E4

House Race in the 3rd District of Colorado

Scott Tipton Republican vs Sal Pace Democrat

The race is extremely close but polls show Tipton slightly ahead.

Pace's ads focus on individual experiences and portray working class Americans. One ad even shows a typical morning in the Pace household to contrast Sal with his opponent, a much wealthier man. Tipton's ads focus more on his Washington policies and less on Colorado. He promises to fire John Salazar, Colorado's secretary of Agriculture, and Nancy Pelosi and says that since Republicans were fired for their mistakes, Democrats should be as well. Despite the close race, apparently it has been a fairly low-negativity campaign. Pace is yet to release an ad attacking Tipton and Tipton's ads are more focused on Nancy Pelosi than on his opponent. The budget seems to be the key issue. Both candidates discuss budget cuts and one Tipton ad even shows him invoicing voters with their share of the national debt.