Cory Gardner announces GOP challenge to Markey

State Rep. Cory Gardner, R-Yuma, will announce today that he’ll run for Betsy Markey’s 4th Congressional District seat in 2010.

Gardner is the second announced Republican candidate, joining University of Colorado Regent Tom Lucero in what is likely to be a crowded GOP field.

“I have always been a champion for rural Colorado, small business issues and been a constant warrior for fiscal responsibility,” Gardner told the online political publication Politico in an e-mail. “One thing’s for sure – the people of the 4th Congressional District will know where I stand and who I am fighting for.”
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