By: Michael de Yoanna
State House Republican whip Cory Gardner is officially challenging
Congresswoman Betsy Markey in Colorado’s expansive Fourth District in
2010, setting the stage for a possible GOP primary against University
of Colorado Regent Tom Lucero, Politico reports.
In a statement
to Fort Collins Now, Gardner (pictured) says he doesn’t think a primary
against Lucero–or possible other candidates, including former Fort
Collins City Councilman Diggs Brown and Larimer County Commissioner
Steve Johnson–will hurt the party.
In an aggressive campaign
last year, Markey, a Democrat, ousted Republican Marilyn Musgrave in a
56 percent to 44 percent vote even though the GOP’s presidential
candidate, John McCain, narrowly led President Barack Obama in the
district, according to this Congressional Quarterly blog.
Gardner
is a lawyer and was an aide to former U.S. Senator Wayne Allard. He was
appointed to the state House in 2005 and re-elected without an opponent
in 2008. Markey, meanwhile, continues to reach out to her district,
recently visiting Berthoud, a tiny town north of Longmont, to field
questions from residents about credit cards, the economy, and veterans,
according to the Berthoud Recorder.
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