Democrats In Suburban Swing Districts Hope To Flip The Senate

DENVER, CO – By John Herrick for The Colorado Independent. With one week before Election Day, candidates running for Colorado’s competitive state Senate seats have mostly emptied their war chests in efforts to persuade voters and prod them to cast their ballots.

Democrats are targeting a handful of swing seats in the state Senate, where they’re outnumbered by one vote. The party is hoping to flip the upper chamber by targeting Republican incumbents holding seats in districts where Democratic voters now outnumber Republicans. Democrats also have their sights on open seats where independent voters dominate the rolls.

Democratic women running for battleground districts ranging from the Front Range suburbs to the rural Western Slope have shown their fundraising prowess this year, raising more than their Republican rivals nearly three to one.

Meanwhile, independent expenditure committees (IECs) have spent more than $12 million on just seven state Senate races, flooding the airwaves with ads and cramming mailboxes with campaign literature. These groups have virtually no limits on how much money they can accept or spend but do have to report spending to the Colorado Secretary of State.

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Image: Colorado State Capitol. Photo by John Herrick