Chris Christie predicts ‘huge surprise’ in Colorado Senate race

Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) on Sunday predicted Republican Joe O’Dea will pull off an upset victory on Tuesday and flip Colorado’s Senate seat, which is at present held by Sen. Michael Bennet (D).

“The opposite upset and shock you’re going to see I feel on Tuesday evening is Joe O’Dea, the Republican candidate for United States Senate in Colorado, goes to beat Michael Bennet. And that’s going to be an enormous shock,” stated Christie on ABC’s “This Week.”

Polls present Bennet with the sting within the race, which is rated “lean Democrat” by the nonpartisan Prepare dinner Political Report.

An Emerson School-The Hill ballot of doubtless voters late final month discovered Bennet held a 7-point lead, garnering 49 p.c help to O’Dea’s 42 p.c.

O’Dea, in contrast to a lot of GOP nominees in aggressive Senate races, has damaged with former President Trump and didn’t obtain his backing within the major.

The Colorado Republican and building firm CEO has portrayed himself as a average and vowed to marketing campaign towards Trump if he mounts one other White Home bid, arguing the social gathering ought to decide one other candidate in 2024.

“He flat-out stated that he believes that Joe Biden was the legitimately elected president of the US and had Trump assault him,” Christie stated of O’Dea on Sunday. “And in Colorado, he’s driving Michael Bennet to distraction. He’s going to win the race.”

O’Dea has received the help of different outstanding Republicans, together with Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, who recorded a robocall for the nominee.

Trump responded by calling the transfer by DeSantis, a possible rival for the social gathering’s 2024 presidential nomination, a “massive mistake.”

The previous president has additionally described O’Dea as “silly” and a “RINO,” an acronym for “Republican in identify solely.”