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Udall far above Schaffer in funds

Burt Hubbard and Lynn Bartels

Published February 1, 2008 at 12:30 a.m.

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Democrat Mark Udall continued to raise more money in the last part of 2007 than his Republican opponent, Bob Schaffer, for the open U.S. Senate seat and now has twice as much money in the bank for the coming campaign.

Udall, a Democratic congressman, collected $1.06 million in the last three months of 2007, bringing his donations to $3.6 million for the year. Schaffer took in about $650,000 for the fourth quarter and $2.13 million for the year.

Udall now has $3.6 million cash left for the race compared with $1.5 million for Schaffer, a former Republican congressman from Colorado. Among presidential candidates reporting campaign finances Thursday night, Democrat Hillary Clinton collected the most money from Colorado donors.

Clinton posted her best quarter in Colorado during the last three months of 2007, raising almost $500,000 and pushing her Colorado donations last year to more than $1 million.

Democrat Barak Obama's contributions had not been posted by late Thursday night.

Among Republican candidates for president, Rudy Giuliani did surprisingly well for a candidate whose political fortunes plummeted at the end of 2007. He took in $134,000 in donations from Coloradans, more than the $115,300 front-runner John McCain collected in the state. However, Mitt Romney continued to lead the Republican candidates in Colorado donations with $170,000 in the fourth quarter and about $870,000 for the year.

In the congressional races:

2nd District

Democrat Jared Polis had $300,000 to spend on the campaign at the end of last year, while his opponents, Joan Fitz-Gerald and Will Shafroth, had more than $500,000 each in the bank. All three raised about $250,000 in the last three months of 2007.

4th District

Incumbent Republican Marilyn Musgrave raised about $1 million last year, compared with $340,000 for her Democratic Party challenger, Betsy Markey. However, Markey closed the gap in the fourth quarter, raising about $190,000 to Musgrave's $235,000.

5th District

U.S. Rep. Doug Lamborn raised nearly $266,000. His Republican challengers in the primary, Jeff Crank and Bentley Rayburn, had $95,000 and zero, respectively, on hand at the end of the year. None of the the three raised more than $100,000 in the last three months of 2007.

6th District

Secretary of State Mike Coffman raised $213,085 and Wil Armstrong raised $192,136. Ted Harvey trailed with $35,000 in donations.

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  • February 2, 2008

    8:43 a.m.

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    truth_teller writes:

    This summer when the Democrats come to Colorado, there will simply be too many Democrats for Dick Wadhams to call liberal. He might have to back to calling a few Macaca. Wealthy committed Democrats by the hundreds will descend on Colorado with millions of dollars. The son of a former Democratic Presidential Candidate will be able to change the game that has elected Republicans. The Democrats can out raise the Republicans in this race. A couple of house races are close but the momentum shift will finally put the nail in the Republicans. The facts are that we will have a Democratic Governor. We will have two Democratic Senators. We will have another Democratic house member. The State Senate will be democratic and the State House will be Democratic. The Republican party in Colorado is in free fall. There are many more republicans than Democrats but the candidates just don't cut it. What is Bill Owens legacy.--He is the candidate for the Moral Majority that want to ban Gay Marraige and stop abortion. In the mean time he and his wife are divorcing because of his own affair. Tom Tancredo led the charge on immigration but never passed a single piece of legislation. He could not get one percent of the vote in the Presidential Election. Marilyn Musgrave is the leader of the gay bashers. She failed so miserably that she has asked to be on the appropriations committee so she can be a tax and spend liberal. Wayne Allard. Well what did Wayne do for 12 years. Time Magazine named him one of the 10 worst Senators. Now that Bill Armstrong and Dick Wadhams have hand picked Bob Schaffer, we will see what the voters in a Red State say. Since he is completely invisible, probably No thank you.