Tracking what's destroying Colorado
A curated collection of bills, news, and resources about Colorado politics and policy
A curated collection of bills, news, and resources about Colorado politics and policy
A faction of grassroots Colorado Republicans, frustrated with Chair Brita Horn's leadership, has called a special state central committee meeting for December 13, 2025, to vote no confidence in her, freeze party spending until fundraising rebounds, and bar the state party from further lawsuits against fellow Republicans. Organizer Raymond Garcia (El Paso County GOP leader and head of Colorado Hispanic Republicans) claims a valid petition with 137 signatures (exceeding the required 25% threshold) forces the meeting despite Horn's refusal to convene it. Horn and executive director Alec Hanna counter that the petition used the wrong form, making the call "null and void" and any meeting illegal under party bylaws—echoing the exact tactic Horn's faction unsuccessfully used last year against controversial former Chair Dave Williams (a move a court later ruled invalid). Vice Chair Richard Holtorf has signaled he might preside if needed. The dispute heads to the executive committee on November 20 for challenges to the petition's validity, amid ongoing GOP infighting that has left the party broke, divided, and irrelevant in deep-blue Colorado.
Déjà vu all over again: the Colorado GOP establishment that spent 2024 screaming "coup!" when MAGA tried to clean house is now getting a taste of its own medicine—and suddenly bylaws matter when they're the ones in the crosshairs.
Brita Horn and her moderate/RINO wing promised "unity" and "big tent" rhetoric when they finally booted Dave Williams earlier this year, but seven months later the party coffers are still empty, grassroots enthusiasm is dead, and Horn's crew is burning what little cash remains on lawyer fees to sue conservative Republicans who dared challenge the old failed regime. Now that real conservatives have gathered more than enough legitimate signatures to force accountability—freeze reckless spending, stop the vindictive lawsuits, and put leadership up for a no-confidence vote—Horn hides behind "wrong form" technicalities and declares the whole thing "illegal." Sound familiar? It's the same playbook she ran against Williams, only this time there's no friendly judge to bail her out yet.
This isn't about petty drama; it's the base finally saying "enough" to the squishy consultants and country-club Republicans who keep delivering supermajority losses to Democrats while patting themselves on the back for being "electable." Colorado Republicans haven't won a statewide race in nearly a decade because the party apparatus is more interested in purity-testing Trump supporters and protecting insider perks than fighting Polis, abortion extremism, or the border invasion.
Good on Raymond Garcia and the America First faction for forcing the issue. If Horn's leadership is so stellar, let the central committee vote and prove it—instead of lawyering up to silence dissent. Time to drain the state GOP swamp, end the circular firing squad, and get back to winning elections. The MAGA grassroots built this party post-2016; we can rebuild it again without the dead weight sabotaging us from the top.