How About Ken Buck Versus Andrew Romanoff in the U.S. Senate Race?
By Michael de Yoanna
Created 2010-06-09 09:07

By: Michael de Yoanna [1]

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How About Ken Buck Versus Andrew Romanoff in the U.S. Senate Race?

[2]Political frontrunners seem so insider-y these days, and voters everywhere apparently just want change (not Barack Obama-brand "change," just someone new). In Arkansas last night, incumbent U.S. Senator Blanche Lincoln battled simply to get nominated by her party (via USA Today [3]). There were no big Super Tuesday contests in Colorado, but a significant poll was released yesterday showing former state House Speaker Andrew Romanoff gaining some "Romentum" in his battle to unseat Senator Michael Bennet, a fellow Democrat. And last week's controversy that Romanoff [4] (pictured right) was offered a job by the White House (which he didn't accept because he was busy running a political campaign against Bennet) only seems to have helped Romanoff win some much-needed exposure. [5] In an imaginary contest against Rasmussen Reports' presumed Colorado Republican frontrunner, former Lieutenant Governor Jane Norton, Romanoff is virtually tied, notes Fox 31 [6]. Bennet, meanwhile, trails Norton by six points in the same poll. The GOP's Ken Buck (pictured left), Weld County's district attorney, finishes better than Norton against Romanoff---45 percent to Romanoff's 39 (via The Huffington Post [7]).
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[1] http://www.5280.com/tag/authors/michael-de-yoanna
[2] http://www.5280.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/Buck-Ken.jpg
[3] http://content.usatoday.com/communities/onpolitics/post/2010/06/bill-clinton-calls-blanche-lincoln-%E2%80%98comeback-kid/1
[4] http://www.5280.com/../?p=32792
[5] http://www.5280.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/Romanoff-Andrew3.jpg
[6] http://www.kdvr.com/news/kdvr-romanoff-polls-txt,0,2946931.story
[7] http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/06/08/romanoff-buck-make-gains_n_605271.html