Teller County

Today, we're speaking with the Democrat vying to fill his seat, Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold.

Her Republican opponent is Michael Allen, the district attorney for Colorado's 4th Judicial District, which encompasses Teller and El Paso Counties.

Hi, Jena.

Hi, thanks for having me on.

Democrat Jena Griswold is vying to become Colorado's top lawyer.

She's currently serving as the secretary of state.

She's up against Republican Michael Allen, the district attorney in Colorado's largest judicial district, the 4th Judicial District, which encompasses El Paso and Teller Counties.

One point of clarification, while Allen says he opposes abortion on a personal level, he told Colorado Matters as attorney general he would uphold Colorado's constitution that enshrines the right to an abortion.

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Thanks for joining me this week, and before we get started, I have to apologize for the glitch that we had last week.

One of our platforms had a change in formatting, which forced us to take down the entire episode, which I never wanna do.

So on this week's show, it's Josh Dorsey from Abode Real Estate for the monthly real estate update, and we'll see how the recent increase in interest rates by the Fed has affected the market.

Also joining me this week are two gentlemen, I think they're both gonna be here, that we've been trying to connect with for a while now.

So I'm happy to say that this week, Coaches Matt Hood and Landon Knight are coming into the Bear Cave Studio, and we're gonna talk some wrestling and, uh, kind of the awesome wrestling program that is currently going on here in Woodland Park and in Teller County.

So I am really stoked to have them both coming into the show.

And then this week we've had the only debate in the race for Colorado's 4th Congressional District, where Republican Congresswoman Lauren Boebert is defending her seat against retired US Navy Rear Admiral Eileen Laubacher.

What were the big takeaways? I'll also ask our insiders the same question about Wednesday's only scheduled debate in the attorney general's race between Democratic nominee Jenna Griswold, our current secretary of state in Colorado, and Republican nominee Michael Allen, the DA attorney, or the DA for El Paso and Teller Counties.

Okay.

Krista, sometimes how the candidates respond to questions and respond to another is very telling, I think for especially the voters who are watching these debates.

The, the Denver Post endorsement for Republican candidate for attorney general, Michael Allen, wasn't just a, "Oh, well, he's a lesser of two evils." It was very, very, um, positive and understandably so.

I mean, Michael Allen, Navy veteran, he serves-- uh, has served as the DA in El Paso and Teller County since 2021.

I mean, prosecuted more fentanyl deaths, cases than any other office in Colorado.

He prosecuted the Club Q mass shooting, uh, case and, and, and secured a very, very significant long prison sentence, deservedly so.

People know about that.

Winding from Manitou on its way to Teller County, on its way to Woodland Park.

Mm-hmm.

If people have ever driven that, they probably [laughs] wouldn't dare wanna bike it, right?

Mm-hmm.

Um, stretch of dirt down from the elementary school, get on the roadway a little bit into town and then pick up the dirt again, and you get up to the Cristola Roadhouse.

You're at the Teller County line.

Mm-hmm.