September 8, 2008 - 18:55
News: Colorado

Eng: Coffman should've known about Lowder's ties to contractor

Sixth Congressional District Democratic nominee Hank Eng lashed out his Republican opponent, Colorado Secretary of State Mike Coffman, on Monday following reports that the state elections director had resigned amid an inquiry into her connection to a voter database contractor.

The director, Holly Lowder, resigned last Thursday after the government watchdog group Colorado Ethics Watch filed a open records request for documents about  state contracts with consultant John Paulsen of Castle Rock, the Rocky Mountain News reported.

Lowder recently lived at a home in Denver that is owned by Paulsen, the Rocky reported. Paulsen's company recently received two Secretary of State contracts totaling about $184,000 for data work related to the current election season, the newspaper stated.

Lowder and a Secretary of State spokesperson both denied Lowder helped Paulsen get the contracts.

The spokesperson, Rich Coolidge, also said Coffman could not have known about the connection, according to the Rocky.

 "Coffman maintains a professional environment and doesn't socialize with the office staff or the county clerks except at official functions. Therefore, he knows nothing about their personal lives," Coolidge said, according to the Rocky.

But Eng questioned that explanation while speaking to PolitickerCO.com on Monday.

"It's his department!" Eng said. "He's supposed to know about things like that, and if there are conflicts of interest, he's supposed to, you know, make sure all the staff understands what is a conflict of interest. He's supposed to be their leader and their mentor. And if he can't handle that office, I don't know how he's going to handle a congressional office.

"I think Coffman denying any accountability to that just speaks to the kind of candidate he would be going to Congress," Eng continued. "I think, at the end, the buck stops at the top if you don't know what's going on in your own department."

Coffman manager Dustin Zvonek responded that to "question Mike's leadership is, I guess, somewhat naïve in understanding Mike's actual record.

"Mike has a long record of leadership," Zvonek said. "He led marines in combat. That's a role that requires a lot of leadership and a lot of responsibility. He's also proven it in the state legislature on major issues, whether it's welfare reform and as state treasurer when he helped financially bankrupt school districts."

Jeremy Pelzer is a PolitickerCO.com Reporter and can be reached via email at noreply@politicker.com.

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