Colorado Dirty Tricks against Joe O’Dea

The Colorado Senate race has become the latest battleground for Democratic efforts to promote “Stop the Steal” Republicans in GOP primaries, a strategy that belies the Democrats’ posture of claiming to think these folks represent a genuine threat to American democracy. Even the New York Times has noticed this strategy, which extends as well to running ads attacking House Republicans who voted for Donald Trump’s impeachment over those votes. The Times gets retiring House Democrat Kathleen Rice of New York to denounce the practice but also receives a variety of weaselly excuses and no-comments from Democrats still in the game.

In the primary between Colorado businessman Joe O’Dea and Republican state legislator Ron Hanks, O’Dea is the far stronger candidate to unseat Democratic senator Michael Bennet. O’Dea has also significantly out-raised Hanks, having poured $630,000 of his own money into the race and raised about the same amount from donors. Hanks remains little-known in the state even compared with O’Dea, who is a political newcomer.

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Dan McLaughlin

Dan McLaughlin is a senior writer at National Review Online and a fellow at National Review Institute.

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The Colorado Senate race has become the latest battleground for Democratic efforts to promote “Stop the Steal” Republicans in GOP primaries, a strategy that belies the Democrats’ posture of claiming to think these folks represent a genuine threat to American democracy. Even the New York Times has noticed this strategy, which extends as well to running ads attacking House Republicans who voted for Donald Trump’s impeachment over those votes. The Times gets retiring House Democrat Kathleen Rice of New York to denounce the practice but also receives a variety of weaselly excuses and no-comments from Democrats still in the game.

In the primary between Colorado businessman Joe O’Dea and Republican state legislator Ron Hanks, O’Dea is the far stronger candidate to unseat Democratic senator Michael Bennet. O’Dea has also significantly out-raised Hanks, having poured $630,000 of his own money into the race and raised about the same amount from donors. Hanks remains little-known in the state even compared with O’Dea, who is a political newcomer.