Rep. Joe Salazar rules out run for governor for a shot at attorney general

State Rep. Joe Salazar announced today {March 10} he will run for Attorney General in the 2018 election. Salazar, a Thornton Democrat, is currently in his third term as a state lawmaker.

In making his announcement today, Salazar said that as the state’s Attorney General, he “will never be beholden to big business or special interests, and I will be fearless in standing up to bullies like Donald Trump, who would use their power to restrict our freedoms and undermine our civil rights.”

Currently, Republican Cynthia Coffman is Colorado’s Attorney General. She has already filed an affidavit to run for re-election for her second term.

Salazar, 45, a native Coloradan whose Spanish and indigenous roots in Colorado and New Mexico go back hundreds of years, is a civil rights attorney in private practice.

Read more: http://www.coloradoindependent.com/164337/rep-joe-salazar-attorney-general-stan-garnett