Buck, who lives in Windsor, was elected to the position for a two-year term in 2019
U.S. Rep. Ken Buck announced Thursday that he will not seek a second term as Colorado’s GOP chairman, formally launching the race to replace him and lead the party out of two disappointing election cycles.

Buck, who lives in Windsor, was elected to the position for a two-year term in 2019.
“I’m proud to be a Colorado Republican and feel that I can best continue to fight for our state and conservative values in other capacities,” he said in a written statement.
He did not elaborate what those other capacities may be.
Buck oversaw a difficult 2020 election cycle for Colorado Republicans in which U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner lost his reelection bid and the party fell further into the minority in the Colorado Senate.
“We hoped to have Cory Gardner reelected and we hoped to win one or two seats — pick up a net gain of one or two — in the state Senate,” he told The Sun last month. “In that respect, I think it was disappointing.”