Colorado: Dscc

According to a report in The Hill, the head of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Sen. Robert Menedez, D-N.J., said he assumes his organization will back Sen. Michael Bennet, D-Colo., in his bid to retain former Sen. Ken Salazar’s seat in 2010.

From the article: “No Democratic incumbents were expected to leave their seats, but Menendez’s promise only means there won’t be open seats on top of the ones left by four members of the new administration — (Barack) Obama, Vice President (Joe) Biden, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, and Interior Secretary Ken Salazar.

“In those seats, three of the four appointees could run for election, and all three face potential primary challenges.

Democratic U.S. Senate nominee Mark Udall leads Republican opponent Bob Schaffer by 7 percentage points, according to a Rasmussen Reports poll released Friday.

Meanwhile, Republican U.S. Senate nominee Bob Schaffer's campaign and the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee each released polls late last week showing Udall ahead in the Colorado U.S. Senate race by 5 points and 12 points, respectively.

The Inside Edge covered the multiple stories by the Denver Post about Bob Schaffer's involvement in Mariana Islands legislation. The subsequent fact finding mission that then-US Rep Schaffer went on to the Islands was eventually to have been shown to be "partly" paid for by the notorious Jack Abramoff.