Scott Tipton Wins Re-Election To 3rd Congressional District
DENVER (AP) - Colorado Republican Rep. Scott Tipton has been re-elected to Congress.
Tipton defeated Democrat Diane Mitsch Bush on Tuesday to win his fifth term.
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Tipton has previously survived Democratic challenges in a district that used to vote Democratic but is increasingly Republican. The 3rd Congressional District extends from Pueblo to the western slope.
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Bush argued that Tipton was influenced to energy interests. Tipton argued that Mitsch Bush would kill rural jobs with her environmental proposals, and he tied her to national Democrats.
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