A Republican who was once president of the Colorado Senate announced Tuesday that he’s running to be the state’s next treasurer.

Fremont County Commissioner Kevin Grantham led the Colorado Senate in 2017 and 2018. During his eight years in the chamber, Grantham, who lives in Cañon City, also served on the legislature’s powerful Joint Budget Committee.

Grantham was elected to the Fremont County Commission in 2020 and reelected in 2024.

“I was raised in a rural farming community in southeast Colorado raising hogs, so I know a little something about how to cut the fat. Coloradans deserve leaders that will be careful stewards of their hard-earned tax dollars,” Grantham said in a written statement as part of his campaign launch. “They deserve a state they can afford to live and raise a famil

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