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Breaking: Coffman Withdraws Support for Maes

by | 1:14 pm, September 3, 2010 | 3 Comments

Hot on the heels of Republican Senate candidate Ken Buck’s announcement, Rep. Mike Coffman (R-CD6) will announce shortly that he is also withdrawing his support for Colorado Governor candidate Dan Maes.

Time is running out for Maes to make a decision — SoS Buescher is looking to certify the ballot by close of business today.

UPDATE: Here’s Mike Coffman’s announcement:

“It is because of my concern for the working families of Colorado that I am asking Dan Maes to quit the governor’s race. Colorado can’t afford to have the Mayor of Denver as our next governor who would continue the failed policies of Bill Ritter.” – Rep. Mike Coffman

UPDATE II: The Politico (for what it’s worth) suggests that there may be another Dan Maes-related scandal waiting to erupt:

In a meeting Friday morning, party chairman Dick Wadhams and other members of the state GOP executive committee met with Maes to present what one called “damaging evidence” that hasn’t yet been made public but would further erode his standing as a candidate, according to the source.

A second Republican consultant confirmed the account and said while there was no explicit ultimatum presented by the chairman to Maes, the message was clear.

“It was: Do you really want to put your family through this? If you stay in the race, you’ll have to endure this and this,” said the Republican, citing potential reports by the Denver Post.

UPDATE III: Dick Wadhams tells Complete Colorado that the Dan Maes “damaging evidence” story at Politico is false.

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  1.   Janet Carpenter
      September 3rd, 2010 @ 2:14 pm

    Except how exactly does Maes dropping out guarantee a Hickenlooper loss? Not that I’m agreeing or disagreeing with Coffman, but his reasoning isn’t clear.

  2.   Rebel
      September 3rd, 2010 @ 4:15 pm

    “It is because of my concern for the working families of Colorado that I am asking Dan Maes to quit the governor’s race. Colorado can’t afford to have the Mayor of Denver as our next governor who would continue the failed policies of Bill Ritter.” – Rep. Mike Coffman

    WHAT A LOAD OF CRAP !!!

  3.   Alix
      September 9th, 2010 @ 8:44 am

    If Maes drops out his votes would most likely go to Tancredo. Combined those would outway Hickenlooper.

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