May 12, 2016 12:00 PM UTC

Will Jon Keyser Finally Re-Appear at GOP Debates Today?

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• by: Colorado Pols

UPDATE: KDVR is live-streaming this morning’s GOP Senate debate. Guess who showed up?

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Denver7 and the Denver Post both had new stories Wednesday on the ongoing ballot fraud scandal involving the Senate campaign of Republican Jon Keyser, and we don’t expect the coverage of this continually-breaking news to stop anytime soon.

Keyser has been silent and invisible since this story started breaking last week, and reporters are getting a little bit irritated at his disappearing act, as you can see from some of the Tweets below. Keyser’s campaign has clearly decided to go radio silent as long as possible, but that approach will be tested today.

The five candidates running for the Republican U.S. Senate nomination are scheduled to participate in two different debates today. The first debate, sponsored by the Foothills Republicans, takes place from 11:30 am to 1:30 pm at Pinehurst Country Club in Southwest Denver. The second debate is tonight in Centennial (7pm at the Whipplewood CPAs Conference Center) hosted by the South Metro Denver Chamber of Commerce. Keyser’s campaign confirmed his participation in both debates…but that was before the fraud story exploded.

If Keyser is a no-show at today’s debates out of concern that he will be cornered by reporters seeking his side of the story, you can go ahead and drop that last shovel of dirt on his campaign. You can’t declare yourself ready to be a U.S. Senator if you can’t even stand up for your own campaign problems.

Keyser camp still refusing to address questions about forged signatures #cosen#copoliticshttps://t.co/pdE78ys0qX

— John Frank (@ByJohnFrank) May 11, 2016

PRO TIP: How NOT to make a story go away https://t.co/at8NMwyM0O @Jon_Keyser @MattConnelly #cosen #copolitics pic.twitter.com/2TsLGL5pec

— Marshall Zelinger (@7Marshall) May 11, 2016