August 18, 2009 05:05 AM UTC

Jane Norton Further Complicates Senate GOP Primary

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• by: Colorado Pols

The Denver Post’s Lynn Bartels reports something Ken Buck, Ryan Frazier and Bob Beauprez would rather not hear. Michael Bennet, on the other hand? We’ll see:

Former Lt. Gov. Jane Norton will decide in 30 days whether to run for the U.S. Senate.

If she does, Norton will join an already crowded list of Republicans vying for the nomination and the chance to knock off U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet, D-Denver, in 2010.

“She’s seriously considering it, and she’ll make a decision in 30 days,” her husband, Mike Norton, said today…

“I would like to see what her name ID is now,” [Jennifer] Duffy said. “My guess is that it’s only marginally better than Buck’s. Then I want to see how many people think she’s Gale Norton.”

A poll follows, while Democrats search frantically for the Jane Norton opposition research notebooks they made back when she was rumored to be a candidate for any of several offices–and probably some Republicans, too.