{"id":126846,"date":"2026-04-29T14:40:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-29T20:40:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/republican-commissioner-debate-for-wednesday-canceled\/"},"modified":"2026-04-29T16:30:19","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T22:30:19","slug":"republican-commissioner-debate-for-wednesday-canceled","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/republican-commissioner-debate-for-wednesday-canceled\/","title":{"rendered":"Republican commissioner debate for Wednesday canceled"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><figure class=\"wp-block-image naviga-inline-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/imengine.public.prod.dur.navigacloud.com\/?uuid=36e92ede-7602-58a6-ad9e-8fadad95ce9c&amp;function=cover&amp;type=preview&amp;source=false&amp;width=2000\" srcset=\"https:\/\/imengine.public.prod.dur.navigacloud.com\/?uuid=36e92ede-7602-58a6-ad9e-8fadad95ce9c&amp;function=cover&amp;type=preview&amp;source=false&amp;width=800 800w, https:\/\/imengine.public.prod.dur.navigacloud.com\/?uuid=36e92ede-7602-58a6-ad9e-8fadad95ce9c&amp;function=cover&amp;type=preview&amp;source=false&amp;width=1200 1200w, https:\/\/imengine.public.prod.dur.navigacloud.com\/?uuid=36e92ede-7602-58a6-ad9e-8fadad95ce9c&amp;function=cover&amp;type=preview&amp;source=false&amp;width=1800 1800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 2000px\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1347\" alt=\"Republican delegates gather at the Montezuma County Assembly on March 21 at the Lewis Arriola Community Center, where party members voted to nominate candidates for county commissioner, elect higher-assembly delegates, and vote on party resolutions. (Anna Watson\/The Journal)\" class=\"naviga-image\" loading=\"lazy\"><figcaption><span class=\"caption\">Republican delegates gather at the Montezuma County Assembly on March 21 at the Lewis Arriola Community Center, where party members voted to nominate candidates for county commissioner, elect higher-assembly delegates, and vote on party resolutions. (Anna Watson\/The Journal)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>\n<p>Montezuma County Republican Central Committee has canceled Wednesday\u2019s planned evening debate among three candidates seeking the Republican nomination for county commissioner.<\/p>\n<p>Committee Secretary Cindy Wallace said one candidate fell ill with the stomach flu, prompting the rescheduling. A new date is expected to be announced shortly.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTonight\u2019s debate has been postponed due to the puke bug. I apologize for the short notice, I was hoping my kids didn\u2019t contaminate me, but it\u2019s inevitable, they are Petri dishes. I hope you stay clear of this bug,\u201d candidate Bonnie Anderson wrote on Facebook.<\/p>\n<p><\/p><div class=\"naviga-social-embed\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fmontezumacountyrepublicans%2Fposts%2Fpfbid034uPHgJLHH2tos1hXvM5ocqVSqZuTPBgwZ3M3EWPSDsFr25vU21o2BjyWyvYwhC6ml&amp;show_text=true&amp;width=500\" width=\"500\" height=\"497\" style=\"border:none;overflow:hidden\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; picture-in-picture; web-share\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n\n<p>Vying for the GOP nomination in the June 30 primary are candidates Diane Fox-Spratlen, Rodney Cox and Anderson. The seat is currently held by County Commissioner Jim Candelaria and will be determined during November\u2019s general election.<\/p>\n<p>Fox-Spratlen, a retired police officer, and Anderson, former Montezuma County noxious weed program director, won the Republican nominations after advancing through a second round of voting at the party\u2019s county assembly March 21. While, Cox, a fifth-generation resident and retired store owner, qualified by petition. Cox gathered enough signatures to advance without participating in the assembly process that had three other contestants \u2013 Brett Likes, Shane Prentice and Gerald Whited.<\/p>\n<p><\/p><div class=\"naviga-social-embed\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fmontezumacountyrepublicans%2Fposts%2Fpfbid02ChdDLmbB62TD6amFUG9tKgFuYCVz69EFi7nsheooVMSGs5n44U11WoabCMMarUWQl&amp;show_text=true&amp;width=500\" width=\"500\" height=\"496\" style=\"border:none;overflow:hidden\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; picture-in-picture; web-share\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n\n<p>During the assembly process, Fox-Spratlen received 36 votes, Anderson received 35, Prentice received 33, Whited received 19 and Likes received eight. A total of 131 paper ballots were cast by delegates.\u2028Wallace said the new date will likely fall before or after the May 6 county clerk debate. The May 6 debate is between Lenetta Shull and Jerri Frizzell at the Chamber of Commerce, 20 W. Main St. at 6 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>Montezuma County League of Women Voters is also hosting a candidate forum June 3 at the County Annex, with more details follow closer to the event.<\/p>\n<p>Rebecca Busic, a Democrat, and unaffiliated candidate Dennis Bugg are also running for the commissioner seat.<\/p>\n<p><em id=\"emphasis-98907bcfd31e30a39855f8e435ce491b\"><a href=\"mailto:awatson@the-journal.com\">awatson@the-journal.com<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"naviga-social-embed\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fmontezumacountyrepublicans%2Fposts%2Fpfbid034uPHgJLHH2tos1hXvM5ocqVSqZuTPBgwZ3M3EWPSDsFr25vU21o2BjyWyvYwhC6ml&amp;show_text=true&amp;width=500\" width=\"500\" height=\"497\" style=\"border:none;overflow:hidden\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; picture-in-picture; web-share\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<div class=\"naviga-social-embed\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fmontezumacountyrepublicans%2Fposts%2Fpfbid02ChdDLmbB62TD6amFUG9tKgFuYCVz69EFi7nsheooVMSGs5n44U11WoabCMMarUWQl&amp;show_text=true&amp;width=500\" width=\"500\" height=\"496\" style=\"border:none;overflow:hidden\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; picture-in-picture; web-share\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rescheduling to occur near or after May 6 county clerk debate<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":126847,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5736,5735],"tags":[28,308,29,6419],"naviga_topic":[],"class_list":["post-126846","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news","category-news","tag-headlines","tag-local-elections","tag-newsletter","tag-tj-trueanthem"],"acf":[],"author_name":"dh_admin","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126846","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=126846"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126846\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":126864,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126846\/revisions\/126864"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/126847"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=126846"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=126846"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=126846"},{"taxonomy":"naviga_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/naviga_topic?post=126846"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}