Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump is taking a pass on Colorado’s Republican assembly this weekend.

On Saturday, State Party Chairman Steve House said that Trump was close to finalizing plans to attend Saturday’s Colorado Republican State Convention at the Broadmoor World Arena in Colorado Springs.

Plans by the Republican frontrunner to attend the event, however, have fallen through.

“He will not be attending,” said Kyle Kohli, communications director for the state GOP.

At the state convention Saturday, the party will elect 13 delegates to the national convention.

A Denver Post analysis of Republican delegate pledge forms shows that Trump rival Ted Cruz is handily winning among the party’s activists here.

Kieran Nicholson: 303-954-1822, knicholson@denverpost.com or @kierannicholson