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Sat Jul 27, 2013, 11:50 AM Jul 2013

UPDATE: Koch brothers infiltrate Senate District 11

http://www.csindy.com/IndyBlog/archives/2013/07/25/koch-brothers-infiltrate-senate-district-11

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Sean Paige with AFP's Colorado chapter got back this morning and had plenty to say. Besides distributing door hangers, AFP has been working phone banks against Morse for two weeks.

Declining to say how much AFP is spending on its anti-Morse campaign, Paige says, "We're willing to invest some significant money in it.

"We see the situation as a good opportunity to broaden the discussion and inform constituents of his entire record. We routinely do public education on these sorts of things. John Morse has a long history in the Legislature and a voting record that in our view is very liberal and out of sync with his constituents."

AFP, he notes, isn't the only one pumping money into the election or trying to influence it. "Clearly the outside money flowing in on the Morse side has national implications." He didn't elaborate.

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