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Poll: Thompson Tied With Giuliani

By Greg Sargent - June 12, 2007, 10:00AM

For the first time by our reckoning, a new national poll finds that Rudy Giuliani is no longer the sole frontrunner in the GOP primary.

Fred Thompson, who just entered the race, has edged into a tie with Rudy in a new Rasmussen Reports poll released this morning. Each candidate pulls 24% of the vote in the survey.

Rasmussen suggests that Thompson's success is coming almost entirely at the expense of John McCain, who has sunk to a meager 11% -- down from 14% a week ago and 17% in May. Rudy's 24%, meanwhile, represents a statistically insignificant difference from the 23% he pulled in the last Rasmussen poll. More soon.

CO-GOV: Voting Problems Plague Denver

By Justin Rood - November 7, 2006, 10:28AM

The Denver Post reports:

Election day in Denver began with long lines, as computer problems appeared to make it difficult for workers at vote centers to check registrations against the master list.
By 8 a.m., lines stretched up to a city block at places like the Colorado Convention Center, Corona Presbyterian Church and Denver Botanic Gardens.

At the Convention Center, though 100 people stood in line, only 25 percent of the voting machines were in use at any given time, as poll workers tried to get verification of voter registration from computers that were frequently down.

Dejected downtown workers attempting to vote before work could be seen walking away from the polls as the line barely moved.

CO-GOV: Experts Say GOPer Beauprez's Attacks On Dem Rival Are "Misleading" And "Irresponsible"

By Jeff Hughes - September 5, 2006, 4:23PM

GOP gubernatorial candidate Bob Beauprez has been blasting Dem candidate Bill Ritter for being soft on crime by pointing to stats showing that while Ritter was Denver attorney general, his office accepted 61,000 felony cases, and sent 12,000 felons -- a fifth of overall cases -- to prison. The problem? By almost three percentage points, Ritter sent more felons to prison than the average AG country-wide, according to Justice Department records. Criminal justice expert Kathleen Maguire says of Beauprez's claim: It's "such a gross oversimplification that it's irresponsible" and "exploits the public."

CO-GOV: GOP Campaign Manager Slams "Bedwetting, Pampered Liberals"

By Greg Sargent - August 16, 2006, 6:27PM

Below we brought you word that GOP gubernatorial candidate Bob Beauprez's running mate, Janet Rowland, got into a bit of trouble when she essentially said that gay love is akin to a man having a relationship with a sheep. Well, now the tale's taken a new turn.

CO-GOV: Beauprez's New Running Mate Opposes Marriages Between Men And Sheep

By Reed Forbush - August 16, 2006, 3:55PM

GOP Rep. Bob Beauprez just chose his running mate in his bid for Colorado governor: Mesa County commissioner Janet Rowland. Ms. Rowland has some rather strange views. Specifically, she thinks that gay love is akin to relations between men and sheep.

CO-GOV: Ritter Has A Steady Lead, Near Even in Total Cash

By Reed Forbush - July 14, 2006, 1:38PM

Bill Ritter (D) is having a good week in his bid for Colorado governor. Rasmussen found in a just released July 10 survey that the Denver District Attorney has sustained a five-point advantage since last month over his Republican opponent, Rep. Bob Beauprez (R). Ritter leads 42% to 37%. Five percent supported other candidates and 16% were undecided.

CO-GOV: "Both-Ways Bob" Reinforces the Meme With Petition Stance

By Reed Forbush - July 5, 2006, 12:37PM

On Friday Representative Bob Beauprez, who is running for governor, publicly changed his position on Colorado’s Amendment 38, a “petition rights” ballot measure that would make it easier for citizens to collect signatures and challenge local government decisions by referendum.

Beauprez won the endorsement of influential anti-tax crusader Douglas Bruce by supporting the amendment earlier this year, when he still faced a primary challenge. Bruce was the driving force behind the passage of Colorado’s TABOR state spending limits by referendum in 1992. Bruce has now rescinded his endorsement of Beauprez in his run for governor.

CO-GOV: Mourning the Death of the GOP Primary Campaign That Would Not Die

By Reed Forbush - June 23, 2006, 1:06PM

It was a fun ride while it lasted, but the Marc Holtzman Colorado gubernatorial campaign ended yesterday when the state’s Supreme Court refused to hear his argument for why he should appear on the August 8 GOP primary ballot. Shortly after the decision came down Holtzman appeared at a press conference to announce his support of Representative Bob Beauprez (R) in the race.

CO-GOV: Ritter Leads in Poll, May Fundraising

By Reed Forbush - June 9, 2006, 1:44PM

Democratic Attorney General Bill Ritter leads Representative Bob Beauprez 43% to 38%, according to a Rasmussen poll released yesterday. In an April Rasmussen survey, Ritter trailed 37% to 39%.

The good poll news caps a successful month for Ritter on the fundraising front. In May Ritter raised more than his two Republican opponents, Beauprez and Marc Holtzman, combined, garnering $201,066 to Beauprez’s $99, 528 and Holtzman’s $81,559.

CO-GOV: GOP Longshot To Challenge Primary Ineligibility

By Reed Forbush - June 7, 2006, 12:57PM

The Denver Post reported yesterday that Clear Peak Colorado, a Democratic political group in the state, has requested state government documents and communications records that they say could confirm rumors of tampering with would-be gubernatorial candidate Marc Holtzman’s application to be placed on the Republican primary ballot.