With Sims family, politics is not a party

John Sims knows what it’s like to be in the minority.
He’s a Democrat.
In Rio Blanco County, there aren’t many of his kind.
“Yes, Democrats around town are hard to find,” said Sims, who lives in Rangely and is chairman of the county Democratic Party.
Republicans outnumber Democrats more than four-to-one in Rio Blanco County, 2,691 to 607. There are even twice as many independent or unaffiliated voters in the county than there are…