Meet the Candidates for Attorney General [Video]

Colorado’s attorney general is the chief lawyer in the state, offering the government and its officers legal advice, defending the state and its departments against legal challenges and providing consumer protection. The candidates to replace outgoing Republican Cynthia Coffman are:      

Democrat Phil Weiser, the former dean of the University of Colorado law school and a former attorney in the U.S. Justice Department…

…and Republican prosecutor George Brauchler, the district attorney for the 18th Judicial District.

Their answers have been edited for brevity, and the questions are paraphrased.

Q: Attorneys general around the country have taken action legal action against the Trump administration on issues like DACA, family separations at the border, and the travel ban. What is your standard for joining such lawsuits if you are elected?

Brauchler: I think …