Former Denver Public Colleges board member Auon’tai Anderson is dropping his bid to be a state consultant, he introduced Tuesday.
Anderson was operating as a Democrat to signify Home District 8 in northeast Denver, the place state Rep. Leslie Herod, D-Denver, is term-limited. He wrote in a letter that his determination is geared toward making certain one other Black particular person represents the district. (Herod is Black, and so is Anderson.)
The Democratic main to signify Home District 6 was crowded with Anderson in it and it’ll stay crowded now that he has exited the race. It consists of:
- Kwon Atlas, a former aide to Denver Mayor Michael Hancock who ran unsuccessfully for a Denver Metropolis Council seat final 12 months
- Lindsay Gilchrist, a public coverage guide and foster/adoptive mum or dad, who labored for the late U.S. Sen. Ted Kennedy, a Massachusetts Democrat
- Sharron Pettiford, a labor activist who can be a Denver NAACP officer
- Victor Bencomo, a Latino veteran and activist who’s endorsed by Giffords, a nationwide group that pushes for gun violence prevention measures
Atlas and Pettiford are Black.
Home District 8 is solidly Democratic and whoever wins the June 25 main ought to cruise to victory within the common election.
Anderson dropped his college board reelection bid to leap into the Home District 8 race. His reelection prospects to the varsity board seat had been unsure after he was on the heart of a number of controversies. He has additionally clashed with and drawn the ire of Democrats and Republicans alike.
As a part of his announcement Tuesday, Anderson stated he’s launching a nonprofit referred to as The Middle for Advancing Black Excellence in Schooling.
