November 14, 2009 05:12 PM UTC

The Race To Watch

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• by: peacemonger

Tom Tancredo’s friend and colleague Congressman Mike Coffman is running for re-election in CO-6 against Democratic challenger, Lt. Col. (ret.) John Flerlage, as well as a new challenger — the man responsible for closing many of Aurora’s libraries. “New Republican” only-recently turned libertarian Rob McNealy, the driving force behind “Citizens for Responsible Aurora Government” was able to convince Aurora voters to vote against their own libraries, defeating a minor tax increase to fund them.  Now, the struggling City of Aurora plans to close half of the city’s libraries. School children all over Aurora will no longer have public libraries near their homes or a short bike ride away, thanks to McNealy.  

Now he wants to be your Congressman.

This may be great news for Democratic Challenger Lt. Col. (ret.) John Flerlage who has been building his campaign against incumbent Mike Coffman since just after the ’08 election. Flerlage is not the typical Democratic challenger in CO-6 — he is an international pilot with many aviation industry union endorsements, as well as a well-known friend to veterans, having served as a fighter pilot and combat instructor for the United States Marines. John is also well-received at Chamber of Commerce meetings and sporting events — something former Democratic challengers in the conservative area were not able to pull off.  

John Flerlage is the first serious Democratic candidate in Coffman’s district and is now getting an even bigger break. Combined with a doubling of veterans in the area in the past ten years and John’s ability to win them over, and Douglas County continuing to grow bringing liberals from both coasts into the mix, a Democrat actually may have a chance of winning in this formerly “safe” red area.  This is the race to watch, but it’s going to need lots of cash to make it happen.

www.FlerlageforCongress.com  

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