Posted at Coyote Gulch:

Denver Post: "With gasoline prices hovering around $3 a gallon and electric utilities struggling with brownouts, energy has become a local concern. Both Beauprez and his Democratic opponent, Bill Ritter, are pushing plans aimed at putting the state in a position to be a leader in cutting-edge energy technology and re-energize rural Colorado, although neither sets specific implementation plans.

"Energy also has become political ammunition. Ritter has criticized Beauprez's congressional vote that cut more than $20 million from the Golden-based National Renewable Energy Laboratory. Beauprez blamed the cuts on U.S. Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid's move to earmark $34 million in energy funds for his home state of Nevada. The NREL funds were eventually restored by the Bush administration."

Category: Denver November 2006 Election