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Home Colorado Politics John LeGrew, Who Are You?

6/4/2008 By Ben 4 Comments

John LeGrew, Who Are You?

If you want to know how bad a state the national Republican Congressional campaign is in, look no further than my own backyard: Colorado’s 7th Congressional District. Once a nationally targeted toss-up swing district defended by Republican incumbent Bob Beauprez, the GOP cannot find anything approaching a credible candidate to square off against the first-time Democrat incumbent Ed Perlmutter.

According to the Colorado Statesman handed out at Saturday’s Republican State Convention, the GOP’s candidate for the 7th is none other than (drumroll, please) … John LeGrew. “No information was available to the Party as of press time,” it reads under his picture.

No offense or anything, I’m sure Mr. LeGrew is a nice guy and all. But just who is he?

Near as I can tell, John LeGrew has a record of distinguished military service as a veterinary surgeon with the 13th Light Dragoons in the British Army during the Crimean War. Okay, I know that was 150 years ago. So maybe the namesake is a direct ancestor?

Seriously, I can’t find any record of a living person with the name John LeGrew. I have no idea who he is, but would gladly accept clues to his identity in the comment section.

I also had to let you know how difficult it was to resist the temptation to make a lame pun about the Republican 7th Congressional candidate having already been where I am now (LeGrew as the past tense of DeGrow. Yes, I said lame). Yet rather than a candidate of the past or the present, maybe someday soon Republicans here can field someone with a vision for the future: Summoning Will Grow…. Mr. Grow….

Filed Under: Colorado Politics, General, My Life Tagged With: 7th Congressional District, Ben DeGrow, Bob Beauprez, British Army, Colorado Statesman, Crimean War, Ed Perlmutter, John LeGrew, Light Dragoons, Republicans, Will Grow

Comments

  1. El Presidente says

    6/5/2008 at 5:05 am

    Too late for you to run?

    Heck, you’ve got name recognition and street cred in the blogosphere and via your policy work.

    We should just create a slate of blogger candidates. Second look at 2010?

  2. Ben says

    6/5/2008 at 7:43 am

    You may have a point. We could set the pattern. LeGrew in ’08, DeGrow in ’10, Will Grow in ’12 … ?

  3. fran docherty says

    6/5/2008 at 4:08 pm

    If you do decide to run I would be happy to forward you the CEA candidate questionaire. The deadline was May 26, but for you Ben, I would try to pull some strings.

  4. Ben says

    6/5/2008 at 9:18 pm

    Trust me, Fran, it isn’t happening. But it’s good to know you’re still reading.

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