Chris Van Hollen

Both parties' national congressional fundraising arms will likely be muscling in the 4th Congressional District race soon, according to the Fort Collins Coloradoan.

Both the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee and the National Republican Congressional Committee have six-figure television ad buys slated to start as soon as today on Denver market broadcast stations.

And in remarks at the National Press Club on Friday, DCCC Chair Chris Van Hollen and former NRCC Chair Tom Davis both indicated the 4th Congressional District will be a battleground in the final three weeks of the 2008 campaign.

U.S. Rep. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), the chair of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, appeared onstage at the party's national convention in Denver Tuesday, bringing eight Congressional hopefuls along with him.

Van Hollen said it wasn't enough for Democrats to elect U.S. Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) to the White House; they had to expand their majority in Congress, he said. 

Among those Democratic challengers who appeared with Van Hollen was Jared Polis, who is seeking Colorado's 2nd Congressional District seat, which is being vacated by U.S. Rep. Mark Udall.