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Colorado River at Cameo 15,300 cfs Gunnison River in Grand Jct. 6,460 cfs Gunnison River below Gunnison tunnel 2,820 cfs WEATHER Wind gusts to 30 mph Penry, McInnis dominate straw polls for governor By EMILY ANDERSON Emily.Anderson@gjsentinel.com A straw poll of Denver County Republicans on Thursday placed Senate Minority Leader Josh Penry atop the list of prospective Republican candidates for the 2010 race against Bill Ritter for governor. Penry swiped more than half the vote, beating fellow Grand Junction resident Scott McInnis 53.3 percent to 26.7 percent. Gubernatorial candidate Dan Maes placed third with 13.3 percent of the vote. Maes came in rst with 37.9 percent at the Denver May breakfast meeting, with Penry in second at 24.1 percent and McInnis in third with 10.4 percent of the vote.

very at- tering to receive this kind of support before making an announcement one way or the Penry said. think evidence that real enthusiasm for new energy, new leadership and a new way forward in the Republican McInnis, who won a recent straw poll among El Paso County Republicans, said he give much credence to straw polls. straw polls, like going to a family picnic. not McInnis said. Mike Hesse, former chief of staff and a volunteer for his current campaign, said McInnis plan to put much emphasis on straw polls in general this election season because they can be skewed by the amount of friends people to real poll is going to be a year and a half from McInnis said.

When presented with the premise of running against Penry, McInnis said, hate to run against a friend, but do what we have to McInnis came out on top in an April survey conducted by Public Policy Polling. The North Carolina-based Democratic polling group found a race between Penry and Ritter would give Penry 40 percent of the vote and Ritter 42 percent of the vote. Polling showed a race between Ritter and McInnis would split 48 to 41 percent in favor. The poll had a 3 percent margin of error. The Denver straw poll is conducted with a write-in ballot purchased for $1 at monthly meetings of Denver Republicans.

Chairman Ryan Call said most of the 70 people at meeting participated. Call said Maes placed well last month because he spoke at the May meeting. McInnis and Penry are received well in Denver, according to Call. He said supporters are familiar with congressional experience, but they are to the idea of new, fresh offered by Penry. my mind, the race will come down to Call said.

Rep. Steve King, R-Grand Junction, so sure. if Sen. Penry announces, I think it will be a two-person King said. King added little for him to endorse Penry or McInnis, especially since Penry has not led candidacy papers.

Republican Rep. Laura Bradford of Collbran, however, hesitate to say, not on the fence, I will be supporting Support for Penry comes from more than his home county. Assistant Senate Minority Leader Greg Brophy of Wray and Rep. Frank McNulty, R-Highlands Ranch, are among the 693 members of the Draft Josh Penry for Governor group on networking site Facebook. fan base on the site, created by Rob Fillion, comes from across Colorado and as far away as Taiwan.

House Minority Leader Mike May called Penry the Tuesday at a news conference held by the two men in Grand Junction. Brophy said in a phone interview Friday he hopes Penry runs for governor because Penry is conservative and part of new breed of young and hip If Penry joins the race, Brophy predicts walk away with the nomination and become the next governor of like Scott (McInnis), a good guy, but the Republican party needs to go in a new Brophy said. Brophy predicted a 65 percent to 35 percent split with Penry leading McInnis if the two appeared as the only two candidates in the Republican primary. McNulty said straw poll shows people are sick of politics as usual. suspect my favorite is going to be if Penry becomes a candidate, McNulty said.

think we need fresh leaders, fresh faces. I think something Josh gives us. good to see a proposed candidacy excite the grass roots Penry said he plans to make a decision and an announcement about the race EFINITELY HIS EESWAX Bob Hasse, below, vacuums a ball of bees Friday that had split from an existing wild hive on 17th Street in Grand Junction. Hasse was careful to capture them with a queen so he could start a new hive. The tree the bees occupy has no more room for them.

Hasse estimates at least 5,000 bees are in this swarm. At right, the bees can be seen through a Plexiglas barrier after removal. Watch a video of the event at www.GJSentinel.com. Photos by DEAN The Daily Sentinel Ritter will run again in 2010 By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS DENVER Colorado Gov. Bill Ritter said Friday he will run for a second term next year because he wants to continue working on renewable energy and education issues.

believe we can continue that progress in a second Ritter said during a meeting with reporters to discuss the end of this legislative session. Ritter, a Democrat, said in an interview with KOA radio he has already led the paper work to run for re-election. Ritter said Republicans failed to come up with solutions to the problems and tried to block efforts on major reforms, including limits on state spending that limited the ability to pay for big-ticket items such as trans- portation and public education. Ritter said it was Democrats who were able to get those issues passed. was the audacity of nope in this building.

The way we answer our critics is doing the things we say going to he said. Ritter defended his vetoes of bills that would have helped organized labor, a move that prompted several unions to say they may not back him for another term. did so much for working families. We just felt that was something we had to he said. Ritter has also angered other major Democratic constituencies, including Hispanics who were upset when Ritter appointed Denver public schools superintendent Michael Bennet to replace U.S.

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