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Tancredo wins support of former Congressman Joel Hefley
Posted: Oct 1, 2010 3:43 PM by Greg Boyce
American Constitution candidate for governor Tom Tancredo has won another string of endorsements from high profile Colorado Republicans.
Last week Tancredo ads began featuring former Congressman Bob Beauprez endorsing Tancredo over Republican Dan Maes.
Friday former 5th District Congressman Joel Hefley added his name to the list of Tancredo's backers.
Other names released on Friday included:
- Former Republican State Representative Lynn Hefley, El Paso County
- Former State Senator/Senate Minority Leader Andy McElhany, El Paso County
- State Senator Shawn Mitchell
- Jon Caldara, President, Independence Institute, and KOA Talk Show Host
- Former State Representative/House Majority Leader Chris Paulson
- Former State Representative John Herzog
- Former State Representative Steve Erickson
- Former State Representative Cliff Bryan
- Michael Brown, KOA Talk Show Host
- Cinamon Watson, GOP Strategist
A Fox News poll released Tuesday showed Democratic candidate John Hickenlooper with 44 percent of the vote. Tancredo had surged to 34 percent while Maes had 15 percent.
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