GOP pulls funding in Colorado Senate race, acknowledging Gardner will lose next month
The national GOP is has pulled most of its funding in the Senate race, an acknowledgement that Senator Cory Gardner will lose to Democratic rival John Hickenlooper. In every poll, Gardner trails the former Governor by a wide margin of at least 10 points.
“There is no reason for either side to put another dime into this state. It’s over,” said David Flaherty, a Republican pollster in Colorado who predicts “historic” losses for his party Nov. 3.
“It is undeniable. The train wreck and implosion of the president will bring a historic number of other Republican candidates down, and if you don’t believe that then you have your head in the sand,” he added.
The GOP is now focusing on other battle-ground states, to try and keep the Senate next month, including Maine, Iowa and Arizona - all states where the Republican incumbent is losing to their Democratic rival.