Colorado: George Lilly

Sat, 11/01/2008 - 16:51

2008 Colorado election preview: President and congressional races

Colorado Republicans may be looking at some big losses next Tuesday, as the races for president, U.S. Senate and the 4th Congressional District are all trending towards Democrats replacing Republicans.

But while polls indicate Democrat Mark Udall will easily beat Republican Bob Schaffer, the presidential race and --especially -- the 4th Congressional District will likely be fairly close.

Meanwhile, Colorado's six other congressional races aren't likely to be competitive.

PRESIDENT

Candidates:

Wed, 10/15/2008 - 11:08

3Q fundraising numbers for Colorado candidates

UPDATED 1:15 A.M. 10/16/2008

The numbers are in for federal candidate fundraising during the third quarter of 2008. Here's how Colorado candidates did:

NOTE: The numbers for both major-party U.S. Senate candidates are fundraising totals for the entire third quarter of 2008 (July 1-Sept. 30). However, the numbers listed for U.S. House candidates are for only the period between July 24, 2008 and Sept. 30, 2008, because the period between July 1 and July 24 was covered by candidates' pre-primary reports. 

Mon, 08/11/2008 - 11:32

2008 primary preview: Congressional races

With Primary Day being held Tuesday, PolitickerCO.com takes a look at the four competitive congressional primary races in Colorado.

1ST CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT

Incumbent: Diana DeGette (D-Denver)

Candidates:

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Mon, 07/21/2008 - 12:19

Congressional candidate wins apology after accusing blogger of libel

[img_assist|nid=1822|title=Congressional candidate George Lilly|desc=Campaign photo|link=none|align=right|width=218|height=199]First Congressional District Republican candidate George Lilly on Saturday threatened legal action against a conservative blogger for a post made last month questioning Lilly's support of Republican U.S. Senate candidate Bob Schaffer.

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Mon, 05/19/2008 - 14:42

Lilly tries again for CD-1 seat on Republican ticket

[img_assist|nid=1211|title=Lilly|desc=|link=none|align=left|width=105|height=147]Four years after a third-party campaign to unseat U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (D-Denver), George Lilly is back in the CD-1 race – this time, as a Republican.

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