Congressman-elect Ken Buck arrives on the stage to give his acceptance speech at the Colorado GOP’s election night party in Denver. (Photo By Helen H. Richardson/ The Denver Post)
Ken Buck must be loving life right now.
Four years ago, Republicans were upset that he blew the chance to win a U.S. Senate seat, narrowly losing to Democrat Michael Bennet after . When Buck announced he planned to challenge U.S. Sen. Mark Udall in 2014, the groans could be felt statewide.
But then along came Congressman Cory Gardner, who handed Buck, the Weld County district attorney, a winning lottery ticket. How about, Gardner proposed, you run for my seat in the very safe, very conservative 4th Congressional District ? It turned out to be a win-win for both and a number of Republicans have said how happy they are for Buck and Gardner.
Buck has been . He got his office assignment Wednesday, leading to a hilarious tweet from a faux Ken Buck web site: #DearGod Pls don’t put us next to @RepDLamborn.
Former U.S. Senator Wayne Allard of Loveland visited with incoming Congressman Ken Buck Wednesday night in Washington, D.C. Buck will represent the 4th Congressional District, the seat Allard once held. (Buck handout)
And at a Buck fundraiser Wednesday night in D.C., former U.S. Sen. Wayne Allard, representing the American Motorcycle Association, stopped by to say hello to the guy who who’s taking over the congressional seat Allard once held.
Allard represented the 4th District for three terms before being elected to the U.S. Senate in 1996, taking over for Republican Hank Brown, who served only one term in the Senate. Brown also had represented the 4th Congressional District. Allard served two terms in the Senate, retiring in 2008. The seat , a Boulder Democrat who beat another 4th CD alum, Republican Bob Schaffer. And now Gardner, who represented the 4th for two terms starting in 2011, .
Who knew that the 4th Congressional District, with its tiny farm counties up and down the eastern plains, would turn out to be the farm team for the Colorado Republican Party?
