Colorado 7th congressional district election, 2006
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Colorado's 7th congressional district— Incumbent Bob Beauprez (R) was reelected to a second term in 2004 with 55% of the vote, after winning his first term by only 121 votes. His retirement to make an unsuccessful run for Governor of Colorado made this seat highly competitive. The 7th District is located in the western Denver suburbs. State education chairman Rick O'Donnell was unopposed for the Republican nomination, while State Senator Ed Perlmutter won a three-way Democratic primary. Dave Chandler, a Green, was also a candidate. In late September, O'Donnell was put on the defensive when ads appeared noting that he had previously supported abolishing Social Security." A Survey USA poll soon after that showed Perlmutter with a 54 to 37 percent lead, although GOP consultants guessed that the support was "soft."[1] Results: Perlmutter won Beauprez's old seat, 55% to 42%.
The information below is, for the moment, only about the challenger, who lost. It has been moved here from the challenger's biographical article, which was judged non-notable in accordance with WP:BIO, and a redirect put in place there. In accordance with Wikipedia:Candidates and elections, the information below will be edited down and will become part of a full article about this race.
Rick O'Donnell (born 1970) is a Colorado politician who ran for Colorado's District Seven Congressional seat. This seat is being vacated by Colorado Gubernatorial candidate Bob Beauprez. O'Donnell is a member of the United States Republican Party. He ran unopposed for the Republican nomination. O'Donnell will face former State Senator Ed Perlmutter in the general election.
Most recently, O'Donnell was the Chairman of the state Higher Education Commission. In 2002, O’Donnell vied for the Republican nomination in the newly created 7th Congressional District and lost by eight percentage points in a race that included two other candidates.
O'Donnell has been criticized for a paper he wrote in 1995 in which he said that it was time to "slay Social Security". He has said that he no longer holds that position. [1]
