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Saturday, September 24, 2005
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Peter Blake looks at the possibilities around Republicans regaining control of the State Senate in his column in today's Rocky Mountain News [September 24, 2005, "Blake: Why odds are against GOP recapturing state Senate"]. He writes, "Republicans may be down only one seat in the state Senate, but recapturing it will be difficult because they have more seats to defend than attack next year. That's why they may be hoping that Senate President Joan Fitz-Gerald of Golden runs for governor. If she does, and if she can talk Sen. Jim Isgar, D-Hesperus, into being her running mate, the GOP would have two open seats to pursue where they had none before...The Republicans would love to get Isgar out of the way in southwest Colorado because his challenger, Rep. Mark Larson, R-Cortez, would probably defeat whoever the Democrats put up in Isgar's place. Many Democrats like Larson for the same reason a lot of conservatives don't - he frequently bucks his party. But the GOP would be happy to have him in the Senate anyway, if only as a warm body in the caucus."
Elevated Voices: "Why would a candidate knowingly do something that will get him beat up in the press? Name I.D." Coyote Gulch mused just the other day that Marc Holtzman was at least getting a bunch of press this past week, even though much of it was negative.
Category: Denver November 2006 Election
6:41:58 AM 
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The Rocky Mountain News published the first article in a series on Referendums C and D today [September 24, 2005, "In a world of hurt"]. They're focusing on the human side of the issue - how will Coloradans be effected?
Here's the link to their introduction to the series [September 24, 2005, "Through the eyes of seven families"]. The series will include: A family on the West Slope struggling to pay medical bills; A young, single professional; An entrepreneur in Sterling trying to get a new business off the ground, while her husband tries to lead local government as mayor; A senior citizen on Medicaid; A family with three daughters in college; Two "demographically typical" families with opposite views on state spending."
The Rocky is also running a FAQ about the referendums [September 24, 2005, "Q&A on Refs C and D"].
Category: Denver November 2005 Election
6:15:24 AM
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Last update: 10/3/05; 6:40:55 PM.
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