By Jesse Paul and Sandra Fish | The Colorado Sun
A Democratic state representative who was running for reelection in a toss-up district dropped out of the race Friday, which may make it that much harder for her party to maintain its supermajority in the Colorado House of Representative in the November election.
State Rep. Jennifer Parenti, an Erie Democrat who is in her first term, said she is dropping her bid because she “cannot continue to serve while maintaining my own sense of integrity.”
“The two are simply incompatible,” she wrote in a statement, blaming personal agendas and special interests for making the job too difficult.