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Colorado Dems' Ad Strategy Worked: Weak Tea Party Candidate Won Primary
By Sandra Fish - Politics DailyA Democratic campaign group's $500,000 in ads targeting the perceived front runner in the Colorado governor's primary in August may have clinched the GOP nomination for a Tea Party candidate with no political experience. Small businessman Dan Maes won the GOP nomination after Colorado Freedom Fund ran television ads in the two weeks before the Aug. 10 primary slamming former congressman Scott McInnis for plagiarizing a series of papers on water policy. McInnis ended up losing to Maes by 5,150 votes out of 390,108 cast. Most political analysts, as well as activists from both parties, believe ...
Is Colorado GOP's Gov. Nominee, Dan Maes, a Liabilty for Ken Buck?
By Sandra Fish - Politics DailyPlenty of issues separate Colorado's Democratic Sen. Michael Bennet and his Republican opponent Ken Buck. They differ on health-care and financial-reform packages approved by Congress this year: Bennet voted yes and actively advocated for them, while Buck is opposed. They differ on abortion rights, with Buck opposing abortion under any circumstances and Bennet supporting abortion rights. Immigration is likely to be a huge point of contention. One of Buck's and Bennet's few points of agreement is that the immigration system no longer works. (The first line of Buck's position: "The ...
Colorado Governor: Tea Party Fave Dan Maes Edges Scott McInnis in GOP Primary
By Tom Diemer - Politics DailyDan Maes, a little-known conservative voice who never held public office but attracted Tea Party movement support, was chosen by Colorado Republicans as their choice for governor over former Congressman Scott McInnis. Maes won by just over 1 percent of the vote, leaving the possibility of a recount, the Denver Post reported. But Maes told supporters, "I am confident I am our Republican candidate for governor." It sets up a three-way contest in November, with Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper and third party hopeful Tom Tancredo, a former Republican congressman whose cause is fierce opposition ...
Tuesday Primaries: McMahon, Bennet Win
By not in system - AOL News(Aug. 11) -- Democrats came off in Tuesday night's primaries as the staid party, not overly eager to rebel against the establishment. Republicans, meanwhile, continued their propensity to take flyers. In Colorado, Sen. Michael Bennet struck a blow for establishment candidates on the line this year by surviving a stiff Democratic primary challenge from former state House speaker Andrew Romanoff. Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper ran unopposed for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination. And in Connecticut, attorney general Richard Blumenthal ran unopposed for the Democratic Senate nomination. ...
Colorado GOP Takes Flyers on Tea Party, Buck; Dems Stick With Bennet
By Jill Lawrence - Politics DailyDemocrats came off in Tuesday night's primaries as the staid party, not overly eager to rebel against the establishment. Republicans, meanwhile, continued their propensity to take flyers. In Colorado, Sen. Michael Bennet struck a blow for establishment candidates on the line this year by surviving a stiff Democratic primary challenge from former state House speaker Andrew Romanoff. Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper ran unopposed for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination. And in Connecticut, attorney general Richard Blumenthal ran unopposed for the Democratic Senate nomination. But on the ...
Colorado Primaries: Toss-Ups for Senate and GOP Governor's Races
By Sandra Fish - Politics DailyBOULDER, Colorado -- The primary suspense in Colorado should (we hope) end this week with Tuesday's election. It's clear that the two contests for U.S. Senate and the GOP race for governor (flawed as it is) will be close. A Public Policy Polling survey released Monday indicated the two GOP races are in statistical ties, while Democratic Sen. Michael Bennet leads by 49 percent to 43 percent, with 9 percent undecided. And, as predicted, it has been an expensive and nasty campaign season -- even before the general election. The primary question is this: Will the outsiders -- the GOP's Ken Buck ...
Colorado's Tuesday Primary: Governor and Senate Races Are All Close
By Bruce Drake - Politics DailyBusinessman Dan Maes has picked up a remarkable 34 points since May in his race against former Rep. Scott McInnis for the GOP gubernatorial nod in Colorado and is now in a statistical tie with the onetime frontrunner, according to a Public Policy Polling survey conducted Aug. 7-8. Both the Republican and Democratic senate contests are going down to the wire in Tuesday's primary election. McInnis, who has been accused of plagiarism for a series of public policy papers he did, has a bare 41 percent to 40 percent lead over Maes with 19 percent undecided. The margin of error is 3.5 points. A ...
Race for GOP Governor Nod in Colorado Looks Close, but Tom Tancredo Looms
By Bruce Drake - Politics DailyBusinessman Dan Maes has moved ahead for former Rep. Scott McInnis in the race for Colorado's GOP gubernatorial nomination which has been overshadowed by allegations about both candidates and the decision for former GOP Rep. Tom Tancredo to enter the race as a third party candidate. Either Republican faces bleak prospects in the race against Democrat John Hickenlooper, mayor of Denver, with Tancredo in the contest. Maes leads McInnis 43 percent to 39 percent with 18 percent undecided, according to a SurveyUSA poll conducted July 27-29 for the Denver Post/9 News. The margin of error is 4.1. ...
2010 Midterms: Latest News on the Hot Races
By Bruce Drake - Politics DailyCalifornia Power of Environmental Issues a Wild Card in This Year's Governor, Senate Races Californians' concern for the environment has long been a factor in statewide politics. As the Los Angeles Times notes, many Republicans who have run for top offices -- like outgoing Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and former Gov. Pete Wilson, when he served in the Senate -- have staked out pro-environment positions. But this year, GOP Senate candidate Carly Fiorina and gubernatorial contender Meg Whitman are betting economic uncertainty and the state's 12 percent-plus unemployment rate will trump ...
Tom Tancredo Will Run for Colorado Governor as Third Party Candidate
By Politics Daily Staff - Politics DailyFormer Congressman Tom Tancredo will run for governor of Colorado as an American Constitution Party candidate, the Denver Post reports. Tancredo gave Republican candidates Scott McInnis and Dan Maes an ultimatum last week: Get out of the race after the Aug. 10 primary if polls showed the winner trailing Democrat John Hickenlooper or else he would get in as a third-party candidate. Maes and McInnis refused. Tancredo's entry into the race is likely to split the GOP vote in the general election, giving Hickenlooper a win, said Dick Wadhams, head of the state's Republican Party. "Tom Tancredo ...
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