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Colorado: Dan Maes

May 21, 2009 - 10:21 am
NEWS FEED: Denver Post

McInnis begins 2010 challenge to Gov. Ritter

Former U.S. Rep. Scott McInnis officially entered the 2010 gubernatorial race with little fanfare and after critics have for weeks argued he was essentially running without filing the appropriate financial disclosures.

The Grand Junction Republican gave notice of his intent to run Tuesday to the secretary of state's office in what McInnis' right-hand man called a "purely bureaucratic" move.

So many people have asked to volunteer, Mike Hesse said, that McInnis made his candidacy official so he could put them to work.

And though McInnis' detractors claimed victory Tuesday, the filing has nothing to do with the mounting criticism, Hesse said.

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May 21, 2009 - 10:21 am
NEWS FEED: Denver Post

McInnis makes it official: He'll challenge Ritter

Former Congressman Scott McInnis has officially entered the 2010 gubernatorial race with little fanfare and after critics have for weeks argued that he should file campaign-finance disclosures.

The secretary of state's office confirmed that the Grand Junction Republican turned in his paperwork Tuesday afternoon.

McInnis has traveled the state building support for his campaign in recent weeks and launched a phone campaign. But he has maintained, until now, that because he had not formally announced or spent money supporting his run, he did not have to register with the state or report the campaign's financials.

A legal-watchdog group has asked the secretary of state to look into whether McInnis' actions violated state campaign

Candidate Affidavit

laws.

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March 18, 2009 - 04:47 pm
NEWS FEED: Denver Post

Evergreen Republican in governor's race

Gov. Bill Ritter has his first challenger for the 2010 gubernatorial race: Evergreen businessman Dan Maes.

The 48-year-old Republican already won the race to officially announce, becoming the first GOP candidate to do so Friday.

Maes, who owns and operates credit reporting company ACB Credit Solutions, said he plans to bring a focus on small businesses and fiscal responsibility to the race.

"I've always had a goal to . . . do public service and to do something that's bigger than myself," Maes said.

Aside from helping at a county treasurer's race and volunteering at the state assembly in the 1990s, Maes is a relative newcomer to politics.

"I looked around the landscape and saw a void and said, 'Someone has to step up and do this,' " Maes said.

Jessica Fender, The Denver Post

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