John Salazar

What a difference an election cycle makes. Two years ago, Republicans were elbowing each other to run in Colorado's 3rd Congressional District and the party helped to raise more than $1.6 million to secure it.Today, Democratic Rep. John Salazar is in the seat and Republican Scott Tipton is campaigning against him largely without the help of national Republicans, whose priorities now lie with securing incumbents in uncertain districts and saving money from what they say is a long shot, even in a Republican-leaning district."We all understand the politics involved. And what the Republican National Committee and National Republican Congressional Committee have to do, which is protect the incumbents," said Tipton, calling from the car on one of his endless treks across the 54,000-square mile district."We're doing the hard work and I think were getting attention of the folks in Washington," he added. "We will win this seat."Tipton's hard-charging campaigning in a district the size of North ...

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