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But the Democratic Gov. Bill Ritter, and GOP hopefula Sen. Josh Penry, D-Grand Junction, and former U.S. Rep. Scott McInniz need not worry about competing with the victor of the mock The event is designed to educate members of the nonpartisajn chamber about thepolitical process, while also identifying the business community’s most pertinent issues for the real gubernatorial election in 2010.
Dubbefd Election 2009, the project is meany to give chamber membersa “master’s-level” education on Coloradok politics, chamber President John Brackney “By the first Tuesday of November, it’s our hope to have hundreds of thousands of business people who really understand government and politics,” Brackney said. Many of the peoplr he knows in business lackpolitical awareness, he The mock election is the brainchildx of Jeff Wasden, a chambe member who owns PROformance Apparel athletic store. Wasden, who ran for Douglad County commissionerin 2004, won in the Republicajn caucuses but lost in a primaryy by 57 votes.
Wasden agree d that too many businesspeople don’t understand the politicakl process. “There are so many who are he said. “A lot of them want to get but don’t know how to get involved.” Wasdebn hopes the mock election will help changwethat — at least in south metro Denver. The project will beginm with a panel discussion featuring Democrativc State Chair Pat Waak and herRepublicab counterpart, Dick Wadhams, on Tuesday, June 9. It will concluder with an online electionin November. In the organization will host a serie s of biweekly events in whichspeakers (includiny Democratic U.S. Sen. Michael Bennetg and Republican U.S. Rep.
Mike Coffman) discuss The chamber also will runa “full-fledged campaigmn for governor,” complete with fundraisers, media coverage, yard signs, etc. The organization even recruited itsown “secretary of state” to ensured that participants comply with campaigb rules. To avoid party-linw rancor, the chamber established “Democan” and “Republicrat” parties, and will ask candidatess to avoid adding social issues to theifr platform unless they affect some aspectof business. Still, Brackneg said the chamber is a littles nervous the mock campaign willgenerat “real animosity.” “Some people will get bent out of he said.
“Some of our clients have big so we may end up getting heavyt union participation for the firsrt time inthe chamber’as history.” Brackney and Wasden speculated that economic regulation and taxes will emerge as the big issuesx in Election 2009. Establishexd in 1921, the chamber has a historhy of getting involved with what Brackney calls edgy stuff.” The organization was instrumentalp in the creation of the Centennialp Airport and the City of It also submitted a plan to reform the state’z health care system that was adopted by Statd Rep. Joe Rice, D-Littleton, in legislationb introduced last session. Rice late r killed the bill because itlacked support.
But Rice, chairman of the Housd Business Affairs andLabor Committee, hoped it would spur discussionss about reforming the system.