{"id":1960,"date":"2023-11-02T08:29:07","date_gmt":"2023-11-02T15:29:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rockymountainnewsnetwork.com\/?p=1960"},"modified":"2023-11-02T08:29:19","modified_gmt":"2023-11-02T15:29:19","slug":"buck-not-seeking-re-election","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rockymountainnewsnetwork.com\/?p=1960","title":{"rendered":"Buck Not Seeking Re-election"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>4<sup>th<\/sup>&nbsp;District Congressman Ken Buck announced on TV Wednesday, that he\u2019s no longer seeking re-election to his current office\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(K Buck Not Running wrap\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 :55)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-file\"><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-1ae063f3-14c2-4669-975a-194e1c5b3b32\" href=\"https:\/\/rockymountainnewsnetwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/231102-K-Buck-Not-Running-wrap.mp3\">231102-K-Buck-Not-Running-wrap<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/rockymountainnewsnetwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/231102-K-Buck-Not-Running-wrap.mp3\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-1ae063f3-14c2-4669-975a-194e1c5b3b32\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Speaking on MSNBC about the contentious battles among Republicans that resulted in ultra-conservative Mike Johnson becoming Speaker of the House, Buck announced he\u2019s not seeking re-election, around 11 am Wednesday.&nbsp; Veteran anchor and reporter Andrea Mitchell seemed shocked by his declaration.&nbsp; He says he made the decision in part because his party continues to lie to the public about the insurrection at the White House, and claims that the 2020 election was somehow \u201cstolen\u201d\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>231102 K Buck- hates the lying\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 :10\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Q:\u2026January 6<sup>th<\/sup>\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-file\"><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-971281c2-10d9-40f1-84a1-32fd64a29a23\" href=\"https:\/\/rockymountainnewsnetwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/231102-K-Buck-hates-the-lying.mp3\">231102-K-Buck-hates-the-lying<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/rockymountainnewsnetwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/231102-K-Buck-hates-the-lying.mp3\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-971281c2-10d9-40f1-84a1-32fd64a29a23\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Buck hasn\u2019t necessarily been consistent on those issues, however.&nbsp; He voted for new Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, who\u2019s an election denier, after not voting for 2 other Speaker candidates who also were.&nbsp; Colorado conservatives including the state Republican Party have recently turned on Buck, claiming he\u2019s not conservative enough for them, and not supportive enough of Donald Trump.&nbsp; His district is vast, and heavily Republican.&nbsp; It\u2019s essentially the eastern two-thirds of the state.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>4th&nbsp;District Congressman Ken Buck announced on TV Wednesday, that he\u2019s no longer seeking re-election to his current office\u2026 (K Buck Not Running wrap\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 :55) Speaking on MSNBC about the contentious battles among Republicans that resulted in ultra-conservative [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1960","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-rnrnews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rockymountainnewsnetwork.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1960","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rockymountainnewsnetwork.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rockymountainnewsnetwork.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rockymountainnewsnetwork.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rockymountainnewsnetwork.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1960"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/rockymountainnewsnetwork.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1960\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1963,"href":"https:\/\/rockymountainnewsnetwork.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1960\/revisions\/1963"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rockymountainnewsnetwork.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1960"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rockymountainnewsnetwork.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1960"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rockymountainnewsnetwork.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1960"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}