w, https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Colorado_Legislature_Session_Ends_39290-e3fb2-8-150x103.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Colorado_Legislature_Session_Ends_39290-e3fb2-8-325x223.jpg 325w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/figure>\n<p>DENVER (AP) \u2014 Garfield County&#8217;s representative in the Colorado state Senate, Randy Baumgardner, who survived an expulsion vote following allegations of sexual harassment, is retiring.<\/p>\n<p>KCNC-TV in Denver\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/denver.cbslocal.com\/2018\/12\/17\/randy-baumgardner-colorado-senator\/\">reports<\/a>\u00a0Sen. Baumgardner, whose northwestern Colorado Senate district includes Glenwood Springs, will retire Jan. 21, and a Republican vacancy committee will choose his replacement.<\/p>\n<p>In a letter released Monday, Baumgardner said he is leaving so he can focus on his family. He did not address the sexual harassment allegations.<\/p>\n<p>Baumgartner was accused of groping a former legislative aide in 2016, and an independent investigator found the claims were credible. Baumgardner denied it, and an expulsion vote failed in April.<\/p>\n<p>He was stripped of several committee posts after subsequent accusations that he created a hostile work environment.<\/p>\n<p>KCNC reports Baumgardner said Monday night he didn&#8217;t want to put his family through another possible expulsion hearing.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/news\/state-sen-randy-baumgardner-accused-of-sexual-harassment-is-retiring\/\" target=\"_blank\">via:: Post Independent<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DENVER (AP) \u2014 Garfield County&#8217;s representative in the Colorado state Senate, Randy Baumgardner, who survived an expulsion vote following allegations of sexual harassment, is retiring. KCNC-TV in Denver\u00a0reports\u00a0Sen. Baumgardner, whose northwestern Colorado Senate district includes Glenwood Springs, will retire Jan. 21, and a Republican vacancy committee will choose his replacement. In a letter released Monday, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[112],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1382590","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-local-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-26 09:01:50","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KKCH - The Lift FM","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kkch","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kkch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1382590","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kkch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kkch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kkch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kkch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1382590"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kkch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1382590\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kkch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1382590"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kkch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1382590"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kkch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1382590"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}