CO-04 (Special Election)
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(R) Greg Lopez
(R) Trisha Calvarese
90%
10%
President (To Win Colorado)
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(D) Joe Biden*
(R) Donald Trump
80%
20%↓
CO-01 (Denver)
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(D) Diana DeGette*
90%
CO-02 (Boulder-ish)
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(D) Joe Neguse*
90%
CO-03 (West & Southern CO)
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(D) Adam Frisch
(R) Jeff Hurd
(R) Ron Hanks
40%
30%
20%
CO-04 (Northeast-ish Colorado)
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(R) Lauren Boebert
(R) Deborah Flora
(R) J. Sonnenberg
30%↑
15%↑
10%↓
CO-05 (Colorado Springs)
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(R) Dave Williams
(R) Jeff Crank
50%↓
50%↑
CO-06 (Aurora)
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(D) Jason Crow*
90%
CO-07 (Jefferson County)
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(D) Brittany Pettersen
85%↑
CO-08 (Northern Colo.)
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(D) Yadira Caraveo
(R) Gabe Evans
(R) Janak Joshi
60%↑
35%↓
30%↑
State Senate Majority
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DEMOCRATS
REPUBLICANS
80%
20%
State House Majority
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DEMOCRATS
REPUBLICANS
95%
5%
May 30, 2013 12:29 PM UTC
22 Comments
An uninspiring campaign start for a lackluster candidate. Seems fitting, somehow.
It's called "strategery" . . .
(. . . just ask ArapaGOP)!!!
I can answer for him: The Sleeping Giant, the Silent Majority and the fabulous Scott Gessler are all going to make you pathetic libs sorry you were ever born! Just you wait! I also have a huge bombshell secret I can't share with you creeps yet but you libs are all gonna be so screwed! And stop throwing the whole Romney in a landslide thing in my face, you meanies! And whatever you say, you must really be desperate! Nice try! Bye now. I won't be sticking around to respond.
How'd I do?
Fools.
Gessler is being shrewd as well as candid. Meanwhile support is building for him everywhere.
There will be no primary.
Nothing says "Shine a big ol' spotlight on every action of the SOS's office" like the SOS running for Governor.
Even the slightest hint of voter supression, even a whiff of profilling voters based on last name alone and his campaign will crash before it even gets off the ground. He'll have given Hick a second term and he won't even have to leave the building.
Bring it on.
What you forget is that Gessler is praised by Republicans for working to stop voter fraud. His experience at SoS is an asset, not a liability.
You mean wasting money on a non-existent problem as he pockets taxpayer cash?
Either way Dems get to have fun next election. Gessler is a relatively easy opponent regardless of which race he decides to run, and Tanc is – well, he's Tanc.
First question to Gessler: "Do you believe that the governor's $90,000 per year salary is enough to live on, or will you be holding down a second job?"
Gessler in a landslide!
I call it "stragedy" -the plan of action executed by the loser of a political campaign.
Why waste the summer? You already know they're not…
Maybe he means he'll spend the summer trying to figure out what the deal with Tanc is going to be.
The dream: A Tanc-Honey Badger ticket
Good riddance- how did anyone ever think it was a good idea to put that guy in charge of our elections (facetious question)?
And the Dem SOS candidate can still run against him by constantly putting whoever the GOP comes up with in the position of defending Gessler's sleazy actions. People may not pay much attention to that stuff in general but with Gessler running for Guv, it will all be out there already in the high profile gubernatorial race. Latino voters will know him much better than they did before and, what with his constant attempts to minimize their vote, to know him won't be to like him. More will be motivated to vote against anyone who defends Gessler's policies.
The only alternative to defending all that for the GOP candidate would be to denounce Gessler's behavior as SOS and no GOPer who could make it through the primary would even think of doing that.
He can be the gift that keeps on giving both as outgoing SOS and as gubernatorial candidate. A genuine Twofer.
Translation: I'm willing to take one for the team in the Guvs race, but ArapaGOP, you better tell your bosses you only have a couple of months to make me a sweet deal to make it worth my while …
ArapGoof can't hear you. He has already dropped his load on this thread and will not be returning. On his behalf… Nice try, librul fools! Just wait!
What makes you think Gessler and "the bigwigs" aren't looking at the same numbers? Gessler will make his decision WITH the Republican establishment. He is a team player.
It won't take long. I predict Gessler will be the only candidate in a matter of weeks.
By a landslide! 🙂 (just beating you to it)
Because the GOP establishment is also concerned about losing another high-profile race, and putting out a candidate who has done everything in his power to disenfranchise Latino voters, a demographic that's only going to get bigger in 2016…..
"Goose stepper," you mean. Not team player.
Potato, potatoe . . .
. . . Gessler took a goose-step for the team!!
if he finds the governor's race isn’t a good fit
is Scotty’s way of saying: “Hey, Republican establishment; I need you to give me a lot of campaign money and make sure I don’t have to deal with a primary”