My legislative campaign preview for Republicans with four months to go, aired July 10 at 7pm on 710 KNUS. Key races in the Colorado Senate and House as highlighted in the taped special are listed below with candidate contact information. My guests on the special were Sen. Andy McElhany and Rep. David Balmer, who are quarterbacking the effort to retake GOP control or at least narrow the Democrats’ advantage (20-15 in the Senate, 40-25 in the House).
To hear the complete program, click these links...Sen. McElhany and... Rep. Balmer. They encouraged listeners to help as volunteers and donors in the following seats.
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REPUBLICAN SENATE CANDIDATES TO WATCH
R Seats Being Defended (District Number, Current Incumbent)
(23- Mitchell) Shawn Mitchell http://www.mitchellforcolorado.com/ (8- Open) Al White http://www.alwhite4co.com/ (26- Open) Lauri Clapp http://lauriclapp.net/ in Aug. 12 primary vs. Jerry Call http://jerrycall.com/
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D Seats Being Challenged (District Number, Current Incumbent)
(19- Windels) Libby Szabo http://libbyszabo.com/ (25- Takis) John Hadfield http://www.robertjohnhadfield.com/ (14- Bacon) Matt Fries http://mattfries.com/ (17 -Shaffer) Katie Witt www.katiewitt.com ===================================================
REPUBLICAN HOUSE CANDIDATES TO WATCH
R Seats Being Defended (District Number, Current Incumbent)
(17- Open) Catherine “Kit” Roupe http://www.catherineroupe.com/ (22- Summers) Ken Summers http://www.kensummers.org/ (37- Swalm) Spencer Swalm http://www.spencerswalm.com/ (39- Balmer) David Balmer http://www.davidbalmer.com/
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D Seats Being Challenged (District Number, Current Incumbent)
(27- Gagliardi) John Bodnar http://johnbodnar.net/ (30- Open) Kevin Priola http://www.kevinpriola.com/ (31- Solano) Holly Hansen http://www.hollyhansen.org/ (38- Rice) Dave Kerber http://www.kerberforcolorado.com/ (40- Open) Cindy Acree http://www.cindyacree.com/ (52- Kefalas) Bob McClusky http://www.bobmccluskey.com/ (62- Open) Randy Jackson http://standtallcolorado.com/ (64- McKinley) Ken Torres http://kentorres.com/
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AND A FEW MORE WHO ARE FIGHTING THE GOOD FIGHT
Although these GOP candidates didn't get mentioned in the radio special or podcast, Backbone America likes their spirit. Check'em out.
(HD-55 Buescher) Laura Bradford http://bradfordforhouse.com
(HD-34 Soper) Tom Bopp homespeck12@aol.com
(HD-30 Open, was Hodge) Kevin Priola www.kevinpriola.com
(HD-1 Labuda) Tom Thomason http://www.electtom.com/
(HD-10 Open, was Madden) Dorothy Marshall dorothy@davidamarshall.com