Colorado state Senate District 17: Matt Jones (D)

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State Senate

District 17

Matt Jones

Charlie Plagainos

Ken Bray

State
Senate District 17, which includes Superior, Louisville, Lafayette and
Longmont, has three candidates: Democrat Matt Jones, Republican
Charlie Plagainos and Libertarian Ken Bray. Jones is a legislator who
has served in the Colorado statehouse since 2010, in addition to a term
from 1987 to 1993. Plagainos is retired, having previously worked as a
janitor at the Masonic Lodge on Pine Street and Broadway. Plagianos
was a Democrat until the Bill Clinton years, he says, when he became a
Libertarian. He has been a Republican for the past 10 years, he says.

Jones’ priorities are green jobs and growing the economy, improving education and protecting the environment.

Plagainos’ first priority if elected would be to pass mandatory sentences for convicted pedophiles.

Plagainos
says that the state doesn’t need career politicians like Jones in the
statehouse, and fresh blood would be good for Colorado. While we see
the wisdom in that belief, Plagainos’ permissive views on fracking and
his lack of experience in politics trump his good intentions. We think
Jones is the best choice for District 17.

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