By BRIAN PORTER | Rocky Mountain Voice
A third candidate has joined the field in the Colorado House District 22 general election race.
The signature petition of Daniel Campaña was certified last week by the secretary of state’s office. He submitted 1,253 signatures, of which 1,056 were accepted to clear the minimum requirement of 1,000 valid signatures.
Campaña joins the race which already was opposed. Republican Ken DeGraaf, who presently holds the seat, earned 9,538 votes in an unopposed Republican Party primary election. Democrat Michael Pierson collected 4,635 votes in an unopposed Democratic Party primary election.
The district lies entirely in El Paso County.
“Like 51% of our district, I’m an unaffiliated, which is really cool,” Campaña says in a video at his campaign website. “It shows that we don’t want to be defined by political parties and extremes. Our community wants to be defined by the issues that matter to us.”
At his website, DeGraaf indicates his priorities are independence, liberty and individual sovereignty.
“We need quality, not quantity legislation, and that legislation needs to roll back the power of government and restore the liberty that has been quietly and continuously stolen from us,” DeGraaf says in a campaign video on his website.
Pierson indicates his values are for equality, freedom and opportunity for all at his website.
“I think everyone deserves the chance to pursue the American Dream, the Colorado Dream, without fear,” Pierson says in a campaign video on his website.