Colorado Senate: Salazar 47% Coors 41%

Salazar 49% Schaffer 37%

Thursday, April 15, 2004

Pete Coors is a political newcomer, but he's already competitive in the race for Colorado's U.S. Senate seat. A day after announcing his entry into the race, Coors trails Attorney General Ken Salazar by just six percentage points, 47% to 41%.

Salazar has a bigger lead over former Representative Bob Schaffer, 49% to 37%. The nominees for each party will not be officially determined until an August 10 primary.

The candidates are campaigning for a seat currently held by popular Senator Ben Nighthorse Campbell. Campbell cited health reasons for stepping down. With Campbell in the race, the seat was sure to remain in Republican hands. Once he dropped out, things started breaking for the Democrats and it looked like a seat that might switch parties this November.

In the race for the White House, President Bush has a five-point edge over Senator Kerry among Colorado voters.

With the entry of Coors into the race, it is impossible to tell which party will emerge victorious on Election Day in Colorado.

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The telephone survey of 500 Likely Voters in Colorado was conducted by Rasmussen Reports April 14, 2004. The margin of sampling error for the full Florida sample is +/- 4.5 percentage points, with a 95% level of confidence.

Survey of 500 Likely Voters
April 14, 2004

Colorado 2004 Senate Match-Ups
Coors	41%
Salazar	47%
Other	3%
Not Sure	8%
RasmussenReports.com

Florida 2004 Senate Match-Ups
Schaffer	37%
Salazar	49%
Other	5%
Not Sure	9%
RasmussenReports.com

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