CO LG Jane Norton (R) shook up her leadership team today amid concerns her once front-running campaign was stumbling.
Norton named state Senate Min. Leader Josh Penry (R) as her new manager and said veteran GOP consultant Rich Beeson would serve as her top strategist, moves the campaign cast as "aggressive new changes."
The substitutions were heralded as wise moves by CO and DC GOP sources, who have become increasingly worried about Norton's viability after a series of recent missteps.
Norton surprised members of her party last week by announcing that she will forgo the May 22 state convention and instead petition her way onto the Aug. 10 primary ballot. That decision will likely give Norton's rival, Weld Co. DA Ken Buck (R), a greater opening among party activists.
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