By BRIAN PORTER | The Rocky Mountain Voice
Jerry Sonnenberg, who served 16 years in the Colorado legislature and most recently as a county commissioner, has qualified for the Republican Party primary ballot in the crowded 4th District field for Congress.
The Secretary of State’s office on Friday verified the Logan County Republican had enough verified signatures to qualify for the ballot.
Sonnenberg submitted 3,155 signatures on his petition, with 1,719 being accepted. The Secretary of State’s office rejected 1,436 of the signatures submitted, or 45.5%. Sonnenberg was required to meet a threshhold of 1,500 accepted signatures.
A record of all accepted and rejected signatures, including reasons for each rejection, is on file with the Secretary of State.
Sonnenberg, who often notes his residence on a Centennial farm in Eastern Colorado, previously finished as the runner-up for the special election in the 4th District, and last week finished third at assembly with one position being awarded on the ballot.
He joins a number of candidates whom have qualified for the ballot through petition. This week, Richard Holtorf and Mike Lynch qualified for the ballot. Previously, Lauren Boebert and Deborah Flora qualified, and Boebert took 40% support from delegates at assembly to also make the ballot the more traditional route.
The qualification of ballot petitions for a few other candidates in the 4th District race have not yet been released. Those candidates include Chris Phelen, Floyd Trujillo and Peter Yu.