Colorado: Will Shafroth

Interior Secretary Ken Salazar announced Tuesday afternoon that fourth-generation Colorado resident Will Shafroth, who ran unsuccessfully for Congress last summer, will be the department’s deputy assistant secretary for fish, wildlife and parks. A few weeks ago Salazar nominated another Colorado politician as Shafroth’s boss, naming former Senate candidate and one-time U.S. Attorney Tom Strickland as his assistant secretary for fish, wildlife and parks.

The announcement from Salazar’s office:

Salazar Names Land Conservation Leader Will Shafroth Deputy Assistant Secretary for Fish, Wildlife and Parks

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar has named Will Shafroth, a land conservationist executive and founding director of the Colorado Conservation Trust and Great Outdoors Colorado Trust Fund, as Deputy Assistant Secretary for Fish, Wildlife and Parks.

With Primary Day being held Tuesday, PolitickerCO.com takes a look at the four competitive congressional primary races in Colorado.

1ST CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT

Incumbent: Diana DeGette (D-Denver)

Candidates:

The Rocky Mountain News on Friday endorsed Will Shafroth in the 2nd Congressional District Democratic primary, calling him “a professional conservationist who could add a needed perspective to the Washington debate.”

But the editorial spent more time blasting the other two CO-2 Democratic candidates – Joan Fitz-Gerald and Jared Polis – than it did praising Shafroth.

Second Congressional District candidates Joan Fitz-Gerald and Jared Polis are joining Will Shafroth on the air, as both campaigns announced the release of TV advertisements Wednesday.

Fitz-Gerald's ad - her first of the campaign - shows a variety of CD-2 residents talking about why they're voting for Fitz-Gerald.

The ad, called "We're With Joan," will run on a week-to-week basis on broadcast TV, said Fitz-Gerald manager Mary Alice Mandarich.