Another Republican lawmaker has stepped forward to complain that threats of 2010 primary challenges were wielded to muscle the results of House leadership elections last week. "I got a phone call, and it was suggested that if I would back out (of the caucus chair race), things could be easier or things could be harder," state Rep. Ellen Roberts
told PolitickerCO. The Durango Republican lost a bid for caucus chair on Thursday to the more conservative Amy Stephens of Monument.