A student-run forum aims to bring structure, not campaigning, to Colorado’s crowded governor’s race
By Jen Schumann | Rocky Mountain Voice
“There’s a lot of candidates running and I know there’s a lot of confusion out there about who conservatives in the area should be supporting,” said James Ruehmann, president of the Turning Point USA chapter at CMU.
With more than 20 Republicans in the governor race, and the field wide open until the primary election on June 30, Coloradans on the Western Slope have few opportunities to hear candidates gathered together to discuss how they’d lead the state.
A student-organized forum at Colorado Mesa University on Feb. 9 will bring several of those candidates together.
A forum with limits
“This isn’t a debate. It’s just a forum.” Those limits aren’t stylistic. Ruehmann said the structure is shaped by compliance r...


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