{"id":8145,"date":"2018-03-20T17:09:39","date_gmt":"2018-03-20T17:09:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.denverpost.com?p=2988351&amp;preview_id=2988351"},"modified":"2018-03-20T17:09:39","modified_gmt":"2018-03-20T17:09:39","slug":"marijuana-church-reverend-suspends-weld-county-commissioner-campaign","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/marijuana-church-reverend-suspends-weld-county-commissioner-campaign\/","title":{"rendered":"Marijuana church Reverend suspends Weld County commissioner campaign"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"wp_fb_like_button\" style=\"margin:5px 0 5px 5px;float:right;height:100px;\"><script src=\"http:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/all.js#xfbml=1\"><\/script><fb:like href=\"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/marijuana-church-reverend-suspends-weld-county-commissioner-campaign\/\" send=\"true\" layout=\"standard\" width=\"450\" show_faces=\"false\" font=\"arial\" action=\"like\" colorscheme=\"light\"><\/fb:like><\/div><div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"large-10 large-centered small-12 columns\">\n<div class=\"entry-meta-date\">Published: Mar 20, 2018, 10:03 am \u2022 Updated: Mar 20, 2018, 10:03 am <span class=\"single-comments-link\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"byline\">By <strong>Tyler Silvy<\/strong>, <em> The Greeley Tribune<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"GDT-GDT STORY Text first graph\">Brandon Baker, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecannabist.co\/2018\/01\/15\/minister-sued-stop-colorados-pot-dui-law-running-weld-county-commissioner\/96815\/\">reverend for a marijuana-based church<\/a>, has suspended his campaign for Weld County commissioner at-large.<\/p>\n<p class=\"GDT-GDT STORY Text\">Baker, 39, announced his candidacy in January, citing partisan rhetoric and a continuation of complaints as his reason for entering the race.<\/p>\n<p class=\"GDT-GDT STORY Text\">As a Republican, Baker would have faced off against incumbent Steve Moreno and former Greeley City Councilwoman Sandi Elder in vying for a spot on the primary ballot Saturday at the Weld County GOP Assembly.<\/p>\n<p class=\"GDT-GDT STORY Text\">Instead, in a statement sent via email Monday, Baker said he will suspend his campaign with a promise to run for the District 1 seat in 2020.<\/p>\n<p>Read the full story at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.greeleytribune.com\/news\/local\/reverend-for-marijuana-based-church-suspends-his-county-commissioner-campaign\/\">GreeleyTribune.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#013; &#013; <\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- .row --> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brandon Baker, reverend for a marijuana-based church, has suspended his campaign for Weld County commissioner at-large. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[77,6815,5667,9,5019,1,3,61,7488,1736],"tags":[2655,6820,5673,5022,7489],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8145"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8145"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8145\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8145"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8145"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8145"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}