December 11, 2009 09:47 PM UTC

"Fix" Friday Governor Line Moves Colorado to #12

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• by: Colorado Pols

That’s a move up to #12–still pretty low on this list of races most likely to produce a switch of parties, but in Washington Post blogger Chris Cillizza’s view more likely than a couple of weeks ago:

12. Colorado (D): Republicans solved their primary problem when a series of major donors — with an assist from former Gov. Bill Owens (R) — helped push youthful state Sen. Josh Penry out of the race. That leaves Republicans with former Rep. Scott McInnis as their nominee. McInnis has weaknesses — his voting record in Congress, his work as a lobbyist — that Gov. Bill Ritter (D) will be able to exploit. But, Ritter has major problems of his own that ensure this race will be quite close. (Previous ranking: 14)