Here's a background opinion piece about Bill Ritter from the Denver Post [May 17, 2005, "Farm boy may make political hay"]. From the article, "Now, as the 2006 governor's race gets rolling, the competition for the most heartwarming story of personal struggle already has begun, and former Denver District Attorney Bill Ritter's is veritable Hollywood material. Ritter was the sixth of 12 kids reared on an old-fashioned family farm east of Aurora. They raised cows, pigs, chickens and a couple of horses, and his father moonlighted doing construction work to keep the bills paid."
More about the governor's race, from the Denver Post editorial staff [May 17, 2005, "Governor's race is underway"]. They write, "Ritter seems to have all the qualities that would make him competitive against a Republican in November 2006. But can he survive a battle against a pro-choice Democrat in the primary?"
Colorado Pols: "It's no wonder why some big Colorado Republicans (and supporters of Congressman Bob Beauprez) were hoping to entice Holtzman into taking the vacant state treasurer job. Holtzman doesn't look to be slowing down much after raising $500k in the first quarter of this year, and if he has more fundraisers of this size, he may very well have $1 million in the bank by July. Holtzman may not have the name ID and the political cache that Beauprez has, but money can hide a lot of flaws -- and he may have a lot of it come August 2006."
Category: Denver November 2006 Election
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