{"id":804890,"date":"2020-03-04T17:45:00","date_gmt":"2020-03-05T00:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/?p=379953"},"modified":"2020-03-04T17:45:00","modified_gmt":"2020-03-05T00:45:00","slug":"summit-county-political-parties-to-host-caucuses-to-select-political-delegates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/local-news\/summit-county-political-parties-to-host-caucuses-to-select-political-delegates\/","title":{"rendered":"Summit County political parties to host caucuses to select political delegates"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Voters attend the Democratic caucus in March 2018 at Summit Middle School in Frisco.<\/strong>
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FRISCO \u2014 On Saturday, March 7, the Summit County Democrats and Summit County Republicans will host caucuses to select delegates for county assembly, U.S. senate positions and other political seats as well as suggest platform planks.<\/p>\n

To vote in a party\u2019s caucus, you must be a member of that political party. While interested guests can attend the Republican caucus, only registered Democrats can attend the Democratic caucus, according to Summit County party chairs.<\/p>\n

In Summit County there are 6,131 registered Democrats, 3,883 registered Republicans and 9,790 unaffiliated voters, according to Summit County Clerk & Recorder Kathleen Neel.<\/p>\n

The Republican caucus will be held at 10 a.m. at the Summit County Community and Senior Center, 83 Nancy\u2019s Place in Frisco. The Democratic caucus will be held at 2 p.m. at Summit Middle School, 158 School Road in Frisco.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is step one for people to be elected to the county assembly as well as the multicounty assembly,\u201d Summit County Republicans Chairman Mike Tabb said. \u201cIt\u2019s a great way for citizens to be involved on both sides of the aisle.\u201d<\/p>\n

Tabb said he doesn\u2019t expect a huge turnout because the primary already determined presidential nominations but that the caucus is important for determining other seats. Tabb said the major seats the Republican caucus will determine include delegates for the state assembly seat for Colorado House District 61, currently represented by Democrat Julie McCluskie; the seat for Colorado Senate District 8, currently represented by Republican Bob Rankin; and the U.S. 2nd Congressional District seat, currently represented by Democrat Joe Neguse. <\/p>\n

Tabb said he doesn\u2019t believe there will be any meaningful primary nominations for an opponent to Cory Gardner, who is a Republican.<\/p>\n

Summit County Democrats Chairwoman Patricia McLaughlin said the Democratic caucus has four main goals: to select delegates for U.S. Senate positions to go the county assembly March 25, to elect two people to serve on the precinct committee for each of the 20 precincts in Summit County, to suggest platform planks and to ask for volunteers to act as election judges.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe reason for caucusing is, No. 1, to start the process of putting someone on the ballot for the Democrats to replace Cory Gardner,\u201d McLaughlin said. \u201cIn addition to that, the caucus starts the platform process so people who want to put something on the platform submit ideas.\u201d<\/p>\n

McLaughlin also said the party will consider five U.S. Senate candidates: Andrew Romanoff, John Hickenlooper, Stephany Rose Spaulding, Erik Underwood and Trish Zornio. While she said she doesn\u2019t expect these candidates to appear in person Saturday, there will be a surrogate that will speak on their behalf and read literature from the candidates.<\/p>\n

McLaughlin said the main topics Democrats in Summit County care about are health care and the environment, so the surrogates likely will address these topics. Although a presidential candidate will not be discussed, McLaughlin said the caucus remains an important event for Summit County voters. <\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s their opportunity to really have a voice in which candidates will end up on the ballot,\u201d McLaughlin said. <\/p>\n

The caucuses use a 15% vote threshold to select delegates for the primary ballot. The nonpresidential primary is June 30.<\/p>\n

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