Waiting for @heidiganahl to speak at her closing rally. Event was slated to start at 6pm, doors opened at 5:45pm. #cogov
“We turn out, we kick Democrats’ ass!” Ganahl campaign manager Asa Dyer tells the crowd.
Ganahl has taken the stage, saying “If our kids are not OK, nothing is OK.” Ganahl tells the crowd the media are “out of touch” and “don’t understand the Colorado way of life.”
“The media is putting out fake polls, they want to suppress the vote,” Ganahl says. “When Heidi Ganahl says this race is going to be close, it’s going to be close,” running mate Danny Moore says.
“Tomorrow we ride!” Ganahl says. And that’s a wrap on her closing rally.
GOP AG candidate @JohnKellnerCO, slated to appear, did not speak and did not appear to be in attendance.
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UPDATE: Democrat Adam Frisch is poised to upset Republican Rep. Lauren Boebert in CO-3, based on a 9NEWS analysis of remaining ballots, which are largely in counties where Frisch holds strong leads. #copolitics
The Boebert-Frisch race is tied 50-50% but the bulk of ballots yet to be counted, per AP, are in Pitkin County (80% counted, currently Frisch +58, not a typo), Pueblo County (91.6% counted, currently Frisch +9.6), and Garfield County (90% counted, currently Frisch +13.6).
In Pueblo County alone, 9NEWS is told there are 6,000 uncounted ballots. Those ballots may not be counted tonight as election workers are given time to eat and rest.
NEW: A tearful @heidiganahl tells supporters: "I'm sorry we couldn't pull this off." Says Colorado "is slipping away from us." #cogov#copolitics
@heidiganahl "We're not going to give up the fight," Ganahl said. "We had to fight the media, the pundits, the stratgists, the dark money groups."
Ganahl thanks conservative talk radio for covering her message "when the mainstream media wouldn't." (Ganahl declined an in-depth interview and refused to debate Gov Polis on 9NEWS)
NEW: CO GOP Gov candidate @heidiganahl is echoing her earlier suggestions that Republicans must win by a lot to overcome Democratic election rigging. On Steve Bannon's WarRoom today, Ganahl said, "We need everyone to turn out big to overwhelm the system." #cogov#copolitics
Bannon's program today featured a parade of election deniers sounding similar themes about how to defeat Democratic election rigging. Ganahl was immediately followed by Mike Lindell, who said huge Republican turnout is "going to override these algorithms tomorrow."
Ganahl has made similar comments about Republicans needing huge turnout to overcome election rigging, telling supporters in Nov 2021: "We've got to have such a red tsunami, that there's no question, there's no fixing it." 9news.com/article/news/l…
Next Presents: The Race for Congress (Colorado's 7th Congressional District). State Sen @pettersen4co (D) and GOP challenger @AadlandforCO began their debate with a disagreement about whether the inflationary harm of government spending was worth the benefits. #copolitics
@pettersen4co@AadlandforCO@AadlandforCO said he would not support cuts to Social Security/Medicare/Medicaid - but would not rule out a debt ceiling standoff despite the risk to the economy. @pettersen4co said she'd favor raising the debt limit so high that these default-risking standoffs aren't routine.
@pettersen4co@AadlandforCO On Russia's invasion of Ukraine and US aid to the Ukrainians, @AadlandforCO said the US "has done nothing but escalate the problem." @pettersen4co said the prospect of ending aid to Ukraine "actually, really terrifying."
Next Presents: The Race for Congress (Colorado's 8th Congressional District). State Rep @YadiraCaraveo (D) and State Sen @Kirkmeyer4CO began their debate discussing a 5th generation Thornton's resident about the cost of living, housing affordability and inflation. #copolitics
Caraveo and Kirkmeyer strongly disagree on abortion access. Caraveo supported Colorado's no-restrictions law. Kirkmeyer used to oppose all abortions and now says she would only make an exception for the life of the mother.
One of Colorado's largest polluters, the Suncor refinery, is in the district. The candidates discussed the impact on Coloradans living nearby.
NEW: GOP #cogov candidate @heidiganahl's stand against an imagined CDC vaccine mandate for children (there isn't one) is drawing praise from @PamLongCO, an anti-vaccine advocate and writer for Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s anti-vax publication The Defender.
Long, who previously led Colorado Health Choices Alliance, which opposes vaccine requirements, urged the Ganahl campaign this AM to come out against a CDC mandate. Ganahl's campaign manager, @AsaDyer2, sent Long a Ganahl statement suggesting a coming CDC mandate.
The CDC is not requiring children to get the COVID vaccine to attend schools, despite claims to the contrary in conservative media. 9news.com/article/news/v…