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*
(R) V. Archuleta
98%
2%
CO-02 (Boulder-ish)
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(D) Joe Neguse*
(R) Marshall Dawson
95%
5%
CO-03 (West & Southern CO)
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(D) Adam Frisch
(R) Jeff Hurd
50%
50%
CO-04 (Northeast-ish Colorado)
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(R) Lauren Boebert
(D) Trisha Calvarese
90%
10%
CO-05 (Colorado Springs)
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(R) Jeff Crank
(D) River Gassen
80%
20%
CO-06 (Aurora)
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(D) Jason Crow*
(R) John Fabbricatore
90%
10%
CO-07 (Jefferson County)
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(D) B. Pettersen
(R) Sergei Matveyuk
90%
10%
CO-08 (Northern Colo.)
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(D) Yadira Caraveo
(R) Gabe Evans
70%
30%
State Senate Majority
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DEMOCRATS
REPUBLICANS
80%
20%
State House Majority
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DEMOCRATS
REPUBLICANS
95%
5%
October 24, 2014 02:37 PM UTC
15 Comments
Best is definitely Neguse.
Worst, by far, all of Udall's ads when added together on abortion. What a horrible campaign blunder.
Worst ads: All Con Man Gardner ads in which you can see what a stumpy, roly-poly putz he is, while he smiles at the camera and lies shamelessly through his perfect teeth.
Also, every ad from bird-brain Mike Coffman and his assorted Koch/Rove crap-spewers. Much like his natural constituency itself, not only are they laughably silly, juvenile, over-the-top amateurish, stupid, and packed wall to wall with lies and distortions, the ones specifically from Team Bird Brain also feature MIkey's weak, wimpy, unsteady voice, which sounds like somebody who just had his knuckles rapped by a nun and is about to cry. His consistent beady-eyed, deer-in-the-headlights visage completes the terrible overall effect perfectly. He's best neither seen nor heard.
Clearly the worst ads were for the Scott Corbett Snyder Hutchinson Rauner Boopray.
Poor Brittany.
The dress ads were the most pathetic.
As for the most tasteless, that would be Both Ways' ad using Tom Clements as a prop. The only analogy I could think of would be if a Dem started an ad referencing today's school shooting in Washington as a reason to vote against Laura Waters Woods or Tony Sanchez. Hasn't happened and probably won't because Dems fight hard but fight clean.
Dems fight Clean?
As in the wheelchair ad used by Wendy Davis in Texas. That had to be the worst ad of the season. Besides being tasteless whe dropped 8 points within a week. Then she ran another ad of supporters in wheelchairs. First rule in damage control, stop shoveling.
She wasn’t picking on the disabled man in the wheelchair. She was pointing out the rank hypocrisy of someone (who admittedly was entitled to recover $ for his injury) denying the same recourse for others.
This may be a shock to you, but Wendy Davis isn't running for office in Colorado.
Best Ad: Joe Neguse for SOS
Honorable Mention(s): Hick's flood recovery ad "Leading", Cory Gardner "Big Shoes," (gotta admit, whoever was doing his ad production did a god job on most of his stuff) and Udall's recent "driving in a car being folksy" ad, aka "True" (god, these are the types of ads he should have been running the whole damn time)
Worst Ad: Bob Beauprez's "Is you family safe" ad. Really, it's just a whole new level of sleaze unbecoming of how Colorado races are run.
Dishonorable Mention: Anything by Wayne Williams. I mean, the message is fine, but the production is just downright terrible.
No Bests.
Worst (most weasally and obfuscatory): Gardner's web ad saying he supports "over the counter birth control". Republican lies become more elaborate by the day. This one is innocuous, and has probably fooled more than one voter.
Scott Gessler for Governor (everyone else is a loser).
It's just a mediocre ad, but thanks for the supersized delicious irony, Scotty.
The absolute worst ad is the one Beauprez ran on public safety. The National Republican Attorneys General ad against Don Quick is pretty bad as well as is Stapleton's response to Markey's ad with Frank McNulty. The last one is just stupid.
I nominate Mark Udall's ad "True". From the heart, with no script and speaks as a true westerner who knows Colorado so well.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vnKGBlE8qQU
The best campaign ad of this cycle? Hmmmmmmm . . .
. . . that's way too easy: . . .
. . . the absolute very last one that's aired.
Does an ad that isn't an ad that's about an ad that's against candidates that are supported by a school board member count? If so, I pick this Jon Caldera travesty as the worst, most shark-jumpingest campaign ad of the year.
Best: Hate to say it but Gardner's ad featuring his grandmother. The final ad of his which has completing his rebranding from right-wing zealot to moderate family man.
Worst: The "China Girl" ad against Sen. Rachel Zenzinger. Nothing but lies…complete and total lies implying that Zenzinger went to China on taxpayer funds. Zenzinger has NEVER been to China let alone on taxpayer funds.