State senator to switch party, bolstering Democrats in Colorado

State Rep. Kevin Priola, R-Brighton, speaks on Military, Veterans and MIA/POW Appreciation Day, Feb. 6, 2020, at the Colorado Capitol in Denver. (c...

August 23, 2022
2:50 AM

State Rep. Kevin Priola, R-Brighton, speaks on Military, Veterans and MIA/POW Appreciation Day, Feb. 6, 2020, at the Colorado Capitol in Denver. (courtesy Kevin Priola) State Sen. Kevin Priola announced Monday he will switch parties and become a Democrat, throwing a major monkey-wrench into his former party's ambitions of taking control of the state Senate.The announcement from Priola, the freshly minted Democrat from Henderson in the northeast metro Denver area, is likely to come with little surprise.

Marianne Goodland