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ACP candidate Goss steps aside for Tancredo; calls Maes ‘hapless’

By | 07.27.10 | 8:05 am

Big Ben Goss, American Constitutional Party candidate for governor, has stepped aside so that former Republican Congressman and anti-illegal immigration firebrand Tom Tancredo can run in his place. Tancredo is seeking to offer conservative voters an alternative to the struggling…

Colorado GOP nightmare: The Tank Tancredo in it to win it

By | 07.26.10 | 11:24 am

After a reported on-air face off with state Republican Party leader Dick Wadhams, who has struggled to lead in this anti-incumbent tea party fueled election season, Tom Tancredo announced he is not waiting till noon today for embattled GOP gubernatorial candidates Dan Maes and Scott McInnis to agree to step out of the race after the August 10 primary. The “Tank” told the Denver Post Monday morning that his mind is made up, that Maes and McInnis will not agree to his terms– to exit the race if polls show they trail Democrat John Hickenlooper after the primary– so Tancredo is now running for governor as an American Constitution Party candidate.

Maes says Tancredo’s threat to run just ‘Tom being Tom’

By | 07.23.10 | 7:46 pm

Republican candidates for governor Scott McInnis and Dan Maes today called Former Congressman Tom Tancredo’s bluff.

Tancredo announced Thursday that he would enter the race as a third-party candidate if McInnis and Maes don’t announce that they will both drop out after the primary next month.

Republicans furiously reversing themselves in wake of Tancredo attacks

By | 07.23.10 | 2:44 pm

It’s been a flip-flop-athon of late on the campaign trail, and former Republican congressman Tom Tancredo’s been the root cause of most of the recent reversals.

First Colorado Republican Party legal counsel Ryan Call told the Denver Post his party…

Candidates go toe-to-toe with cardboard Lamborn

By | 10.23.08 | 10:02 am

A life-size, cardboard cutout stood in for Republican Rep. Doug Lamborn at a debate with his challengers, Democrat Hal Bidlack and American Constitution Party candidate Brian Scott, on Wednesday night in Colorado Springs. Bidlack has been showing up at events with the cardboard Lamborn to point out the 5th Congressional District incumbent’s refusal to show up at joint campaign events.