Musgrave and Markey debate in Fort Morgan

There wasn’t much disagreement during the second debate between Republican Rep. Marilyn Musgrave and her Democratic challenger Betsy Markey in Fort Morgan on Monday night.

New presidential polling in Colorado varies in results

Two new presidential polls out today gauging Colorado support of Barack Obama and John McCain show wildly different results with one poll putting Obama ahead of McCain by 9 points while the other shows Obama ahead by 4 points.

Schaffer’s Latino voter strategy could bring Election Day peril

With Republican power elite connections and a conservative voting record that served him well while in the GOP-dominated 4th Congressional District, Republican Bob Schaffer has never had to heavily campaign among a number of different voting blocks in an election. But one growing block that Schaffer has not courted while battling Democratic Rep. Mark Udall for the U.S. Senate seat could end up making all the difference: the Latino vote.

Clerks to voters: Bring a sack lunch to the polls

Clerks in several of Colorado’s closely watched swing counties are continuing to sound the alert: Would-be voters this year should not expect to just slip in and out of the polls on Election Day, thanks to expected record turnouts — and an extraordinarily long Colorado ballot, the longest in 96 years and the longest of any in the country.

Musgrave-Markey debate strikes softer tone after weeks of harsh attack ads

FORT COLLINS – There was no clear winner. No knock-out punch or defining moment. In fact, it was a surprisingly cordial affair for two campaigns that have been in attack mode for weeks.

The gloves were never off long during the first debate between Republican Rep. Marilyn Musgrave and Democrat challenger Betsy Markey on the campus of Colorado State University Thursday night, as the two spent an hour showing voters their softer sides while carefully jabbing the other’s character. It was a political waltz of delicate measure.

Musgrave vs Markey: Pre-debate throw down in Colorado’s 4th

It’s been a long time coming, but the two candidates running for the 4th Congressional District will meet face to face tonight in what will be their first of three debates. Easy money says it won’t be long before the two take the gloves off. It has been, after all, one long negative race.

Schaffer, Udall put down the knives

Surprisingly, it was a civil debate.

After 10 blistering exchanges where Senate candidates Republican Bob Schaffer and Democrat Mark Udall exchanged political potshots, the tone of the 11th debate on Tuesday was positively tame.

Colorado voter focus group: Obama won the debate

A poll of 50 undecided Colorado voters that gauged participants’ like or dislike to Barack Obama and John McCain during the second presidential debate showed the performances gave Obama a bump in favorability.

Latino voters still undecided in swing states?

A new survey out today shows that a large percentage of Latino voters in battleground states Colorado, Florida, New Mexico and Nevada are undecided or open to persuasion in the presidential contest, according to the National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials Education Fund.

The results are in contrast to other survey results released in previous weeks though and come somewhat as a surprise.

Udall attempts to use humor in new ad

Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Mark Udall has a new ad out that tries to make light of the negative advertising that has come at him from “out of state” interests before picturing him in a field of autumn colored trees and a wooden fence. Cliche? Maybe.