U.S. Senate

DENVER--The day after winning Colorado's U.S. Senate race, U.S. Rep. Mark Udall (D-Eldorado Springs) talked of working together with Republicans and dismissed claims that his financial advantage over GOP opponent Bob Schaffer made his victory a foregone conclusion.

Mark Udall

DENVER--Following what shaped up to be an sizable win, U.S. Senator-elect Mark Udall (D-Eldorado Springs) said he was "deeply gratified" and planned to focus on jobs, housing, ending the Iraq War and renewable energy.

Udall called his win over Republican Bob Schaffer a "Victory for the citizens of Colorado."

"They decided that they wanted a senator who will work across the aisle, a senator who's going to focus on putting people back to work and keeping people in their homes investing in our country," said Udall, speaking to reporters at a Democratic rally at a downtown hotel.

The Rocky Mountain News is calling Colorado for Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama.

The paper also projects that Democrat Mark Udall will win the U.S. Senate race over Republican Bob Schaffer.

Mark Udall

A Denver Post/Mason-Dixon poll released Sunday shows Democratic U.S. Senate nominee Mark Udall leading Republican opponent Bob Schaffer 47 percent to 43 percent.

That 4-point lead is within the poll's margin of error and is dramatically smaller than most other poll results the past month that have shown Udall with a double-digit lead.

GOLDEN--Again by double-digits in the latest Colorado U.S. Senate polls, Democratic nominee Mark Udall isn't joining in the debate about whether former U.S. Rep. Scott McInnis (R-Grand Junction) would have fared better against Udall than Republican nominee Bob Schaffer.

Asked by PolitickerCO.com if he agreed with comments made by McInnis last week that McInnis would have been a stronger candidate against Udall than Schaffer, Udall paused about 10 seconds before answering.

On Jan. 9, a 52-year-old former police officer and ski patrolman named Gail "Buddy" Moore walked into Colorado Democratic Headquarters in Denver and said he wanted to run for the United States Senate.

"Nobody knew who he was," said state Democratic party political director Billy Compton. "We had to look him up."

Unfortunately for Moore, state law and Colorado Democratic Party rules require political candidates to be registered with the party for at least a year before the November general election: Moore only signed up to be a Democrat last December.