DENVER, Colo. (KKCO) - State Senator Steve King says he hopes a recent unfortunate chain of events doesn't lead to a shift in power at the Colorado State Capitol.

More than a week has passed since State Representative Laura Bradford (R-Collbran) was pulled over for driving erratically in Denver.

Since that time, she has insisted that she told police to treat her as they would anyone else, and not give her legislative immunity. Instead, officers at the scene did not detain her for further DUI testing. She locked her vehicle, called a cab, and left.

At first, a spokesman for the Denver Police Department had said she invoked legislative immunity. A few days later, the department apologized, and said she had asked to be treated like everyone else, and asked for a breathalyzer, which officers at the scene did not do.

She says, "I know I would have passed the breathalyzer which is why I kept asking officers to take me in."

Two days after the stop, the Colorado House of Representatives sent out an email to the press, announcing Bradford would be suspended as Chair of a Government Committee to allow an investigation into the traffic stop.

Bradford then announced that she was considering leaving the Republican party to become an Independent. That would change the balance of legislative power at the Colorado State Capitol.

Senator King (R) Grand Junction, says, "There are a number of people involved in this incidence that would like to do things differently and would like to do things over."

Bradford's longtime friend and colleague, King says, "I believe you're innocent until proven guilty, and I believe that it's unfortunate that she didn't have the opportunity to prove her innocence."

King says he hopes Bradford doesn't let recent events prompt her to change parties. He says "Thirty-three Republicans, 32 Democrats, in the House of Representatives, a one-vote majority, a shift of power is possible."

Senator King says it is disappointing that a contested traffic stop could lead to such a drastic result. "Not based on election, but based on the drama, based on this incident, and if that does happen, that is unfortunate."

Rep. Bradford had planned to announce Friday whether she would switch party affiliations, but a major winter storm in Denver closed the State Capitol. She did not indicate when she would make her announcement, and she did not return a call to KKCO 11 News Friday.

King says the people of Mesa County who voted for Bradford as a Republican would be let down. Says King, "If you think about the millions of dollars, the work, the knocking on doors, the sending letters, the debates, the types of things that both parties went through, and the Republican party went through, to gain that one seat majority, to watch it go away, not based on voting and working, but based on a drama surrounding the Denver Police Department, Representative Bradford, Speaker (Frank) McNulty, the Republican Party, and hurt feelings, I think is disappointing."

Bradford is up for re-election in November.