More 2018 races are taking shape in metro Denver’s Jefferson County.

Colorado Pols informs us Wheat Ridge City Council member Monica Duran will seek the state House District 24 seat being vacated by Wheat Ridge Democratic Rep. Jessie Danielson. Danielson recently announced she will run for the state Senate District 20 seat that Arvada Democratic Sen. Cheri Jahn will leave due to term limits.

Duran, who will run as a Democrat (her current municipal office is technically nonpartisan) posted a brief announcement on her campaign’s Facebook page last Friday:

I am proud to announce my campaign to represent District 24 in the Colorado State House! I will work hard to earn your support so that I can fight for Jeffco at the state capitol.

Pols quotes from her more extensively in its post. Duran also has a campaign website that includes a detailed backgrounder on her.

Plugged-in Pols notes the HD 24 seat leans Democratic but is not airtight, so it helps Duran to have lined up some key supporters from the get-go:

Danielson’s seat is a little more comfortable for Democrats to hold than other swing Jeffco legislative districts, but Republicans reliably field a challenger so the district does get some attention every election. With both House Speaker Crisanta Duran and the incumbent representative closing ranks behind Monica Duran, we expect she’ll win the nomination without much fuss – helping keep this open seat off the GOP’s opportune target list.