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While oil and gas industry gushes over Tipton, radio campaign calls him out

By | 10.24.11 | 5:03 am

A nonpartisan watchdog group is blowing the whistle on U.S. Rep. Scott Tipton and others in Congress who consistently advocate for tax breaks, subsidies and other giveaways to oil and gas companies.

Slick campaigning: Tipton taps oil and gas sector to fill coffers

By | 10.19.11 | 6:39 am

Oil and gas money is greasing the wheels of U.S. Rep. Scott Tipton’s reelection campaign, which more than doubled its fundraising bounty for the quarter that just ended, public records show.

Gardner will likely accept RNC Steele’s ‘Congressional Trust 2010’ cash

By | 04.28.10 | 6:07 pm

State Rep and 4th District Congressional candidate Cory Gardner dissed Republican National Committee Chairman Michel Steele at a Fort Collins 9/12 group last week. Gardner told locals asking for the controversial Chairman‘s head to call Party leaders and…

Gardner not among NRCC ‘Young Guns’

By | 02.10.10 | 1:27 pm

The National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) has announced ten candidates who have made it to the top-tier in its “Young Gun” program, which supplies guidance and resources to select Republican Congressional candidates around the country. Colorado state Rep. Cory…

News Nuggets: 30 July 2009

By | 07.30.09 | 7:20 pm

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THE POLITICS OF NO, NEW AND IMPROVED: House minority leader Mike May wants to bring change to the state’s Joint Budget Committee. The way he sees it, the state needs a budget rescue, no…

National Republicans target Markey, Salazar, Perlmutter on health care

By | 07.28.09 | 3:03 pm

With health care legislation set to simmer over the August congressional recess, Republicans will be hitting the airwaves with ads aimed at keeping three Colorado Democrats on the hot seat.

The National Republican Congressional Committee has freshman U.S. Rep. Betsy…

Afternoon News Nuggets: 15 July 2009

By | 07.15.09 | 3:58 pm

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BOOT CAMP: The National Republican Congressional Committee this week is flogging GOP state Rep. Cory Gardner’s fundraising efforts, clearly pinning hopes of unseating 4th District Democrat Rep. Betsy Markey on the young Yuma Republican.…

Media watch: GOP and Politico tag-team vulnerable Dems

By | 07.01.09 | 3:45 pm

The National Republican Congressional Committee told Politico yesterday it was targeting swing-district Democratic officials, like Colorado’s freshman Rep. Betsy Markey. The NRCC said it was going to wage an expensive attack campaign featuring TV and radio ads in districts around the country. But it didn’t do that. Instead, it spent not a dollar in simply telling Politico it was going to do that and Politico wrote all about it. Nasty work, and done dirt cheap!

GOP targets Markey — and Obama — for vote on ‘national energy tax’

By | 07.01.09 | 12:04 pm

As predicted, Republicans are hitting freshman U.S. Rep. Betsy Markey for her vote Friday favoring the sweeping energy bill narrowly passed by the House. The National Republican Campaign Committee on Wednesday unveiled a robocall set to start ringing on…

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.