Report: Colorado Senate Race Expensive
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Colorado's Senate race between Democratic state Attorney General Ken Salazar and Republican beer executive Peter Coors is shaping up to be the most expensive political race in state history, preliminary contribution information shows.
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Making use of the rule that allows party committees to make independent expenditures*, the National Republican Congressional Committee reported several payments over $100,000 on Friday, including a payment of $118,882 for "media placement" in opposition to Brad Ellsworth's campaign in Indiana's 8th District, a payment of $102,996 for "issue ad placement" in opposition to Ron Klein in Florida's 22nd District, a payment of $132,136 for "issue ad placement" in opposition to Phil Kellam in Virginia's 2nd, a payment of $131,976 for "issue ad placement" in opposition to Friends of Baron Hill in Indiana's 9th, and a payment of $111,751 for "issue ad placement" in opposition to Leonard L. Boswell in Iowa's 3rd.
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The National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) reported spending $7.8 million on Friday alone for an ongoing Ã¢ÂÂindependent expenditureÃ¢ÂÂ campaign that aims to boost the many vulnerable House Republican incumbents Ã¢ÂÂ mainly by attacking their Democratic challengers.
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The early eruption of activity for next yearÃ¢ÂÂs presidential election isnÃ¢ÂÂt the only major political news confronting Colorado voters at this unusually early stage of the 2007-08 election cycle. The stateÃ¢ÂÂs open-seat Senate race Ã¢ÂÂ possibly the top priority for Democratic strategists seeking to maintain or expand their partyÃ¢ÂÂs current and narrow Senate majority Ã¢ÂÂ is already taking shape.
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Candidates who spent more than &#36;1 million of their own money trying to win election to Congress in 2004 struck out in nearly every case. Eight made it to the Nov. 2 election, but only one was victorious. The spenders, how much they spent and how they fared:
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The following are excerpts of a Sept. 8 interview, conducted by CQPolitics.comÃ¢ÂÂs Greg Giroux, with Colorado state Rep. Angie Paccione, the Democratic challenger to two-term Republican Rep. Marilyn Musgrave. The interview took place during a visit to Washington, D.C., by Paccione to meet with Democrats and allied groups about her campaign.
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By Bill Jackson, Greeley Tribune, Colo.  Jun. 20--U.S. Sen. Wayne Allard, R-Colo., has acquired $300,000 for the Greeley-based Central Colorado Water Conservancy District that will help district members gauge their well flows.
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Legislative races are normally sleepy affairs involving politicians who are virtually unknown outside their district. Campaign spending is scarce, the political implications minimal.
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DALLAS, Texas  - The most expensive U.S.  congressional campaign in the country this election year will  likely be the one in the Dallas area where two incumbents are  slugging it out in a Texas-sized battle.
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Money follows power. That simple axiom helps explain why incumbent members of Congress, on average, raise so much more campaign cash than the candidates who want to supplant them.
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With the election in 11 months and the primary still nine months away, New York's 20th district is already one of the most expensive Congressional races in the country.
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Politically interested voters in Colorado's Democratic-leaning 2nd Congressional District may be checking their calendars. The primary in the race to succeed five-term Democratic Rep. Mark Udall, who is running for the Senate, is not until Aug. 12. But the recent spate of infighting among the three leading Democratic candidates for the seat has been more typical of an election being held next week.
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Democrats could have a chance at seizing  a crucial Republican U.S. Senate seat in Colorado in a  neck-and-neck battle pitting a brewing magnate against a  Hispanic from humble origins.
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Spending by contestants and  supporters in the U.S. elections this year will be nearly $4  billion, the highest ever, a study released on Thursday said.
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As the cost of presidential campaigns moves toward the $1 billion mark, leading congressional advocates of tougher campaign finance laws want to reduce the influence of special interests by pumping more taxpayer money into the system.
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Democrats could have a chance at seizing a crucial Republican U.S. Senate seat in Colorado in a neck-and-neck battle pitting a brewing magnate against a Hispanic from humble origins.
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Colorado is on the fringes of the playing field in the presidential campaign, a Republican-leaning state that Democratic Sen. John Kerry has in his sights because of its weak economy and growing Hispanic population.