Endorsements

2009 Campaign Endorsements

JD MacFarlane

Former State Representative, State Senator, Colorado Attorney General and Denver Manager of Safety

Paul Sandoval

Former State Senator

Later teamed with a political consultant to elect Lucia Guzman.

Paul Lopez

Denver City Councilman

Arturo Jimenez

Endorsed Easley, then became part of the 3-member minority opposing him on every major vote.

Jeannie Kaplan

Endorsed him, then opposed him as part of the anti-reform minority.

John McBride

Community Activist

Endorsed Easley, then filed the recall petition against him in January 2011.

Denver Area Labor Federation

Denver Classroom Teachers' Association

Backed Easley expecting union loyalty; he flipped to the reform majority — they later supported his recall.

The Diverse Neighborhood Collective Steering Committee

Denver Board of REALTORS

Voices for Choice - Rocky Mountain Planned Parenthood

Three of Easley's most prominent endorsers became his most determined opponents:

Arturo Jimenez and Jeannie Kaplan endorsed him for District 4, then voted against him as part of the 3-member minority on every major reform vote on the DPS board.
John McBride, listed as a "community activist and local businessman," was the man who filed the recall petition against Easley in January 2011 — just over a year after endorsing him.
The Denver Classroom Teachers' Association backed him expecting a union vote, then supported the recall effort when he became the reform majority's swing vote.

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