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Joe Gschwendtner turns in 17,000 petition signatures

by | 6:09 pm, May 30, 2010 | 5 Comments

Ex-Pat Ex-Lawyer reports that Republican gubernatorial candidate Joe Gschwendtner has submitted 17,000 petition signatures in his campaign to get on the Republicans' Aug. 10 primary ballot. The secretary of state will determine whether at least 10,500 of the signatures, including 1,500 from each of Colorado's seven congressional districts, are valid by June 11. If Gschwendtner gets on the ballot, he will face Scott McInnis and Dan Maes who got on the ballot via the GOP's state assembly on May 22. Gschwendtner faces several obstacles. He's self-funded and has no time to build an organization of volunteers to get out the vote against a much better organized McInnis campaign. Nobody knows anything about him, and he has no credible political experience. His web site doesn't solve this problem. Short names are best in politics. Gschwendtner is long and hard for most people to even pronounce, much less vote for. Editorial writers probably will go for McInnis or Maes or nobody in the GOP primary. Voters aren't thrilled with ego trips. LINK: Joe Gschwendtner for Governor.
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  1.   Laura Victoria
      May 31st, 2010 @ 9:41 am

    Thanks for picking this up, Don. Good, snappy and amusing analysis.

    I just updated my blog post at ExPat ExLawyer to reflect Joe G’s fundraising numbers, and to add a provocative statement from Joe’s campaign manager, Kyle Fisk this morning, slamming Maes as unelectable, and more.

    http://wp.me/pzqev-mB

    I’d be interested in knowing your thoughts about Maes’ electability (and other PPC readers). I sense that he’s learned a lot on the campaign trail even since you last interviewed him. McInnis’ biz as usual politics is a turn off to me, as is his aloofness.

    Is anyone out there a Joe G supporter? Please chime in with comments.

  2.   james
      May 31st, 2010 @ 11:29 am

    Just a general comment;

    It is readily apparent that nobody can do or say anything that isn’t open to criticism by somebody somehow.

    I am starting to laugh at the commentarians as much as I laugh at the candidates.

    There is one huge difference between the two; it takes way more guts to become a candidate than to be a commentarian. As soon as you become a candidate, crap starts getting flung at you in a very public way.

    And unlike for commentarians, after having read through the campaign finance laws, and seeing the personal financial risk candidates subject themselves to (especially if not self-funded), it is a wonder to me that anybody runs for office. Apparently, if you make a big enough mistake, the government is under no obligation to show leniency. They can fine you into the poor house if they damn well please. More than once the Sec. of State warns prospective candidates to read and understand the campaign finance laws before becoming a candidate.

    The commentarian class, on the other hand, is subjected to no such financial risk.

  3.   Brian Wilson
      May 31st, 2010 @ 1:11 pm

    Hey it’s your #1 fan here again to make a correction. I believe it should read “to get the vote out against Dan Maes” instead of Scott McInnis. You know, the other guy in the governor’s race; the one who won at the state assembly? I know it’s tough keeping track of so many candidates, but this one should have been a no brainer even for you.

  4.   Brian Wilson
      May 31st, 2010 @ 1:13 pm

    Ok, reading again I do see that you mentioned Maes. However, Maes has just as well organized of a campaign as McInnis, if not more so.

  5.   Joe Gschwendtner turns in 17,000 petition signatures | CO-4 CODE RED
      June 3rd, 2010 @ 1:21 am

    [...] Joe Gschwendtner submitted 17,000 petition signatures on May 30, 2010, to the Secretary of State Bernie Buescher’s office for his bid to get on the Republican August 10, primary ballot.  Buescher’s office will determine if 10,500 of the signatures, including 1,500 from each of Colorado’s seven congressional districts, are valid by June 11, 2010. If Gschwendtner’s signatures are accepted and he is placed on the ballot, he will be going up against Dan Maes and Scott McInnis for the top GOP spot to face off against Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper ; Maes and McInnis both got on the ballot via the GOP’s state assembly on May 22, 2010. [...]

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