2014 Colorado Republican State Assembly
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The Republican primary season kicks into high gear next month with a series of high-profile Senate contests that will help determine whether the GOP can take control of the upper chamber from Democrats in the midterm elections.
The May matchups some of which could evolve into runoff elections will show the strength of the GOP as it tries to hang on to seats in Nebraska, Georgia and Kentucky and to seize Democrat-controlled seats in North Carolina, West Virginia and Oregon.
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The GOP could potentially win the Senate in November, but the party could hurt its chances if primary voters make poor decisions in some upcoming primaries, said Kyle Kondik, of the University of Virginias Center for Politics. Several states with Senate contests in May feature some classic insider-outsider matchups, and national Republicans are hoping the insider/establishment candidates get the nominations.
Republicans need to win six, net, to take the gavel away from Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, Nevada Democrat.
In its latest breakdown, the Center for Politics predicts Republicans will gain four to eight Senate seats.
Democrats, meanwhile, see the Senate races in Kentucky and Georgia as their best opportunities to pick up seats. They hope Republicans field candidates cut from the same cloth as some of their 2012 and 2010 nominees, including Sharron Angle in Nevada, Christine ODonnell in Delaware and Todd Akin in Missouri, who lost seats that some political observers felt Republicans would have won had they put forward better candidates.
But, with the Senate majority within reach, the Republican establishment has taken a stronger stand against conservatives and tea-party-fueled insurgents in primary races.
Indeed, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky told The New York Times last month that Republican incumbents would crush their tea party rivals in the primary season.
In 2010, they did not take the tea party seriously, said Jennifer Duffy, of the Cook Political Report. In 2012, they tried to work with them. They tried to nominate or get behind candidates that they could both agree on. And in 2014, they are just fighting back. They want the strongest general election candidate in place because they do have a shot at the majority.
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Republican Tim Donnelly, who has made gun rights a centerpiece of his gubernatorial campaign, is pushing for legislation in the Assembly that would expand gun owners access to concealed carry permits.
His bill, which he promoted at the Capitol on Monday, follows a federal court ruling in February that found the states requirements for concealed weapons permits too restrictive.
Current state law requires applicants to show good cause and gives discretion over the permit process to local law enforcement officials. Donnelly, an assemblyman from Twin Peaks, said that process is arbitrary and capricious, favoring gun owners who are well connected.
Donnelly said his legislation, which would require the state Department of Justice to issue a concealed handgun permit to gun owners who pass a background check, would make the promise of our Second Amendment a reality for every Californian.
A rights not a right if you cant exercise it, Donnelly told reporters at the Capitol.
Donnellys legislation, Assembly Bill 1563, is unlikely to gain support in the Democratic-controlled Legislature, but it may further bolster his credentials with conservative activists. Donnellys news conference came on the same day rival Republican Neel Kashkari announced two high-profile endorsements, from former California Gov. Pete Wilson and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, the 2012 Republican presidential nominee.
Neel is the right candidate with the right message to challenge Governor (Jerry) Brown, support Republican candidates up and down the ticket, and help us grow the party in the long term, Wilson said in a prepared statement.
Donnelly, the Legislatures most outspoken gun rights advocate, pleaded no contest in 2012 to two misdemeanor charges related to the discovery of a firearm in his carry-on bag at Ontario International Airport. Donnelly has said he forgot he had the gun.
Donnelly said Monday he has had no personal experience with the concealed carry permit process in California, but that maybe I would be one of the first people to apply for it under my new law.
He spoke to reporters ahead of a hearing by the Assembly Public Safety Committee on Tuesday. Meanwhile, the legal status of the states concealed carry restrictions remains uncertain.
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Gov. Hickenlooper leads Republican challengers in latest poll
April 23, 2014.
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