Congressional candidate Ken Buck, gubernatorial candidate Bob Beauprez and El Paso County Commissioner Sallie Clark, all Republicans, attended the Colorado State Fair legislative barbecue Friday night in Pueblo. (Lynn Bartels, The Denver Post)
Pueblo County Clerk Bo Ortiz and Vic Meyers, candidate for Congress in District 4, were among the Democrats who attended the Colorado State Fair legislative barbecue Friday night in Pueblo. (Lynn Bartels, The Denver Post)
The Colorado State Fair’s annual legislative dinner often features candidates who are running against each other — Ken Buck and Democrat Vic Meyers, for example — schmoozing together under the same tent.
Buck and Meyers are Congressional District.
“I like where I’m at — in a position where I’m being underestimated,” Meyers said. “I like that because I’ve been working my tail off.”
“I like where he’s at, too,” Buck said, with a laugh.
The 4th District .
Buck, the Weld County district attorney, in 2010 narrowly to Democrat Michael Bennet. He had planned to challenge Udall but got out that race when when . Buck and Meyers are vying for Gardner’s seat.
