Hefley ponders run at seat as write-in

[kentuck]

Retiring Congressman Joel Hefley is considering coming back to challenge the right-wing candidate, Doug Lamborn. This guy has split the Republican Party pretty good.
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http://www.gazette.com/display.php?id=1320968&secid=1

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Rep. Joel Hefley is seriously considering running as a writein candidate to retain his seat rather than risk handing it over to Republican nominee Doug Lamborn.

In meetings with national political consultants, Hefley and his supporters have come up with yard-sign designs and the key messages of a possible campaign, Republican Party activist Peggy Littleton said.

Hefley, who has represented the 5th Congressional District for 20 years, has been the subject of a three-week push by high-level Republicans to take this nearly unheard-of step, Littleton said Monday.

To be a write-in candidate, Hefley must file an
affidavit of intention with the Colorado Secretary of State’s Office by 5 p.m. today.

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[librechik]

1. Please do it Hefley!

split the rRepublican vote for us, please!!

[Oreo]

2. Split that repub vote!

Come on Hef... throw your hat in!

[Oreo]

3. Kick

This is big news... if Hefley runs as a write-in it increases our chances of having a Dem elected to the House for a district that includes Fundieville Colorado Springs.

[Hawkeye-X]

4. Go Hefley go! You've got a great shot..

in giving the seat to Jay Fawcett! Woohoo!

Hawkeye-X

[Oreo]

5. Hefley not running

This is still good news... the Repubs are very much not united

http://www.gazette.com/display.php?id=1320991&secid=1

Hefley won’t run, but blasts Lamborn campaign

By ED SEALOVER THE GAZETTE

Congressman Joel Hefley said Tuesday that he will stick to his plan to retire at the end of the year, despite an effort to have him seek re-election as a write-in candidate.

The 20-year Republican congressman said, however, that he will not back GOP nominee Doug Lamborn for the seat, explaining that he can not condone the way the state senator campaigned in a six-way primary.

“I feel that he ran the most sleazy, dishonest campaign I’ve seen in a long, long time, and I can not support it,” Hefley said in a telephone interview. He is in Oklahoma for a cousin’s funeral.

Neither Lamborn nor his campaign manager could be reached
for comment Tuesday morning.

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