As one of only four states where the No Labels Party has made the 2024 presidential ballot, Colorado is a hotbed of debate over the potential impact of this largely Republican-funded political party, which bills itself as a centrist alternative to the Democratic and Republican parties.
Joe O’Dea, the construction company CEO who hopes to challenge U.S. Senator Michael Bennet this November, has been all over the airwaves in recent weeks advocating for limiting government and cutting spending, but he’s previously supported taxpayer-funded initiatives which have accounted for billions of tax dollars spent over the past two decades.
Colorado Republicans are standing chest-deep in blue water that crashed here in November.
The oil and gas industry, and its Republican allies, are returning to the tactics they used in 2008 when they opposed new oil-and-gas regulations proposed by the Colorado Oil and Gas Commission, which had been reconfigured the year before.
“This election, I promise you, establishment Republicans will be digging up any dirt on Tom,” said KNUS radio host Chuck Bonniwell during a show last month, referring to Republican gubernatorial candidate Tom Tancredo.
