Colorado's 4th congressional district election, 2006

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Colorado's 4th congressional district— Incumbent Marilyn Musgrave (R), a Republican who was one of the leading proponents of the Federal Marriage Amendment won a surprisingly close 51% to 44% reelection in 2004 despite the Republican-leaning nature of her eastern Colorado district. Her district consists of all of Eastern Colorado well east of Denver, and northeastern Colorado around Fort Collins and Loveland. Her Democratic opponent was state Representative Angie Paccione, while former Ronald Reagan appointee Eric Eidsness entered the race as a Reform Party candidate. As recently as September this race was not seen as competitive, but the Paccione campaign picked up and the race was relativly close. A Mason-Dixon poll released on Oct 10 showed a 46% to 36% lead for Musgrave.^[1] Results: Musgrave edged Paccione by three points, with Eidsness receiving 11% of the vote.