Her decision comes less than a week before a recall petition was expected to be successful against her.
By resigning she ensures that Democrats maintain a one seat majority, in the state's senate, as a replacement will be appointed.
If she had not resigned, a special election would have taken place, and a Republican could have taken over her seat.
She was the third Colorado Democrat senator to face a recall, after their parts in voting for unpopular gun laws.
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