By BRIAN PORTER | Rocky Mountain Voice
Rep. Scott Bottoms, rated as the second-most conservative member of the Colorado General Assembly, has indicated he will seek the Republican Party’s nomination for governor.
“I am going to run for governor,” Bottoms told members of the Church at Briargate before beginning his weekly Sunday morning sermon.
Bottoms, in addition to serving El Paso County in District 15 in the Colorado House, is lead pastor at the Church at Briargate in Colorado Springs, and indicated a desire for the church to hear his announcement first.
“If I don’t get elected, nothing changes, except probably 4-5 bitter sermons for the next few weeks after that,” Bottoms said.
He is rated by Colorado Liberty Scorecard as one of three legislators among 100 in 2024 to have earned an A grade.
He is the first Republican to enter the field, indicating a “very large, strong team from all over the United States” believes he can win the race and flip Colorado. Bottoms will follow the required process to become a candidate this week, he told the church. One of those measures is to announce his candidacy.
“I’ve never ran for governor. This is bizarre for me, its strange,” Bottoms said. “I don’t have any skeletons, I’ve been a boring pastor.”
Bottoms indicated he would make an official announcement after completing the required process to declare his candidacy.