February 02, 2012 09:35 PM UTC

Polis' "Red To Blue" Prowess Pays Off For Pace

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• by: Colorado Pols

Via Politico:

DCCC’s Red To Blue Candidates Outraised Republican Incumbents and Rivals

The most vulnerable Republican incumbents are getting outraised and facing serious challenges from Democratic candidates, new Federal Election Commission fundraising reports show. The top-tier Red to Blue Democratic candidates outraised their Republican opponents, most of them incumbents, in the final quarter of 2011. This comes after the NRCC was outraised by the DCCC for the first year of their majority and new polls show voters prefer to elect a Democratic Congress in 2012.

Average Q4 Raised by Red to Blue Candidates: $201,370

Average Q4 Raised by Republicans Incumbents/Opponents: $178,215

The “Red to Blue” race in Colorado is in CD-3, between Sal Pace and Scott Tipton, where the incumbent Tipton is reeling from bad coverage of his poor fundraising performance last quarter, and Pace’s relative strength. As you can see, that’s a story playing out elsewhere too.

Colorado’s Rep. Jared Polis took charge of “Red to Blue” last May, and we assume the glowing press he’s indirectly receiving in these key races has him smiling.