Denver Councilwoman Who Endorsed Reparations Suffers Blowout Re-election Losshttps://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2023/06/10/denver-councilwoman-who-floated-reparations-idea-gets-blown-out-in-re-election-bid-n2624324Remember Candi CdeBaca? She’s the Denver councilwoman who endorsed reparations, suggesting that white-owned businesses be taxed more to help minority ones. It wasn’t part of her re-election platform, claiming that her comments, which were clipped and posted by Libs of Tik Tok, were not an actual policy she plans to pursue on the city council. Yet, to avoid offending her progressive supporters, Ms. CdeBaca did clarify that she remained an advocate of this policy in her newsletter last month:
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Whatever the case, the voters in her district thought it was time for a change because she lost her re-election bid this week in a landslide. It was a total blowout (via KDVR):
The District 9 council race between incumbent Candi CdeBaca and challenger Darrell Watson is notable as one of the biggest blowouts of the last decade.
CdeBaca lost by a 21.42-point margin. She got 39.29% of the vote while Watson got 60.71%.
Unfortunately it looks like her replacement may merely be a little less loony.