The Economist reports Republican Jeff Crank is certain to win the congressional seat in Colorado’s 5th district to replace U.S. Rep. Doug Lamborn.
The magazine reports Crank’s chance of winning is 19 in 20, while his Democrat challenger River Gassen has about a 1 in 20 chance of beating him.
We like those odds.
The current Economist prediction is that Crank will win with 55.9% of the vote.
Still, some in the Denver media are searching in vain for a story line that will give their progressive readers a shred of hope that Republicans — those free market, liberty loving, constitution cuddlers will be wiped from the face of Colorado’s map.
Despite certain defeat for the donkey team, the Denver Post reports this election will be a test of how “reliably red the district still is.”
With an affliction akin to Kamala’s crazy word salad, they write the Democrat challenger has dreams of turning “recent streaks of blue there into an azure upset.”
Dream on.
This from Crank buried at the end of a Colorado Public Radio interview sums why he will win and the Democrat will lose:
“I’m a very good fit for this district. I think this district does believe in conservative values. They still believe in limited government, and it doesn’t matter honestly on Second Amendment rights. I think the vast majority of people here, they don’t have to be members of the Republican Party. They believe in the right that citizens have under the Second Amendment. I believe that most people here saw the excesses of COVID and the heavy-handedness of government coming in. I lost my job at a radio station here because they said, “Oh, you got to take the vaccine. Even though you do your show from home, you have to take the vaccine now.”
“What was that about? That was about control. I think most people see it, I think people who go to Colorado College or UCCS, they see that. They see government can be excessive in pushing these things. They understand. Most citizens here understand inflation is caused by the excess of government. Government spending too much money, and it’s hurting them, it’s hurting their lives. If I get that message out, I will win this election, and I believe that we will be representing the people and the citizens of this district well in Washington, DC.”
A message like that is exactly why Crank is expected to make a run-away win with 56% of the vote in Colorado’s reliably red district.