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(R) Greg Lopez
(R) Trisha Calvarese
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President (To Win Colorado)
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(D) Joe Biden*
(R) Donald Trump
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CO-01 (Denver)
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(D) Diana DeGette*
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CO-02 (Boulder-ish)
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(D) Joe Neguse*
90%
CO-03 (West & Southern CO)
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(D) Adam Frisch
(R) Jeff Hurd
(R) Ron Hanks
40%
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CO-04 (Northeast-ish Colorado)
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(R) Lauren Boebert
(R) Deborah Flora
(R) J. Sonnenberg
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CO-05 (Colorado Springs)
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(R) Dave Williams
(R) Jeff Crank
50%↓
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CO-06 (Aurora)
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(D) Jason Crow*
90%
CO-07 (Jefferson County)
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(D) Brittany Pettersen
85%↑
CO-08 (Northern Colo.)
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(D) Yadira Caraveo
(R) Gabe Evans
(R) Janak Joshi
60%↑
35%↓
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State Senate Majority
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January 15, 2010 11:09 PM UTC
39 Comments
This is good news for Bennet. Now that Hickenlooper is in the race, the base should be out in full force.
Although, i’ll be interested to see what Jane “T-Bag” Norton announces. With billionaire businessman Philip Anschutz and others supporting T-Bag Norton instead of Bennet, it’s going to be a pricey senate race.
To talk about how raising money is evil in an election . . .
Yep, no merit to the argument that there is anything wrong with the current system of financing campaigns. And it’ll be even better after the Supreme Court opens it up for direct corporate contributions.
that are not there.
Well done!
😉
But given the fact that Jane Norton isn’t going to be doing the Dems any favors by turning down PAC money, then maybe the Democratic nominee should be doing everything in their power to get every last dollar to try to beat her.
Have you seen the polls? She beats both by 12 points. You need money to combat that.
Will Romanoff’s $500,000 cash on hand (or whatever he ends up bringing in) be enough? If you think it will be, you might know a lot about campaign finance reform, but you don’t know crap about winning statewide elections like US Senate races.
AR’s team in the finance dept is way way over matched but the one thing AR has for him is fire. MB is about as inspiring as a rock. I am a hard core dem but lord MB is a snooze.
I hope AR’s manager cleaned finance house and hired some folks who’ve raised money before. His crew are all novices in the big dollar game of life. Playing the I wont take pac money card unless you are Congressman Polis gets you one thing… Out Spent.
and I love the thoughtful way he responds to questions. I think he’s really grown into interacting with a crowd. I’m not just saying it to be contrary because that’s one of the things I love most about Romanoff–his public personality.
But I gotta go with Deminator on this one. He’s as sharp as a knife on policy, but Romanoff has him beat in the public speaking category.
I’ve never said MB is not smart. I think he is almost to smart for the average voter. He reminds me of my days on the Kerry for Pres campaign, the answers for most people are too complex. For nerds like us we like it but average voters don’t connect.
He’s almost too intellectual. And I would suppose he’ll have to tone that down soon, no snark intended here.
Get real.
He does. He does not have money so he has to get by on his fire. He connects with the base dems… Like it or not
As much as I like him (and I really do), I didn’t see fire. I saw the same likable, low-key Andrew that has made him popular with party insiders. “Fire” is not a word I would use to describe what I saw that day.
Unfortunately, he’s going to have to step up and do better than that.
snooze , I say smart. And quipless.
Yayyy, AD has quips.
You say outspent, I say beat.
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Isn’t that lower than anticipated? One would think that after
getting rid ofclearing the field ofthat punkmajor competitors he should have topped his 3rd Q numbers.What’s going to happen now that Hick is in the race?
Poor Scooter. All those years of waiting, dipping his toe in and pulling it out because the water was a little too hot or a little too cold…then–finally–ker-Splash!
Doh!
McInnis: $1M raised.
Hick: $0 raised.
Obviously Hick has the ability to raise enough to compete, but we’re rapidly approaching the time of year when you start seeing campaign ads, and it’s going to be the main goal of McInnis/RGA/Wadhams/”Our [cough] uh, the 527″/etc to dig a large chunk out of Hick’s 80% approval ratings.
seems like McLobbyist should have had his strongest quarter to date.
Ritter already endorsed Hickenlooper for what its worth. Can his committee transfer/contribute to Hick’s?
RedGreen knows a lot about that kind of stuff, maybe he’ll chime in.
No doubt that McInnis should’ve conceivably raised more than he did–like Bennet has been doing–but it’s still more than Ritter had been taking in.
But my understanding is, the Ritter campaign can’t “transfer” anything to a HIckenlooper campaign, but can make a donation same as any other political committee.
What are Ritter’s options? He can return the campaign money to donors, give it to a political party or donate it to an IRS-recognized charity. A candidate committee CANNOT donate any money to a 527.
Remember, McInnis can’t raise money from lobbyists or PACs that employ (even volunteer) lobbyists while the legislature is in session, which it will be until May. Since these are the potential in-state donors with the most interest in affecting a gubernatorial campaign, this has the potential to grind fundraising to a halt. (This is why JFG stepped down from the state Senate when she ran against two candidates not subject to this restriction in the 2008 primary.) Note: this affects Hickenlooper too — many of his natural contributors will have to wait until this summer to donate.
Which can turn around and donate it to candidates. I don’t know what the limits are and a quick perusal of the Statutes didn’t help. Maybe someone else can help.
in a matter of weeks between the first round and run-off in 2003. And that was before he was the Colorado politician with the highest favorables, and in 2003 dollars. He’ll easily catch up with McInnis once he starts his campaign.
is that Ritter has over 6,000 donors and more than likely will be making an ask of them on Hick’s behalf for contributions. Hick isn’t starting from zero here. He has his own base of support and now he has Ritter’s.
Hick can transfer whatever he’s got in his Mayoral account to his new Gubernatorial account. . .
No, his mayoral account is subject to the same limits on contributions from one committee to another.
Someone correct me if I’m wrong, but don’t mayoral committees also have restrictions against contributing to the state party, since the mayoral campaign is nonpartisan?
We have a winner. It’s RedGreen.
Under section 15-38 of the Municipal Code,
However, there is a provision in (d) that says unexpended campaign funds can be used for:
Although that’s pretty broad, I don’t see any candidate pushing it.
That the municipal statutes only apply to leftover Hick mayoral campaign funds–not what Ritter can do with his unexpended money.
http://www.coloradopols.com/di…
That’s a nice number. So is the amount of donors.
candidate that hasn’t posted numbers yet. I’m very curious to see what he has raised. With Bennet having $3.5 million on hand, AR is going to have to have at least half of that raised this quarter to prove to the faithful he is still viable.
of Romanoff having raised 1.7 million. We’d have heard about it by now, through some carefully placed “leaks.”
I’m guessing
Me too.
I’m betting AR raised $249,999 for the quarter ended 12/31/09.
This is “The Price Is Right,” isn’t it?
HA!