Tancredo not getting out of governors race

Tom Tancredo won’t back out of the race for governor, insisting Saturday he can’t in good conscience support the GOP nominee. He also believes he has a chance to win.

Tancredo, who represented the suburbs south of Denver in Congress for five terms, is one of three candidates running to replace Gov. Bill Ritter, a Democrat who chose not to seek a second term.

Tancredo spoke Saturday to the Save America Constitutional Convention at the Doubletree Hotel in Grand Junction.

Tancredo rejected calls to step aside after Republican Dan Maes won the GOP primary election earlier this month, ousting Scott McInnis from the race against Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper, a Democrat.

Maes brings too much baggage and remains a relative unknown, Tancredo said.   – More -