Colorado Republican party officials begin process to try to remove chair Dave Williams

After a disastrous election night for party-endorsed candidates, and amid lingering anger over anti-LGBTQ Pride emails, efforts are moving forward to try to oust embattled Colorado GOP chair Dave Williams.

Williams has been dogged by criticism since being elected chair in the spring of 2022. He’s tried to move the party to the right, taking the exceptional move of publicly criticizing Republican candidates and office holders.

This spring the party broke with its long-standing tradition of neutrality in contested primaries by endorsing candidates who gave the right answers on a party questionnaire.

On Tuesday, voters issued a stinging rebuke to that policy, rejecting 14 out of 16 of the candidates who received the party endorsement.

That included Williams himself, who had the party’s backing for his primary run in Congressional District 5. He lost by a two-to-one margin to radio host Jeff Crank.

At: https://www.cpr.org/2024/06/26/dave-williams-petition-removal/

Far-right Colorado GOP chair Dave Williams - who lost his party's primary vote to succeed retiring Congressman Doug Lamborn by a two-to-one margin.

Williams was endorsed by former President Donald Trump.

“I think if he has half a brain, he should resign,” said State Senator Larry Liston. “He needs to not only resign, but quite frankly he's a bigot and he should move out of the state of Colorado.”