Mike Collins

CD-6 Democratic candidate Mike Collins said Tuesday that he is ending his campaign, leaving former Appleton, Wis. City Council member Hank Eng as the sole Democrat left in the race.

Collins said he was dropping out because of health problems related to injuries he suffered while a soldier in Vietnam. Mike lost his larynx to cancer associated with exposure to Agent Orange.

Collins said he endorsed Eng for the CD-6 seat, which has been held by Republicans since the 6th Congressional District was created in 1982.

With Monday marking the fifth anniversary of the start of the Iraq War, Democratic congressional candidates in Colorado are united in supporting the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq - they just don't agree on how or when to go about it.

Tomorrow: the Iraq War views of Republican congressional candidates in Colorado

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Could Congress' most vocal opponent of illegal immigration be succeeded by a son of Chinese immigrants?

Hank Eng, who jumped in the Democratic race last week for outgoing U.S. Rep. Tom Tancredo's CD-6 seat, sure hopes so.