Republican leader survives attempt to oust him
By Marianne Goodland | SOURCE: COLORADO POLITICS
Another attempt to oust Rep. Mike Lynch as minority leader devolved into chaos on Tuesday morning, when his critics within the caucus failed to muster a quorum to hold a vote on his leadership.
Some of Lynch’s colleagues sought to oust him from his post as House Minority Leader on Monday, when the GOP caucus deadlocked on the question of whether to retain him, which meant Lynch kept his post.
It was the second day of the drama that erupted within the House Republican caucus resulting from the news that Lynch was arrested for drunk driving in 2022.
Today’s saga began with Rep. Scott Bottoms calling for a caucus meeting. But Rep. Mary Bradfield, the caucus chair, insisted that Bottoms did not have the right to set a time or location for the meeting, and then left the room.