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Republican nominee for Colorado House seat withdraws

Jillian Likness, the Republican nominee in the race for the Colorado Springs-area House District 18, announced that she is withdrawing from the November election.
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Jillian Likness

Barely a week after winning the Republican nomination in the race for the Colorado Springs-area House District 18, Jillian Likness announced Friday that she is withdrawing from the November election.

“Due to the demands and my current health condition, I do not feel that I can give my district 100% to win this seat,” Likness said in a statement. “I am extremely saddened by this decision and it was not made easily; but I will support the Republican nominee that will be selected at the upcoming vacancy committee meeting.”

Likness could not immediately be reached for comment. She was set to run against Democrat Marc Snyder, who won his party’s nomination with about 54 percent of the more than 7,000 votes cast in the primary that ended June 26.

House District 18 encompasses downtown Colorado Springs and extends west to Manitou Springs.

The district seat is being vacated by Rep. Pete Lee, D-Colorado Springs, who is running for the Colorado Senate District 11 seat left empty by retiring Democrat Mike Merrifield.

Read more at Colorado Politics: https://bit.ly/2ujjPYp

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