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August 08, 2016 11:54 AM UTC

Will Trump help flip the Colorado state senate?

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by: Jason Salzman

(Promoted by Colorado Pols)

This is the moment for reporters to dig into Donald Trump’s impact on state legislative races in Colorado, and no races are more important than those in swing state senate districts, like Republican Laura Woods’ contest against Democrat Rachel Zenzinger and the race between GOP Arapahoe County Commissioner Nancy Doty and Democratic state Rep. Daniel Kagan.

Both Woods and Doty have said they’ll back Trump, with Woods enthusiastically calling Trump the “people’s candidate.”

But reporters have yet to question Doty in any substantive way about her support for Trump. We have more than a hint that Doty thinks highly of Trump, because Doty called Sarah Palin’s July 12 endorsement speech of Trump “spot on,” and Doty said she “really enjoyed hearing Trump himself speak.

“I thought Sarah Palin was right on, just spot on! She was very, very good – brought a clear message that people need to get on board. And I really enjoyed hearing [Donald] Trump,” Doty told KNUS 710-AM host Julie Hayden when asked for her “thoughts” on the speeches.

If Republicans lose their one-seat majority in the state senate, Democrats will likely control state government. So the stakes are high for Doty and Woods.

In a light-hearted attempt to encourage reporters to ask Doty about her “spot-on” Sarah comment, I offer this video:

3 thoughts on “Will Trump help flip the Colorado state senate?”

mamajama55 says:

August 8, 2016 at 2:22 pm

That's a hilarious video, Jason. Palin's word salad can't be called "spot on". It's more like the "splat on" the contestants in a food fight.

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1. BlueCat says:
  
  August 8, 2016 at 4:50 pm
  
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FrankUnderwood says:

August 8, 2016 at 5:46 pm

Wasn't Nancy Doty part of the so-called establishment wing of the GOP? IIRC, she was a budget advisor to Bill Owens, then sent in to clean up the mess in the Arapahell Clerk and Recorder's Office in the aftermath of the recall of Tracy Baker and his escapades, then promoted to the board of commissioners after she was term-limited out as clerk.

When did she join the Tea Party?

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