Messenger: Senate Majority Fund

Candidate: Brittany Pettersen

Contest: Senate District 22

Affiliation: D

Date delivered: Sept. 19, 2018

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Message type: mailer

Message tone: negative

About the message:

This Senate Majority Fund mailer attacks Democratic state Rep. Brittany Pettersen for "taking so much from hardworking Coloradans." Pettersen is running for an open Senate seat in Jefferson County against Republican Christine Jensen.

Among the votes it cites:

• Her vote for an amendment to the state budget, which failed. The mailer said the amendment would have raised taxes, which is impossible without a vote of the people.
• Her co-sponsorship, after it passed the House, of a measure to improve family leave by charging an insurance premium of less than 1 percent of wages for all employees in Colorado. The measure died in the Senate.
• Her vote on a bill concerning the collection of delinquent taxes. The bill died in the Senate.

About the messenger: The Senate Majority Fund is a state-level super PAC that supports Republican candidates for Colorado's state Senate and opposes Democratic candidates.

The messenger's money: The group has raised about $2 million since Jan. 1, 2017, including $200,000 from Noble Energy, $77,200 from Pharmaceutical Research & Manufacturers of America, $64,000 from the Colorado Apartment Association, $45,000 from The Anschutz Corp. and $35,000 from Encana Oil & Gas,