Denver November 2004 Election
The Rocky Mountain News is endorsing Howard Gelt for CU Regent, representing the 1st Congressional District [July 16, 2004, "Howard Gelt for university regent"]. From the editorial, "we're hoping voters will take notice of the primary race for regent in Denver's 1st Congressional District, where Democratic lawyers Howard Gelt and Michael Carrigan are vying to succeed the retiring Susan Kirk. Two Republicans, Mel Hilgenberg and Randy Swan, join the field as well, but both lack well-honed positions on the issues and - to cite the biggest reason we've decided to endorse in this Aug. 10 primary race - neither stands much of a chance to win in a district so saturated with Democrats. Gelt and Carrigan are serious about their candidacies, and so joined at the hip ideologically that in their debates they often sound as if they are running against the board rather than each other. Indeed, when it comes to such issues as state funding for higher ed and minority student recruitment, they sound as if they're borrowing from each other's scripts."
Here's the link to Howard Gelt's website.
Peter Coors is going negative against Bob Schaffer, according to the Rocky Mountain News [July 16, 2004, "New wave of attack ads"]. From the article, "Coors' new push will include television, radio and mail pieces and will start as early as today, campaign manager Sean Tonner said Thursday. The ads will depict Schaffer, a three-term congressman, as a career politician desperate to return to Washington. The move comes days after a nonprofit group led by former Sen. Bill Armstrong, one of Schaffer's strongest supporters and financial backers, began hitting Coors and his family brewing company. The group bought ads on Colorado Springs television stations. It sent a letter to would-be donors criticizing Coors for allowing his company to push 'the homosexual agenda' by offering benefits to partners of gay employees, and for signing off on beer ads that are 'nearly pornographic.'"
The Rocky is reporting, "Watch the Senate candidates in person at a forum Tuesday in Denver, 6:30-8 p.m., New Hope Baptist Church Family Life Center, 3701 Colorado Blvd."
Here's an article about fundraising in Colorado's U.S. Senate race, from the Rocky Mountain News [July 1, 2004, "'Lawyers, Beer and Morals'"]. Here's the coverage from the Denver Post [July 16, 2004, "Coors, Salazar in lead funding Senate races"].
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