Colorado Politics reporter Ernest Luning details a fresh internal fight inside the state GOP, with a faction calling a Dec. 13 meeting to rein in Chair Brita Horn while the party’s leadership says the move is illegal. The outlet attributes the story to Luning on November 16, 2025.
The agenda from organizers includes a no-confidence vote in Horn, a freeze on party spending until fundraising improves, and a ban on extended legal action against fellow Republicans over last year’s power struggle. Party officials counter that the petition for the meeting is invalid and under challenge.
The Bullet Point Brief
- Petition backers say they have 137 signatures, more than the 126 needed, or 25 percent of the committee. Horn says the petition flunks the form rules.
- The call sets a Dec. 13 date to consider no confidence, a spending freeze, and limits on lawsuits between Republicans.
- State party executive director calls it an illegal meeting. The vice chair, Richard Holtorf, is only willing to chair if all bylaws boxes get checked.
- Holtorf blasts past “trickery” and says the real test is whether 25 percent properly called for a meeting. Respect the will of the body.
- This echoes last year’s failed bid to dump Dave Williams and the court’s ruling that those proceedings violated party bylaws. Horn later won the chair in April over Lori Saine.
My Bottom Line
It is not as if Republicans in Colorado lack opponents. We are living under one-party rule that treats taxpayers like an ATM and crime like a suggestion. And yet, here we are again, auditioning for an episode of “GOP Eats GOP” while the other team racks up yards.
Stop. Just stop. The party has one job: elect Republicans. That requires fundraising that works, a message that persuades, and a machine that follows its own bylaws without weaponizing them. If a quarter of the central committee legally calls a meeting, then follow the rules and have the meeting. If they did not, then fix it and move on. Voters do not reward tantrums.
Republican ideals can fix this state: safer streets, lower taxes, energy abundance, parents in charge, and government that minds its lane. But ideals only matter if the adults in the room act like adults. Put the egos down. Pick the clipboard up. Win some races. Then fix Colorado.
Source: Colorado Politics
