November 07, 2007 10:27 PM UTC

I'll Wrestle You for Your Seat

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• by: Colorado Pols

Jason Kosena of The Fort Collins Coloradoan had a fantastic blog entry yesterday about a house district race in Northern Colorado:

Well, we took some time off from blogging yesterday but have some fun political tidbits to share, including a challenge for  Rep. Don Marostica, R-Loveland, to wrestle a possible Democratic opponent in 2008.

When Fort Collins Democrat Cross Gambino said he wanted to run against Marostica last week, it soon became apparent that he had a past that was more colorful than generally found with candidates for high office.

Gambino’s background includes a felony conviction for attempted check fraud stemming from events he claims occurred during a three- to four-day span when he claims he blacked out after possibly being drugged.

A background search of Gambino turned up more than just his felony conviction though. It also opened another door to a side project of Gambino’s – cage fighting.

Yep, that is right. Cage fighting.

In e-mailed conversations between high-ranking Republicans and influential media provided to GovReport, it seems the Rs are having a laugh or two over the issue.

Click on the link and read the emails for a good laugh. And speaking of wrestling matches, which Colorado politician would be the toughest to defeat? We’d have to give the early nod to Gov. Bill Ritter, who is a pretty big guy.