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Dark_Falcon11/27/2013 6:56:37 pm PST

Pro gun control Colorado [state] senator facing recall resigns

Colorado senator Evie Hudak (D Arvada and Westminster) announced her resignation from the state senate today. Grassroots organizers targeted the senator following the successful recall campaigns against two other Colorado legislators, Angela Giron and John Morse.

Recall Hudak Too, the organization looking to oust the senator, needed to collect about 18,900 signatures to trigger another round of recall elections. Recall organizers are confident that they collected the signatures necessary and plan to turn them over to the secretary of state for confirmation even as Hudak leaves office.

“This is a cowardly way out of the recall,” said Joe Neville, Rocky Mountain Gun Owners director, to the Denver Post, which helped organize the recall effort. “We’re still charging toward Tuesday and no matter what we’ll submit the petition signatures.”

At first confident that she would not be recalled, Hudak submitted her letter of resignation today. While there were several factors in the push for her recall, Hudak’s endorsement of house bills 1224 and 1229 were leaders. The bills she signed place capacity limits on magazines and make background checks for all gun transfers mandatory.

Having only won the previous election by less than 400 votes, in an election with over 70,000 ballots, it seemed unlikely that she would win in a recall election. Democrats control the Colorado senate by one seat, and by stepping down Hudak will ensure that her party will appoint her replacement.