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WATCH: Video emerges of Iowa Republican who proposed microchip tagging ‘illegals’

By | 04.30.10 | 3:34 pm

Iowa GOP Congressional hopeful Pat Bertroche has drawn heat for days after the Iowa Independent reported he proposed microchip tagging illegal aliens. He later said that the remarks were meant as social satire. The video doesn’t look like…

Republicans blast Salazar, Markey with radio ads on stimulus vote

By | 02.13.09 | 9:16 am

The National Republican Campaign Committee (NRCC) is finally putting its money where its mouth has been. A round of radio ads targeting 30 Democrats in conservative or swing districts began airing Friday — among the targets were freshman Rep. Betsy Markey and third-term Rep. John Salazar of Colorado — who plan to vote in favor of the $790 billion economic stimulus package.

Rep. Salazar confirms he’s in running to head Department of Agriculture

By | 12.03.08 | 3:20 pm

Rep. John Salazar, a Mannassa potato farmer who last month won election to a third term representing Colorado’s 3rd Congressional District, confirmed Wednesday morning he “may” be under consideration to head the Department of Agriculture in an Obama administration, The Denver Post reports. His name is among those pushed by the Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC) in a letter sent Tuesday to President-elect Barack Obama’s transition team in a bid to secure spots in an administration Hispanic leaders feel owes its existence, at least in part, to overwhelming support from Hispanic voters.

John Salazar Up By 11

By | 09.19.06 | 12:31 am

The latest KUSA/Survey USA poll shows John Salazar, the incumbent Democrat in Colorado’s 3rd Congressional District and brother of Colorado Senator Ken Salazar, leading his Republican challenger, Scott Tipton by a 52-41 margin.

Libertarian Bert Sargent polled three percent