October 27, 2008 10:09 PM UTC

Tancredo, Beauprez Eye Ritter

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• by: Colorado Pols

We’d been waiting until after the election to discuss 2010 more in-depth, but it looks like the cat is out of the bag regarding one potential GOP challenger. Congressman Tom Tancredo, long thought to be considering a run for Senate in 2010, has instead focused his sights on running for Governor. The reason, we’ve heard, is that poll numbers show Ken Salazar to be a strong incumbent, while Gov. Bill Ritter is the weaker of the two statewide candidates. Tancredo wants to run statewide in 2010, and it makes more sense to take on Ritter than to challenge the stronger Salazar.

Also rumored to be seriously considering another run for governor in 2010 is – don’t laugh – Bob Beauprez. But while Beauprez may be seriously considering a run himself, it’s doubtful that any other top GOP backers would seriously take him seriously. You don’t run the worst statewide campaign in Colorado history, as Beauprez did in 2006, and try to run again for the same race four years later.