Winners

Losers

Gay rights movement

After winning the Democratic primary this week, if Jared Polis wins in November - and it's almost certain he will - he will become the first openly gay person elected to Congress.

Stuart Shepard

The Focus on the Family employee was nearly universally panned for his video in which he prayed for rain during Obama's outdoor convention speech. He eventually pulled the video and offered a joking "mea culpa".

Glenn Vaad

The state senator dodged a bullet by surving a primary challenge by a narrow margin.

Billy Compton

The Colorado Democratic party state director had to back down from what appeared to be threats to revoke Sacha Millstone's status as a delegate for criticizing Obama after she made a stink.

Mark Waller

It's never a small feat to defeat an incumbent state legislator.

Douglas Bruce

The state Representative was narrowly defeated by Mark Waller in the Republican primary.

Mark Udall

Recent polling gives the U.S. representative a 6 point edge of Bob Schaffer in the race for U.S. Senate.

Jeff Crank

He's lost two primaries in a row to Lamborn, this time by worse than the last.

John McCain

The race is still very tight, but the latest Rasmussen poll gives the presumptive Republican presidential nominee a 4 point boost compared to last month.

Rocky White

Although heavily favored to win the 62nd district House primary, the Democrat was badly defeated by Ed Vigil.

Joan Fitz-Gerald

She was favored to win in the 2nd Congressional District, but lost to Polis.

Comments

I'd Say Buddy Moore was also


I'd Say Buddy Moore was also a winner last week pulling in 5-12% of vote according to a Rocky Mountain News Poll, all without the help of a party!
http://www.buddymooreforsenate.com

08/18/08 2:48 pm

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