{"id":1316828,"date":"2019-11-19T16:21:17","date_gmt":"2019-11-19T23:21:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/?p=991020"},"modified":"2019-11-19T16:21:17","modified_gmt":"2019-11-19T23:21:17","slug":"glenwood-springs-democrat-colin-wilhelm-to-run-for-colorado-assembly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/local-news\/glenwood-springs-democrat-colin-wilhelm-to-run-for-colorado-assembly\/","title":{"rendered":"Glenwood Springs Democrat Colin Wilhelm to run for Colorado Assembly"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Colin Wilhelm<\/strong>
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Glenwood Springs attorney Colin Wilhelm will run for Colorado House District 57 as a Democrat in 2020.<\/p>\n

If he makes it through the primary, Wilhelm would likely face incumbent Rep. Perry Will, R-New Castle. House District 57 is made up of Garfield, Moffat and Rio Blanco counties.<\/p>\n

Wilhelm announced his campaign at the Rifle library Monday.<\/p>\n

\u201cI saw that there were some deficiencies in our representation, and I felt that the people needed to be represented more,\u201d Wilhelm said in an interview. \u201cI feel I have the opportunity to go out and work for the people, and represent the people directly.\u201d<\/p>\n

Economy and health care<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Wilhelm mentioned jobs and health care as two major issues facing his northwest Colorado district.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re on the brink of economic transition out here, and we need to embrace that transition,\u201d Wilhelm said.<\/p>\n

The economic risks aren\u2019t just related to oil and gas, but to single-industry towns, Wilhelm said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe need to work with current stakeholders, local and state governments to keep the jobs we have while transitioning to new jobs in multiple fields to allow for economic growth,\u201d Wilhelm said.<\/p>\n

The current representation doesn\u2019t appear to be looking in that direction, he added.<\/p>\n

As an example, Wilhelm mentioned that rural towns reliant on single industries like coal extraction have the opportunity to become leading producers of outdoor recreational equipment.<\/p>\n

\u201cAlso, we need to increase access to healthcare. And particularly, mental health care access is lacking in Colorado, so I plan on taking that head-on,\u201d Wilhelm said.<\/p>\n

A new incumbent<\/h4>\n

In 2018, Wilhelm challenged then-Rep. Bob Rankin for the same seat, but lost<\/a> by a 9% margin, or about 2,000 votes.<\/p>\n

\u201cI learned a lot from the last campaign, what to do and some of what not to do. I\u2019m going to take that information and move forward. I feel confident about our chances,\u201d Wilhelm said.<\/p>\n

Both Rankin and Wilhelm ran primarily based on issues, and avoided more rancorous campaign rhetoric. Rankin commented after his victory<\/a> that the race against Wilhelm \u201cwas almost too civil.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe sort of agreed on everything,\u201d Rankin said on election night.<\/p>\n

After the 2018 election, Rankin, a Carbondale Republican, was appointed to replace<\/a> former Sen. Randy Baumgardner in the Colorado Senate. A Republican panel selected Will<\/a> to fill Rankin\u2019s seat in the house.<\/p>\n

Wilhelm directed supporters to follow his campaign Facebook page for more information.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re looking forward to getting out, and there will be many events over the next year,\u201d Wilhelm said.<\/p>\n

tphippen@postindependent.com<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

via:: Post Independent<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Colin Wilhelm Glenwood Springs attorney Colin Wilhelm will run for Colorado House District 57 as a Democrat in 2020. If he makes it through the primary, Wilhelm would likely face incumbent Rep. Perry Will, R-New Castle. House District 57 is made up of Garfield, Moffat and Rio Blanco counties. Wilhelm announced his campaign at the […]<\/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":[160],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1316828","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 14:59:05","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":"KSKE Ski Country","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1316828","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1316828"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1316828\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1316828"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1316828"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1316828"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}