U.S. Sen. Wayne Allard has announced that he will not seek re-election in 2008, retiring instead after completing his second term in office.
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On the Democratic side, U.S. Rep. Mark Udall [D-CO2] of Eldorado Springs will seek the seat. While others, including Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper, are likely to be mentioned as possible contenders, so far Udall has the field to himself.
Whether the nominee for Colorado's U.S. Senate seat is Udall, Hickenlooper, or someone else, expect that nominee to try to get a boost in the polls from the presence of the Convention in Denver next year.
From his official bio on his House website:
Congressman Udall is in his fifth term. He was born is Tucson in 1950; his father was former U.S. Rep from AZ and Presidential candidate, Mo Udall.
ColoradoPols.com has a lot of info on this particular race; right now, it rates Udall as the favorite and former Republican Congressmen Scott McInnis and Bob Schaffer as the frontrunners for the Republican nomination. There is some speculation that they might try to get former Broncos QB and current car salesman John Elway to run. He's an active Republican.
I don't care who gets the Rep nomination, but does anyone know if Udall is a decent public speaker? It'd be great if someone with strong AZ ties (born here, graduated from Canyon del Oro, dad was Mo Udall!) was featured at the Democratic convention.
Especially since we may get stuck with "John McCain this" and "John McCain that" ad nauseum at the Republican convention. :(
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