DENVER — With just three months to go until the election, one of the most closely watched political contests in the nation — Colorado’s 8th Congressional District — is gearing up for its final and most tumultuous phase before the Nov. 8 showdown that determines who represents the state’s newest seat in Congress.
It’s a race that top politics watchers have been slowly nudging toward Republican Barb Kirkmeyer’s column — two prominent national election ranking firms recently updated their assessments of the race in Kirkmeyer’s favor — as paycheck-eating inflation and surging crime threaten Democrats’ prospects at the ballot box.
Kirkmeyer, a state senator from Weld County, is up against state Rep. Yadira Caraveo, a Thornton Democrat and pediatrician, in a district that stretches from Denver’s northern suburbs to the oil and gas fields around Greeley.
