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GallegosIn a surprising upset, state Rep. Rafael Gallegos (D-Antonio) fell three votes short of making the August primary ballot during the HD-62 Democratic assembly Friday in Colorado Springs.

Rocky White, an Alamosa doctor who has been a leading advocate of a single-payer health care plan, walloped both Gallegos and Ed Vigil in the assembly vote, capturing 32 of the 58 assembly votes. Gallegos won 14 votes; Vigil received 12.

White said the vote was "kind of a surprise."

" I certainly did not expect that to happen," White said.

You know it's Friday because you get the latest comments, emails, and threats from Wally's World with Wally's lame replies. We love you Wally!   

In this week's edition of Winners and Losers, we take a look at a candidate not competing at the 6th CD assembly, the two U.S. Senate candidates making molehills out of mountains (or something like that), a Colonel of Marines who spent more time whining than winning votes and we let Kristi Burton take a bow. She's earned it.

More PolitickerCO.com coverage: Mark Udall: 'Unincorporated Boulder liberal'?

In today's Inside Edge, the Sharks and the Jets square off on fiscal policy in South Metro Denver. We don't know if singing or dancing is involved, but with names like Pfiffner and Swalm in attendance, we certainly hope not.

U.S. Rep. Tom Tancredo: Getty Images PhotoRetiring U.S. Rep. Tom Tancredo (R-Littleton) has endorsed former Douglas County Republican Party Chair Mark Scheffel in the crowded 4th Senate District GOP race, a Tancredo spokesperson said Tuesday.

Tancredo's congressional spokesperson, T.Q. Houlton, confirmed the endorsement but said he didn't know any details on Tancredo's reasons for backing Scheffel.

Scheffel did not immediately return a phone call Tuesday morning seeking comment.

What's a little margin of error between candidates? In today's Inside Edge we show how one of the candidates in the 5th CD told a little fib about some polling numbers they released on May 8th. Is it desperation? Or desperately funny. You decide.

Steve Ward's candidacy in the 6th Congressional race is threatend by a non-person which will appear on the ballot: "I abstain." So while the Inside Edge has always viewed Ward as the odd-man out amongst the serious contenders in the 6th, on Saturday we could have our first statistcal proof, with delegates saying that they prefer someone not on the ballot before they prefer Ward.

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Supporters of a proposed state constitutional amendment that would define the definition of "personhood " to include a human embryo say they plan to present the Colorado Secretary of State's office next week with "well over" the required number signatures needed to put the issue on the fall ballot.

Colorado for Equal Rights, the group sponsoring the pro-life measure, will hold a press conference at a Knights of Columbus hall in downtown Denver early Tuesday afternoon about the proposed referendum; volunteers will then march the petition signatures to the Secretary of State's office, a press release stated.