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Colorado Republicans Battle to Take Back 'Blue' State From Democrats
By Sandra Fish - Politics DailyColorado Republicans are on the offensive, hoping to take back a formerly red state that gradually turned solid blue in the past 10 years. That much is clear at the party's state assembly this weekend. There are more delegates than two years ago, and many of them are first-timers. Tea Party people, 9-12 advocates and long-time party faithful have gathered at a Loveland conference center about an hour north of Denver. "It is exciting and upbeat," said party Chairman Dick Wadhams on Friday evening. "That hotel was on fire today with all the assemblies." As delegates and their families mingled ...
GOP Candidates Maintain Edge in Colorado Senate Race
By Bruce Drake - Politics DailyThe three Republicans vying to win the Senate seat now held by Democrat Michael Bennet continue to hold leads over Bennet and his challenger for his party's nomination, former state House Speaker Andrew Romanoff, according to a Rasmussen Reports poll conducted May 3. Former Lt. Gov. Jane Norton leads Bennet by 48 percent to 41 percent with 5 percent preferring another candidate and 6 percent undecided. Last month, she had led by 46 percent to 41 percent. Norton has lost some ground against Romanoff, leading him now by 46 percent to 39 percent with 6 percent preferring someone else and 8 ...
Republicans Have the Edge in Race to Take Colorado Senate Seat
By Bruce Drake - Politics DailyAll the Republican candidates running for Senate in Colorado are leading Democratic Sen. Michael Bennet and his challenger for the party's nomination, former state House Speaker Andrew Romanoff, according to a Rasmussen Reports poll conducted April 5. Former Lt. Gov. Jane Norton leads Bennet by 46 percent to 41 percent with 5 percent preferring another candidate and 8 percent undecided. Last month, she had led by 48 percent to 39 percent. Notably, this is the first month that Bennet has broken the 40 percent mark in terms of support. Norton has widened her lead over Romanoff, running ahead ...
Colorado Senate Race Tightens
By Bruce Drake - Politics DailyThe Colorado Senate race has tightened up with the struggling Democratic incumbent, Michael Bennet, tied with former Republican Lt. Gov.Jane Norton while Bennet's challenger for his party's nomination is ahead of her by a modest margin, according to a Public Policy Polling survey conducted March 5-8. A Rasmussen Reports poll conducted March 2 had Norton leading Bennet 48 percent to 39 percent with the balance undecided or preferring someone else. Former House Speaker Andrew Romanoff, who is trying to wrest the Democratic nomination from Bennet, trailed her by only two points. PPP says Bennet ...
Democratic Challenger to Bennet Would Do Better Against GOP Contenders
By Bruce Drake - Politics DailyFormer state House Speaker Andrew Romanoff, who is challenging Democratic Sen. Michael Bennet for the party's Senate nomination, runs more strongly than Bennet against the field of potential Republican challengers, according to a Rasmussen Reports poll conducted March 2. Bennet has struggled to get a political foothold in the state since he was appointed last year to take the seat vacated by Ken Salazar, who went to Washington to be President Obama's Interior secretary. "Bennet's continuing inability to gain ground suggests that incumbency is one of his biggest problems," said Rasmussen. ...
GOP's Jane Norton a Big Threat to Take Colorado Senate Seat from Democrats
By Bruce Drake - Politics DailyFormer Republican Lt. Gov. Jane Norton is showing the strongest poll numbers among GOP candidates vying to run against Democratic Sen. Michael Bennet, and Bennet's challenger for his party's nomination, Alex Romanoff, generally runs better than Bennet against the Republicans, according to a Rasmussen Reports poll conducted Feb. 2. Norton bests Bennet, who was appointed to the seat when Ken Salazar was named Interior Secretary, by 51 percent to 37 percent with 5 percent preferring another candidate and 7 percent undecided. That's a two point gain for her since last month. Against Romanoff, a ...
Republican Hopefuls Running Neck-and-Neck With Democrat Bennet in Colorado
By Bruce Drake - Politics DailyEmbattled Democratic Sen. Michael Bennet finds himself running even or marginally ahead of three Republican contenders for his seat, according to a Research 2000/Daily Kos poll conducted Jan. 11-13. That's not great news for an incumbent but it is a better showing than a Rasmussen Reports poll released earlier this week that showed him trailing all three. Bennet was named to the seat last year when President Obama named Ken Salazar to be his Interior Secretary. Bennet leads former Lt. Gov. Jane Norton 40 percent to 39 percent with 21 percent undecided; he leads Weld County District Attorney ...
Bennet Trailing GOP Contenders for his Colorado Senate Seat
By Bruce Drake - Politics DailyDemocratic Sen. Michael Bennet, appointed last year to fill the seat of Ken Salazar when he was named as President Obama's Interior Secretary, is running behind three Republican hopefuls for the job, according to a Rasmussen Reports poll conducted Jan. 13. ...
Colorado U.S. Senate Race: 'Awfully Expensive, Awfully Nasty'
By Sandra Fish - Politics DailyBOULDER, Colo. -- A year ago, Denver Public Schools Superintendent Michael Bennet got a lovely post-holiday gift from Colorado Gov. Bill Ritter: A U.S. Senate seat. This week, Ritter may have given Bennet another gift: his withdrawal from the governor's race. One pollster is already saying Ritter's exit helps Democrats in the governor's race. But how does it help Bennet? Well, depending on what happens next, Bennet's primary opponent, former Democratic state House Speaker Andrew Romanoff, could be looking for other opportunities (lieutenant governor? or governor, if enough others reject a ...
Republicans Threaten to Take Colorado Senate Seat from Democrats
By Bruce Drake - Politics DailyWhile former Lt. Gov. Jane Norton, a Republican, holds the biggest margin over two Democrats vying for their party's nomination, all the GOP hopefuls in the field would run competitively against incumbent Michael Bennet or his challenger, Andrew Romanoff, according to a Rasmussen Reports poll conducted Dec. 8. ...
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