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January 06, 2016 03:53 PM UTC

Tim Neville Kicks Off 2016 U.S. Senate Campaign

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Sen. Cory Gardner, left, poses for an awkward photo with state Sen. Tim Neville
Sen. Cory Gardner, left, poses for an awkward photo with state Sen. Tim Neville

As the Denver Post’s John Frank reports, conservative Republican U.S. Senate candidate Tim Neville officially kicked off his run yesterday, charging ahead while other prospective candidates are still piecing their campaigns together:

“We all know we have a lot of problems in Washington. When an organization like Planned Parenthood ignores the law, kills the unborn, sells their body parts for profit and we have both parties that can’t even come together to end this tragedy, we have an issue with leadership,” he said referencing some of the debunked claims based on videos about the health care provider. Neville said he would support a bill to declare that life begins at conception and outlaw abortions.

In a roughly 20-minute speech, Neville went on to blast Democrats — particularly President Barack Obama and U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet — on a litany of issues, including immigration, Iran, energy regulation, Obamacare, Common Core, unions, spending, religious freedom, gay marriage and the Second Amendment.

“It is extremely important that we never waver in our Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms,” the Littleton lawmaker said in the first stop of a statewide tour to kickoff the campaign.

At this point, Neville is the candidate to beat in the Republican Senate primary. Joining Neville at his campaign launch yesterday were a number of upstart conservative Colorado legislators, including Reps. Lori Saine and Justin Everett and Sen. Laura Woods. Everett’s support for Neville in the primary was broadcast last month after Everett started taking pre-emptive shots at fellow Rep. Jon Keyser, who may be about to announce a 17th Street establishment-backed run of his own.

A similar dynamic may be setting up in the 2016 U.S. Senate primary as occurred in 2010. That year Ken Buck was the solid favorite of the conservative Republican party base, and defeated Washington GOP establishment supported former Lt. Gov. Jane Norton on his way to a very narrow loss to Sen. Michael Bennet. As we’ve discussed in the past, the National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) has a terrible record when it comes to picking candidates in Colorado primary races, and the GOP rank-and-file in our state is almost as contemptuous of D.C. Republicans as they are of Democrats.

Given the tremendous bad blood between the various factions within the Colorado GOP today, there’s no unifying force to rally support to any establishment candidate–even less than existed in 2010, when Dick Wadhams could at least cuss people out. The situation is absolutely ripe for a candidate like Neville to lock down the Republican primary electorate, and fend off anyone the NRSC or other establishment GOP kingmakers decide they like better.

Because more than anyone else in the race, Tim Neville represents what his party stands for today.

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8 thoughts on “Tim Neville Kicks Off 2016 U.S. Senate Campaign

  1. If Neville does win the nomination, that will certainly put the party in a tough spot.  It will be interesting to see how many endorsements he gets from his peers, and how closely they are willing to embrace him as "their" candidate.

    I don't think even the Denver Post would go down the rabbit hole and endorse him.  But while Neville wouldn't likely incite the level of party revolt that Dan Maes did, he certainly could be responsible for a significant number of otherwise likely independent and Republican voters to stay home, or at best leave his ballot line blank.

  2. Because more than anyone else in the race, Tim Neville represents what his party stands for today.

    Sad words for the GOP.  They might just as well pack it in and ask Dudley Brown to choose all their candidates. This would save so much time and effort.

    1. I'll agree that "The Dudster" will support Neville. But bear in mind that the notorious group Personhood USA; the entity behind the ballot initiatives in 2008, '10, '14; is based in Arvada.

      Note that Neville says he would support a bill………..   He was the lead sponsor for the ban-all-abortions bill in the 2015 session.

      Also, for the "greenies" among us; which includes me; Neville's Conservation Colorado score for the 2015 session was 10%, supporting 1 bill out of 10. Lifetime score is 20%.    C.H.B.

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