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Alamosa Daily Digest Saturday, June 06, 2026

Ty McDuffey

06 Jun 2026 — 1 min read

Ty's Take

Election season's heating up in the valley, which means we're about to spend the next few months learning what our neighbors actually think about water, development, and whether Adams State's footprint should keep growing. Sherry Perdue's thrown her hat in for County Commission District 2, and over in the congressional race, Kelloff and Romero are duking it out in the primary—both camps convinced they've got the answer to problems that go back generations. What strikes me about local politics up here is how little changes on the surface and how much it matters underneath: same fights about the Rio Grande, same tension between growth and tradition, same questions about who gets a say. The good news is people still show up. That's more than you can say for a lot of places.

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Candidate profile: Sherry Perdue, Alamosa Board of County Commissioners District 2

Retired civics teacher Sherry Perdue is running for Alamosa County Commissioner in District 2, bringing her passion for civic engagement to local office. The daughter of an educator and coach believes active participation in democracy is essential, not passive observation.

Kelloff, Romero square off in CD3 Democratic primary

Alex Kelloff, a San Luis Valley native, is competing against Romero in the Democratic primary for Colorado's 3rd Congressional District seat. Kelloff launched his campaign to challenge first-term Republican Rep. Jeff Hurd in spring 2025.

A snapshot of the Valley on the verge of Colorado statehood

As Colorado prepared to enter statehood in summer 1876, the San Luis Valley was on the cusp of historic change following a century as a county. Voters approved the state constitution on July 1, and Colorado officially became a state on August 1 of that year.

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