PRIMARY PREVIEW: Colo. governor’s race more positioning than policy
The primary elections for governor won't be decided on issues, because the candidates have few differences. That leaves Coloradans with a primary more about personalities.
The four
Top political pundits and veteran campaign operatives struggled to see much daylight between the candidates, advising partisan voters to focus on who would be best positioned to win the general election
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If that's the case in this moderate state, where unaffiliated voters are the majority, then both sides face a sales job on moderation, based on the positions they've staked out.
Experts we questioned see state Treasurer
A left divided
Likewise, which Democrat advances will hinge on how they divide the primary votes, rather than a consensus.
That might give former state Sen.
Another X factor is women, whom
If Lt. Gov.
"If Donna was not in the race, that would be jet fuel for Cary's campaign," said
Lynne is influential in terms of whom she hurts most, agreed most politicos we surveyed.
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But whether women who marched and used hashtags can swing the race has yet to be proven, said
"A contingent of
Silverii called education a base-splitter for
Teachers unions endorsed Kennedy, but Polis and Johnston have been reformers on charters schools, eying metrics that would measure how well schools and teachers do.
Stapleton challenger
Former state
But
Stapleton should be cruising to a primary win and positioning himself for the general election, instead of struggling to establish his identity in June, pundits agreed.
"He not taking advantage of that luxury," Sondermann said.
Until last week, his primary opponents hadn't taken a sustained run at knocking off Stapleton as the frontrunner. Mitchell dropped three attack ads alleging Stapleton has been dishonest in his ads, that he serves the
"So far, the
And then there's the Tom Tancredo factor. The former congressman and immigration firebrand got in the race after a group with white nationalist ties that he was supposed to address had its convention canceled in
Tancredo endorsed Stapleton and introduced him at the state
"I'm starting to worry that
Independents decide
If Stapleton is the nominee and continues his campaign on the current trajectory,
Polis will have to fend off charges he's out to sink the oil and gas industry, a major driver of the state's economy.
Kennedy benefits if the teachers union turns out voters in support of a proposed
And Johnston and Polis have been loudest in promising a fight with the
Silverii said the candidate who can attract the most unaffiliated voters becomes governor.
"At end of the day, unaffiliated voters are up for grabs," he said.
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