Republicans diverge in Colorado’s U.S. Senate primary

Colorado is forecast to have one of the aggressive U.S. Senate races within the 2022 midterm elections.

• Sure, however: Whether or not that holds true will depend on how Republicans play their playing cards.

State of play: Two candidates are competing for the get together’s nomination within the June 28 major — in a mere two weeks.

• Ron Hanks, a first-term state lawmaker, is a three-decade army veteran centering his marketing campaign on the conspiracy idea that former President Trump gained the 2020 election.
• Joe O’Dea, a first-time candidate, is a rich businessman who runs a development firm and owns two leisure venues in Denver. He is campaigning because the extra sensible average.

Zoom in: The 2 contenders met in a debate Saturday through which their variations turned clear, CPR studies.

On abortion, Hanks and O’Dea opposed the brand new regulation guaranteeing entry to the process in Colorado with necessary nuances.

• Hanks says he opposes all abortion, at any level within the time period and for any cause.
• O’Dea says abortion ought to be authorized in some instances, together with rape and incest, however opposes the process within the third-trimester.

On messaging, the 2 candidates are talking totally different languages.

• Hanks believes his positions — which embrace opposition to mail-ballot voting and machine poll counts — will win over voters as a result of they illustrate his conviction.
• O’Dea says the get together ought to give attention to growing crime charges and inflation, and search guilty Democratic incumbent Sen. Michael Bennet for the present route of the nation.