Sen. Michael Bennet (D-Colo.) has been asked by Majority Leader Harry Reid to head the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Politico reported Friday, citing a senior party source. The freshman senator did not immediately decide whether to take the post, which would put him in charge of the Capitol Hill panel devoted to electing Democrats. Reid [...]
One week after the Republican wave, GOP fingers are still pointing in Colorado, where the party saw mixed results in the 2010 midterm elections. There was good news for Colorado Republicans, for sure. GOP candidates defeated two Democratic House members, Rep. Betsy Markey in the 4th Congressional District and Rep. John Salazar in the 3rd [...]
BOULDER, Colo. — Incumbent Democrat Michael Bennet clung to a small lead over Republican challenger Ken Buck Wednesday morning in a Senate contest that appears to be headed for a recount. The Denver Post declared Bennet the winner as he led Buck by 7,000 votes with more 87 percent of precincts counted early Wednesday. The [...]
DENVER, Colo. — The prevailing wisdom on Weld County District Attorney Ken Buck is that he is one of the runaway locomotives on the Tea Party Express, a creation of the grassroots who challenged the entire Colorado Republican establishment — and is now an even-money choice in the general election against incumbent Democratic Sen. Michael [...]
Our roundup of polls from over the weekend and Monday on the races for governor and Senate updates or adds Colorado, Connecticut, Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Indiana, Maryland, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Texas and West Virginia. The biggest news so far today in these polls is the Colorado governor’s race. If you thought the Senate race was tight [...]
Tom Tancredo’s bid for governor of Colorado got a shot in the arm when the head of a national Tea Party group said she was backing the third-party candidate. Amy Kremer, chairwoman of the Tea Party Express, offered Tancredo her endorsement Monday, CNN reported. “Tom Tancredo has always been there for the constitutional conservative principles [...]
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