By McKenna Harford | Castle Rock News-Press
A Republican candidate running to represent Castle Rock at the state capitol is clarifying his background after an independent political committee attempting to boost his candidacy sent voters an ad in the mail with wrong information.
Max Brooks, who is running for Colorado House District 45, said the advertisement from a group unaffiliated with his campaign wrongly calls him an Army veteran and a native of Castle Rock, where he serves on the town’s council.
Brooks said he went to a military boarding school, but never served in the military. Brooks added that he was born in Oklahoma, grew up in Lakewood and moved to Castle Rock in 2006.