{"id":1531135,"date":"2022-06-28T15:21:23","date_gmt":"2022-06-28T19:21:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1531135"},"modified":"2022-06-28T15:21:31","modified_gmt":"2022-06-28T19:21:31","slug":"four-battle-to-win-new-colorado-congressional-district-gop-primary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/four-battle-to-win-new-colorado-congressional-district-gop-primary\/","title":{"rendered":"Four Battle to Win New Colorado Congressional District GOP Primary"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffour-battle-to-win-new-colorado-congressional-district-gop-primary%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1531135&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A state senator, a mayor, a county commissioner, and a former Green Beret combat veteran who works in the oil patch are vying for the Republican party\u2019s nod in the June 28 GOP primary in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-colorado\">Colorado<\/a>\u2019s newly created Congressional District 8 (CD 8).<\/p>\n<p>One of seven new U.S. House districts created nationwide following post-2020 Census redistricting, CD 8 is the first new district established in Colorado since the 2000 Census and reflects population growth east of I-25 north of Denver.<\/p>\n<p>According to the Colorado Secretary of State Office, there are 115,404 registered Democrats, 102,922 registered Republicans, and 190,925 registered voters unaffiliated with any party in CD 8.<\/p>\n<p>Despite a 3 percent advantage in active registered voters, the number of independent voters makes the district \u201ccompetitive,\u201d according to FiveThirtyEight. The Cook Partisan Voting Index rates CD 7 also as \u201ccompetitive\u201d with November\u2019s election forecast a \u201ctossup.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>State Rep. Yadira Caraveo will be the Democratic nominee. A pediatrician, she is running unopposed in the Democratic primary and figures to pose a stiff challenge for the GOP primary winner in the new district, which features the largest concentration of Hispanic residents, at 38 percent, of any Colorado congressional district.<\/p>\n<p>Like their GOP counterparts in preliminary races nationwide, the three elected officials and political newcomers in the CD 8 Republican primary tout similar conservative \u201cAmerica First\u201d agendas that address border security, election integrity, gun-owners rights, school choice, parents\u2019 rights, restricting abortion, support for law enforcement, and the reversal of Democratic energy policies.<\/p>\n<p>Energy development and regulation are particularly relevant issues because many of northeast Colorado\u2019s oil and gas workers live in the district.<\/p>\n<p>Tyler Allcorn of Westminster says his background in the oil and gas industry gives him a hands-on perspective on how to sustain the area\u2019s most dynamic economic asset.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/img.theepochtimes.com\/assets\/uploads\/2022\/06\/26\/Allcorn.png\"><\/a> Tyler Allcorn, one<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A state senator, a mayor, a county commissioner, and a former Green Beret combat veteran who works in the oil patch are vying for the Republican party\u2019s nod in the June 28 GOP primary in Colorado\u2019s newly created Congressional District 8 (CD 8). 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