History, when convenient: Colorado media’s selective celebration of representation
By C.J. Garbo | Guest Commentary, Rocky Mountain Voice
On July 28, Colorado election officials confirmed that Greg Lopez and Taralyn Romero had qualified for the November general election ballot as unaffiliated candidates for governor and lieutenant governor. Their campaign submitted 11,948 valid signatures, exceeding the requirement in every congressional district.
That accomplishment alone deserves serious coverage. Petitioning onto a statewide ballot requires money, organization, geographic reach, and thousands of individual acts of voter participation.
The ticket also appears to represent a genuine first in Colorado history. Lopez and Romero are Hispanic, making them the state’s first known all-Hispanic gubernatorial ticket.
Yet Colorado’s political press has treated th...
