CO-6

WASHINGTON – National Republican Congressional Committee chair Tom Cole is set to launch a three-week national tour of house races, including a stop in Colorado.

While the schedule is still tentative, according to an NRCC source familiar with the plans, the trip will bring Cole to Colorado’s 6th Congressional district, where Republican Mike Coffman is running against Democrat Hank Eng. The trip is scheduled for Oct. 20.

Cole, a third term congressman from Oklahoma who is in his first stint as the GOP House campaign chief, is a top fundraising draw for House candidates across the country.

Jared Polis won the Democratic nomination for Congress in the race for Mark Udall's seat
Freshman U.S. Rep. Doug Lamborn survived a Republican primary challenge Tuesday night easily beating Jeff Crank in a hard fought primary. In two open seats, businessman Jared Polis secured the Democratic nomination in the 2nd Congressional District and state Secretary of State Mike Coffman won the 6th Congressional District seat vacated by Tom Tancredo.

U.S. Rep. Mark Udall and former U.S. Rep. Bob Schaffer will face off in one of the nation’s most competitive U.S. Senate races.  Udall and Schaffer won the Democratic and Republican primaries, respectively, without opposition.

In the GOP primary for Tancredo’s open seat, Coffman defeated Wil Armstrong 40%-33%.  Ted Harvey (15%), and Steve Ward (12%) trailed.

In the 2nd district, where Udall is running for the Senate, Polis won a 42%-38% victory over State Sen. Joan FitzGerald; Will Shaforth won 20%.

Lamborn, a freshman Republican, defeated Jeff Crank by a 45%-29% margin.  Bentley Rayburn finished third with 26%.

In District 1, George Lilly won a 58%-42% victory over Charles Crain for the chance to challenge Democratic U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette.

Wil Armstrong finally put up some new TV. The question we ask in today's Inside Edge is: Wil it be enough? Yes, the pun was intended.

In today's Inside Edge, we check in on the CO-6 race, because it gives us a good excuse to plug the CO-6 debate, sponsored by PolitickerCO. Our version even has the scenes deleted by PBS!

This Sunday at noon, Rocky Mountain PBS will broadcast a debate between the four Republican candidates for the 6th Congressional District.

The debate, held April 21 at the Southridge Recreation Center in Highlands Ranch, features businessman Wil Armstrong, Colorado Secretary of State Mike Coffman, state Sen. Ted Harvey (R-Highlands Ranch) and state Sen. Steve Ward (R-Littleton) discussing issues from the Iraq War and reinstating the draft to taxes and immigration.

The candidates fielded questions posed by a panel of journalists, including Peter Jones of the Littleton Independent, Chris Rotar of the Highlands Ranch Herald, and Jeremy Pelzer of PolitickerCO.com.

PolitickerCO.com and the Sagebrush Forum sponsored the debate. Former state Sen. John Evans hosted the debate; former state Republican Party finance committee chair Mark Baisley moderated.

The debate is already online at PolitickerCO.com.

Congressional candidate Mike CoffmanSecretary of State Mike Coffman has established a strong lead over his opponents in the Republican primary election for the state's 6th Congressional District, according to a post-Memorial Day internal survey.

Coffman now has a 28-point lead over his nearest challenger, businessman Wil Armstrong, in his bid to replace retiring Republican U.S. Rep. Tom Tancredo, according to the report from the Tarrance Group.

In today's Inside Edge Wally looks at Comcast ads buys in the CO-6 race because frankly he likes when the supporters of Coffman and Armstrong post flaming comments about each other in the comments section.

In this edition of Winners & Losers, a bunch of congressional candidates have a good week, while we get a view of Mr. TABOR that we would have rather not had. Also some losers come out of the GOP assembly and the 2nd District Court. So check in with Wally Edge for this week's Winners & Losers and get your Friday off to the best start possible.

Below is video of the PolitickerCO.com Republican primary debate for the candidates hoping to replace retiring U.S. Rep. Tom Tancredo (R-Littleton). The candidates are Secretary of State Mike Coffman, businessman Wil Armstrong, state Sen. Ted Harvey and state Sen. Steve Ward. The debate was held on April 21 in Highlands Ranch.