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  Breaking news: NRCC pulls out of CO 4th CD
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Last EditedCOSDem  Oct 22, 2008 07:27pm
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News DateThursday, October 23, 2008 01:00:00 AM UTC0:0
DescriptionIn a surprise move, National Republican Congressional Committee canceled its TV advertising buy in the 4th Congressional District for the last week of the election on Wednesday in what some experts say is clear sign Republican incumbent Rep. Marilyn Musgrave’s re-election bid for a fourth term is at risk. It could also mean that Musgrave’s challenger Betsy Markey could become the first Democrat elected to the 4th CD in decades.

The NRCC has focused on the 4th in recent weeks by dumping more than $700,000 into the race including an additional $400,000 in TV airtime to be used in the final week of the campaign — money the NRCC pulled out today by sending letters to Denver TV stations canceling the ad buy. Both parties have viewed the 4th CD as a clear toss-up throughout the election cycle. The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee has poured more than $600,000 into the race — including an additional $300,000 Tuesday night for more airtime — and independent expenditures totaling nearly $2 million have flooded in mostly for use attacking Musgrave.

“This is pretty interesting news,” said John Straayer, a political science professor at Colorado State University. “It sounds like the Republicans have other races that need the money more than Musgrave and that they are pessimistic about her chances. If they have internal polling that suggests Markey is sitting on a comfortable lead, something beyond the margin of error, and those numbers have been standing firm in recent weeks and are not going the other way, they might think it’s time to change the pace and protect other incumbents who appear to be in a better spot.”
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