Election denial is a losing message as centrist Republicans sweep statewide Colorado primaries

I must confess I was surprised by the results. I understand the appeal of victim hood to some members of this society and the fear of what might be. It is encouraging to see that the many look back with pessimism and look forward with optimism

PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
..."Addressing the Republican rift
As the night wrapped up, the candidates looked forward to the general election. They’ll generally focus voters on the idea that Gov. Jared Polis, President Joe Biden and Sen. Michael Bennet have made life more expensive for Coloradans while failing to combat crime.

But they still will face a rift within their own party.

“There is this move away from the establishment branch of the Republican party,” said Gary Carlile, 62, a Republican who dropped off a ballot for Lopez and Hanks in Colorado Springs on Tuesday.

He said the establishment Republicans are “pay-to-play, while these guys are the patriots.” It would be “insanity,” he said, to keep nominating establishment Republicans with the expectation of different results.

One of the losing right-wing candidates, Tina Peters, has already tried to blame her loss on wholly unsubstantiated cries of election fraud.

Turnout for this year’s Republican primary is on track to be slightly higher than it was for the last midterm elections in 2018. Meanwhile, turnout in the Democratic primaries — which had few contested races — is significantly lower."