April 14, 2009 07:13 PM UTC

RGA: Colorado Not In "Best Case Scenario" in 2010

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• by: Colorado Pols

(Many commenters have been (rightly) confused as to why this map includes states in 2010 that are not even in play. See the update below. – promoted by Colorado Pols)

UPDATE: This map is part of a presentation created by the RGA earlier this year called The Four Year Plan. It’s possible the map below is mislabeled and should say “Best Case 2012,” but the message is the same either way: Colorado would still have a Democratic Governor under the best case scenario laid-out by the RGA.

We’ve found it a little curious that the Colorado Governor’s race is rarely listed among the top 10 most likely to switch parties nationally, but perhaps there’s good reason for that. Check out this image from a presentation made recently by the Republican Governor’s Association (RGA), which maps out a state-by-state “Best Case Scenario”:

So what does this mean? Well, it means that polling doesn’t look favorably on Republican chances to retake the governor’s office in Colorado, and more importantly, it means that the RGA isn’t likely to spend a lot of national money helping Republicans to defeat Democrat Bill Ritter in 2010.  

In other words, Scott McInnis and Josh Penry, good luck…but you’re on your own.