Here's a report from the Denver Post dealing with the upcoming gubernatorial contest [January 15 2006, "Vaults open in guv race"]. From the article, "Republican U.S. Rep. Bob Beauprez officially jumps into the governor's race this week backed by a lengthy list of powerful GOP leaders and $1.3 million in campaign contributions.
"With the general election still nearly 10 months off, the race is shaping up to be possibly the most expensive governor's race since campaign-finance rules limited contributions. It's also expected to be one of the nastiest GOP primaries, with plenty of money for mudslinging.
"Beauprez on Monday will report the new fundraising figure. His Republican opponent, Marc Holtzman, has reported collecting nearly $1 million through the third quarter of last year. Those combined totals are quickly approaching the $3.1 million amount spent for the entire 1998 governor's race, which pitted Bill Owens against Gail Schoettler, who lost by only 7,900 votes. At this time in 1998, both candidates had less than a quarter of the money Holtzman and Beauprez have raised...
"Holtzman has said he intends to consistently pepper both Beauprez and the state GOP with political attacks.
"On Friday, Beauprez said he had a more unique strategy: He plans to ignore rather than take on his opponent.
"'I'm frankly not going to pay attention to Marc Holtzman,' Beauprez said. 'It seems that the more people get to know both of us - especially him - they decide they want to support me.'"
Category: Denver November 2006 Election
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