In case you haven’t voted
on our online news poll, folks think incumbent Rep. Bob Beauprez would best represent the 7th Congressional District. Although 1st Judicial District Attorney Dave Thomas just formally announced that he would jump in as the Democrat in the race, he has captured 28 percent of the vote on the online poll at www.jeffconews.com
Thomas has a little catching up to do in another category, also. The National Republican Congressional Committee announced Beauprez and two other freshmen congressmen raised a record amount of campaign cash in 2003. Beauprez raised over a million bucks last year. “We’re ready to fight,” announced NRCC Chairman Tom Reynolds .
Thomas can take heart now that it appears the 7th Congressional District will remain politically balanced with approximately equal parts of Democrats, Republicans and unaffiliated voters. The district will included most of Lakewood, Wheat Ridge, Golden and Arvada, as well as parts of Adams and Arapahoe counties.
He may not have $1 million just yet, but the season’s just beginning to get serious.
Speaking of numbers, a local man about numbers wrote an e-mail, saying I had used the word “we” 21 times in last week’s column. I apologize. Although I haven’t gone back to count, I’ll assume he is correct. He is a CPA, after all. Hey, better than using “I” 21 times.
And it wouldn’t be right if we didn’t acknowledge the passing of Marjorie “Bunny” Clement, who served as a county commissioner from 1981 to 1993. Clement was proud to be part of a family that had lived in the area for several generations. She had a lot of fire in her day. She and her husband, Bob, were hardworking Republicans and public servants.