UPDATE: Sen. Brandon Shaffer’s release:
LONGMONT: Today, Brandon Shaffer put an end to rumors that he would change directions and run in the 6th Congressional District.
“While I appreciate the offers of support from those who asked me to consider running in CD6, I live in CD4, I understand CD4, and I plan to represent CD4 in Congress.
In truth, this was an easy decision. My wife works at the school our children attend. I have represented this area in the State Senate for the past seven years. We have built many lasting, strong relationships in Northern Colorado. I’m not running for Congress just to seek political office; I’m running to represent the people. And the people I know best are those in Colorado’s 4th Congressional District.
There are people who have said that the newly re-drawn CD4 is too tough of a race-that party registration favors the Republicans. To them I say: “Just watch me.” The people in Northern Colorado are tired of bickering, tired of politics as usual, and tired of a Congress that sides again and again with wealthy special interests over the rest of us. Republicans, Democrats, and Unaffiliated voters can agree on at least one thing: the current Congress is not getting the job done. It’s time for change – it’s time to bring some Colorado Solutions to Washington. That’s why I’m running for Congress.”
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Breaking via the Longmont Times-Call’s John Fryar:
State Senate President Brandon Shaffer announced Thursday afternoon that he will not switch his congressional bid from the 4th Congressional District to the 6th District…
Longmont is in the 4th, and while Shaffer would not have necessarily had to move to the 6th to campaign for that seat, he emphasized that “the city of Longmont is my home” and that he’s looking forward to representing his Longmont-area Senate district constituents in Congress.
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The polling must be worse than anybody thought.
not to switch to CD6 in spite of the Big Line’s ridiculously optimistic view of the chances for Coffman losing this time. This is what many of us have been saying all along so ArapG’s gloating over what he thinks must be a shocked and dismayed reaction to polling is, as usual, completely off base. yawn.
I don’t think he would he let it slip he was considering the race if nobody thought there was a shot.
I think there was just no shot for a carpetbagger from Longmont.
His fundraising wasn’t up to par to make a case that he would be a better candidate than Miklosi. That is all that matters.
Just said he was smart to decide against for sensible reasons and that it hardly comes as a shock or as the result of stunned D despondency. Funny how you always have to put thoughts into other people’s heads and words into other people’s mouth in order to mount your arguments. To think you actually get paid for your crap.
but some shithead has to do it . . .
But he’s got one hell of a battle to win. It will require a Democratic tsunami or Gardner doing something really stupid.
(see comment below)
Wasnt that the message you were suppose to cast in this diary … er I guess that was the message Joe used to freeze Brandan out and deny CD6 Democrats from an honorable choice.
now — let’s go kick some Gardner ass!
Brandon Shaffer will not win CD-4. Not unless someone finds a dead, male hooker in Cory Gardner’s trunk. I don’t care enough to put one there, either. Why do we talk about this. Game over, man.
And would easier to pull off.
The Republican brand is dying, as it becomes overrun by the extreme right. Sooner or later CD-4 will be won by a Democrat. If Shaffer runs now, and builds the Democratic Party brand.