August 21, 2007 11:32 PM UTC

Salazar to Endorse Betsy Markey

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• by: Colorado Pols

Senator Ken Salazar is reportedly set to endorse Betsy Markey in CD-4 as she attempts to beat out Angie Paccione and Eric Eidsness in a Democratic primary.

As the Rocky Mountain News reports:

U.S. senators traditionally don’t pick favorites in contested primary races but to no one’s surprise Ken Salazar is making an exception.

Salazar on Wednesday will officially endorse his former staffer, Betsy Markey, one of three Democrats running for Congress in 2008 in the 4th Congressional District.

Markey served as Salazar’s regional director in the 4th District after the Denver Democrat was elected to the Senate in 2004. She resigned in May to run for Congress.

Salazar’s endorsement is a huge lift to a thus-far lagging campaign for Markey, who raised a paltry $36,000 in Q2 and badly needs something like this to give her candidacy some momentum.