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This has been a hotly contested race for the 6th Congressional District in Colorado. It's been a traditionally very safe Republican district (Tom Tancredo was the Representative from here for several terms), and Mike Coffman has been pretty comfortable as the incumbent. \u00a0Except that we just\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Crime & Punishment"","block_context":{"text":"Crime & Punishment","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/politics-law\/crime-punishment"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":31259,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/11\/07\/and-in-local-colorado-electoral-news.html","url_meta":{"origin":137424,"position":1},"title":"And in local Colorado electoral news","author":"***Dave","date":"Wed 7-Nov-12 7:29am","format":false,"excerpt":"Besides voting overall for Obama, here's what else went on last night in Colorado (of interest to me, at least): 1. It appears Mike Coffman has clearly beat Joe Miklosi to return to Washington in CO-6. \u00a0A shame, but on the bright side Coffman has been a proponent of defense\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "~PlusPosts"","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":44020,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2014\/07\/31\/oh-boy-i-love-being-in-the-electoral-cross-hairs.html","url_meta":{"origin":137424,"position":2},"title":"Oh, boy, I love being in the electoral cross-hairs","author":"***Dave","date":"Thu 31-Jul-14 9:55am","format":false,"excerpt":"Because the joy of living\u00a0in a \"bellwether\" congressional district is a steadily escalating series of phone calls (from both sides, plus pollsters) from now until November.(Sigh.)\ufeff GOP incumbent in Colorado 6th CD in a race with implications for 2016 The Coffman-Romanoff race offers what could be an ideal experiment for\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "~PlusPosts"","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":31114,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/11\/02\/because-joe-miklosi-loves-murderers-especially-yours.html","url_meta":{"origin":137424,"position":3},"title":"“Because Joe Miklosi LOVES MURDERERS \u2026 especially YOURS!”","author":"***Dave","date":"Fri 2-Nov-12 7:12am","format":false,"excerpt":"Continuing the pretty consistent peppering of flyers (and, apparently, broadcast ads, though I don't listen\/watch those) from a worried Mike Coffman against his Democratic challenger Joe Miklosi, we get a doozy here, as a follow-up to previous ad campaigns: JOE MIKLOSI VOTED AGAINST KATIE'S LAW. 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