Messenger: Colorado Republican Committee
Candidate: John Hickenlooper
Contest: U.S. Senate
Affiliation: D
Date delivered: Oct. 1, 2020
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Message type: mailer
Message tone: negative
About the message:
This mailer from the Colorado Republican Committee resembles an earlier mailer claiming that former Democratic Gov. John Hickenlooper let dangerous criminals loose. Hickenlooper is challenging GOP Sen. Cory Gardner.
As with the previous mailer, at least three of the offenders pictured are men of color. And three of them are still under Department of Corrections supervision, only two are free.
Of the five, only Promise Lee was pardoned by Hickenlooper for his role in a 1070s slaying when he was 15. Nathan Ybanez and Terrance Wilder also were teenagers when they committee. They and George Sherman are all still in supervision because Hickenlooper reduced their sentences but didn't pardon them. Rene Lima Marin was accidentaly released eight years into a 98-year sentence for a video store robbery and was free for six years before being returned to prison. A judge then ordered that he be released, but immigration authorities detained him, resulting in Hickenlooper's pardon.
About the messenger:
The Colorado Republican Committee is the federal fundraising arm of the Colorado GOP.
The messenger's money:
This federal political party committee may take up to $10,000 per year from individual donors. Most of the party's money in 2024 came from $20,000 to $40,000 fees charged to presidential candidates to get on the ballot and a joint fundraiser with other national Republican committees.
