Republican Rich Guy David Liniger will not run for U.S. Senate. This clears the road for former Congressman Bob Schaefer. Schaefer is a fiscal and cultural conservative with a lackluster record.
Earlier polling shows Democrat Ken Salazar with a double-digit lead over Schaefer, but the lead was even wider over REMAX founder Liniger, which was apparently enough to scare him out of the race. Schaefer has always been a lackluster fund raiser, and this race will now move to a "likely Democratic pickup."
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