Dave Williams (Colorado politician)

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We make no apologies for standing against pride month as it's a destructive agenda that harms children and undermines parental authority and if certain weak Republicans like [Jefferson County GOP chairwoman] Nancy Pallozzi want to side with a movement that promotes transgender chemical castration and genital mutilation then we look forward to notifying their base membership of that disgraceful act.

Colorado Republican Party vice-chair Hope Scheppelman, [49]

Williams lost the primary election for Colorado's 5th congressional district to Republican Jeff Crank. This race was characterized as a "battle" for the "soul" of the GOP in Colorado, [50] [51] with Williams representing the far-right, election-denying side of the party, and Crank representing the a more traditional conservative version of the party. On August 24, 2024, Williams was removed as Colorado Republican Party chairman during a meeting in Brighton, Colorado. [52] On September 26, 2024, El Paso County Judge Eric Bentley ruled that the August 24, 2024 meeting was illegitimate and the vote to remove Williams as chairman was voided. [53]

Notes

  1. Eli Bremer was elected as chair of the state party by the party’s central committee. However, a lawsuit in El Paso County, Colorado lead to the results being overturned and thus Williams has remained the party’s chair.

References

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Dave Williams
Dave Williams by Gage Skidmore.jpg
Williams in 2022
Chair of the Colorado Republican Party
In office
March 11, 2023 March 29, 2025 [a]
Party political offices
Preceded by Chair of the Colorado Republican Party
2023–2025
Succeeded by