November 03, 2006 05:10 AM UTC

Legislative Ladies Nearing Finish Line

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• by: Colorado Pols

Democrat operatives are all smiles over what they consider to be a completely wasted pile of money attacking Rep. Buffie McFadyen (HD-47), who seems to have weathered the Trailhead Group’s onslaught as well or better than any other D–criminal complaint or no.

Rep. Morgan Carroll (HD-36) has also been campaigning very hard the last few weeks, running as if she didn’t have a virtually non-existent opponent. Challenger Brian Boney dropped out of the race in the spring under mysterious circumstances, though his name went on the ticket anyway–Republicans didn’t want the seat to go formally unoppposed.

Things aren’t so sunny for the Dems in HD-29, however, where observers are now predicting a close Affie Ellis win over incumbent Debbie Benefield on Election Day unless something changes significantly. The Dems knew this would be a tough seat to hold to begin with, and a combination of the energetic (and photogenic) Affie Ellis with generous quantities of Bruce Benson’s money may be too much to contend with.

The Ellis win is very important to the Republicans, we hear, she being a key member of the hand-picked Owens Legacy Team. If she gets in we expect she’ll be going places, along with her frequently-promoted Owens wunderkind husband Dennis Ellis. If she loses, well, she’s just another Jessica Peck Corry.

The fight over HD-1 is wrapping up, where embattled Democrat Jeanne Labuda is talking confidently about Election Day. Opponent Aimee Rathburn fought hard with solid 527 backup, but there numbers were never really with her and the “Blue Ghetto” residents of HD-1 (just down the street from Columbine High School) have been successully put off Rathburn by strategic hits on her gun lobbying record.

And for those of you itching to tell us how ‘offensive’ this recap of (mostly) hot-legislator gossip is, don’t bother. We’ll get to both genders over the next few days, even the Ken “The Mullet” Chlouber fashion freakshows. We learned in marketing class that pretty girls move product. We didn’t start it, that’s just the way it is.