By Jesse Paul | The Colorado Sun
Trisha Calvarese, a former congressional and campaign staffer, was selected Monday by a Democratic vacancy committee to be the party’s nominee for the June 25 special election that will determine who serves out the term of Republican U.S. Rep. Ken Buck in Colorado’s 4th Congressional District.
“I will fight to defend Social Security, to get the government out of reproductive choices and freedoms, I will work to create paths to well paid union jobs and apprenticeships right out of high school,” Calverese told committee members. “We can flip this seat.”
Calvarese faces steep odds in the special election. The 4th District, which includes Douglas County and Loveland and spans the Eastern Plains, is highly favorable to Republicans. Buck, for instance, won his last two elections by at least 23 percentage points.