September 28, 2016 10:52 AM UTC

Trump Dumps Big Bucks On Colorado

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• by: Colorado Pols

Sandra Fish reports for Colorado Public Radio:

Republican Party presidential candidate Donald Trump returns to the airwaves this week with two weeks of ads scheduled.

Several Denver stations filed nearly $1 million in ad contracts with the Federal Communications Commission Monday and Tuesday…

Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton spent $2.3 million on more than 9,000 ads in Colorado during June and July. But her campaign hasn’t been on the air specifically in the state since, though the campaign aired ads nationally during the Olympics and is running some cable ads nationally.

The recent tightening of the polls in Colorado that provoked Donald Trump’s presidential campaign into a blitz of appearances last week is of course responsible for this new round of spending by his campaign. Polls nationally appear to be swinging back toward Hillary Clinton after Trump’s thumping in Monday night’s debate, but we haven’t seen post-debate numbers for Colorado specifically to know what the effect is here.

Either way, it’s a safe bet the Clinton campaign and supporting groups will follow suit. Game on, swing state!

The local television stations, anyway, are grateful.