A senate vacancy committee will convene March 18 at 6 p.m. to fill the seat. As of Feb. 25, 10 candidates have filed a letter of intent to fill the office. Among the candidates are Erie Town Council member Anil Pesaramelli, Longmont City Council member Shiquita Yarbrough and long-time community advocate and former BVSD board member Peter Salas. The seat became vacant last week when Sen. Jaquez Lewis announced her resignation hours before a Senate Ethics Committee meeting. The formal complaint, filed by the Political Workers Guild of Colorado on behalf of a group of Sen. Jaquez Lewis’ former staffers, included allegations of wage theft, misuse and underreporting of campaign funds and abuse of power dynamics, among other claims.