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February 24, 2009 - 09:45 am
NEWS FEED: Colorado Independent

Markey scores kudos from GOP business group, Dem operatives alike

By Wendy Norris

Republicans looking to challenge freshman Rep. Betsy Markey got a double dose of bad news Monday. The CD 4 congresswoman was named to the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee Frontline Program to hyper-boost her re-election bid on the same day the Dem got a rare head nod from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the pro-business group joined at the hip to the GOP.

The Chamber saluted Markey by press release for backing the stimulus bill, citing Obama administration figures that the district would gain 8,800 jobs over the next two years.

“Since the elections, we’ve worked with the President and Congresswoman Markey to quickly pass a bill that would apply a defibrillator to the economy and shock it back to life,” said Bruce Josten, the U.

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Fri, 10/31/2008 - 14:38

CO-4 independent spending third-highest in the nation

By Jeremy Pelzer, PolitickerCO.com Reporter

More than $3.6 million has been dropped in the 4th Congressional District race by political parties and interest groups -- the third-highest amount spent by independent groups in any U.S. House race in the country.

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Mon, 10/27/2008 - 15:38

DCCC, Musgrave campaign release new ads

By Jeremy Pelzer, PolitickerCO.com Reporter

U.S. Rep. Marilyn Musgrave's latest television ad subjects a Betsy Markey stand-in to a lie detector test about Markey's business dealings.

Meanwhile, a new Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee television ad released over the weekend hits U.S. Rep. Marilyn Musgrave for "putting special interests ahead of" U.S. troops.

In Musgrave's new ad, a blonde who vaguely resembles Markey is hooked up to a lie detector.

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Tue, 10/14/2008 - 18:54

DCCC, NRCC release CO-4 negative ads

By Jeremy Pelzer, PolitickerCO.com Reporter

As expected, both parties' national congressional fundraising arms released new negative television ads Tuesday in the 4th Congressional District race.

The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee's ad hits incumbent U.S. Rep. Marilyn Musgrave (R-Fort Morgan) as being in the pocket of special interests.

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Tue, 10/14/2008 - 04:12

DCCC: Without help, Markey will run out of TV ad money by Thursday

By Jeremy Pelzer, PolitickerCO.com Reporter

FORT MORGAN--Fourth Congressional District Democratic nominee Betsy Markey will have to stop television advertising before the end of the week for lack of money, according to a fundraising letter sent out Monday by the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee.

"If we don't act now, in just 72 hours, Betsy will no longer be able to afford television ads, just as national Republicans are moving in to help Congresswoman (Marilyn) Musgrave stay on the air," U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi stated in the fundraising letter.

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Mon, 10/13/2008 - 12:36

National party committees could heat up CO-4 race

By Jeremy Pelzer, PolitickerCO.com Reporter

Both parties' national congressional fundraising arms will likely be muscling in the 4th Congressional District race soon, according to the Fort Collins Coloradoan.

Both the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee and the National Republican Congressional Committee have six-figure television ad buys slated to start as soon as today on Denver market broadcast stations.

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Mon, 07/14/2008 - 12:14

DCCC makes major CO-4 ad buy

By Jeremy Pelzer, PolitickerCO.com Reporter

[img_assist|nid=1778|title=Congressional candidate Betsy Markey|desc=Campaign Photo|link=none|align=left|width=163|height=200]The Democratic Congressional Campaign Commitee has reserved $667,000 worth of TV ad time in the 4th Congressional District, Real Clear Politics is reporting.

The ad buy of about 2,000 points is part of a $34.5 million media blitz by the cash-flush DCCC in 31 House races around the country, according to RCP's Reid Wilson.

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Wed, 06/18/2008 - 10:28

Markey selected for DCCC's 'Red to Blue' program

By Michael Gsovski

In a boost to her campaign for the 4th Congressional District seat, former Larimer County Democratic Party chair Betsy Markey (D-Fort Collins) was selected Wednesday morning as one of 13 new candidates in the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee's "Red to Blue Program."

This means Markey's campaign will get help from Democratic strategists, on-the-ground support from the DCCC, and a likely six-figure fundraising boost, said Markey manager Anne Caprara.

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