Shafroth submits more than 4,600 petition signatures

Signed, sealed and delivered: CO-2 Democratic candidate Will Shafroth watches as Rose Sanchez of the Colorado Secretary of State's Elections Division stamps his petition signatures as "received."Second Congressional District Democratic candidate Will Shafroth turned in more than 4,600 petition signatures to the Colorado Secretary of State's office Wednesday afternoon.

Shafroth said none of the signatures he submitted were collected by paid gatherers; one of his campaign workers said Shafroth got about 700-800 signatures himself.

Shafroth's campaign said the 4,663 signatures he submitted were the most signatures ever submitted by a CO-2 candidate.

 It's far more than the 1,000 signatures state law requires to be placed on the August primary ballot, and it's more than double what current CO-2 U.S. Rep. Mark Udall (D-Eldorado Springs) submitted when he petitioned on the ballot during his first House race in 1998.

Tuesday, CO-6 GOP candidate Wil Armstrong submitted more than 6,000 petition signatures -- a number Armstrong's campaign said was a new record for a Colorado congressional primary.

CO-6 GOP candidate Mike Coffman turned in about 3,500 petition signatures earlier this month.

Colorado electoral candidates have until Thursday to submit petition signatures to the Secretary of State's office.

Shafroth is the only CO-2 Democratic candidate petitioning onto the ballot; the other two candidates in the primary, Joan Fitz-Gerald and Jared Polis, have already made the ballot via the CO-2 Democratic assembly.