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2A The Daily Sentinel Wednesday, October 31, 2018 Local In race to win Senate, Dems far outraise GOP By CHARLES ASHBY Charles.Ashbygjsentinel.com Colorado Democrats are serious about trying to win back control of the Colorado Senate, putting thousands of dollars into candidates who they hope could do that for them come Nov. 6. Of the 17 seats up for grabs this year in the Colorado Senate, five are considered competitive, three of which currently are held by Democrats and two by Republicans. The Democratic candidates in each have raised, in most cases, almost four times their Republican competitors, in some cases far more. But of the five races, Donovan's contributions among the five Democrats are the lowest.

In some of the other races, Democrats have pulled in more than $400,000 each while their Republican contenders have raised less than $135,000 apiece. The race for Senate District 16 in the southwest part of the Denver metropolitan area, for example, has seen the most activity in contributions. There Democrat Tammy Story has raised nearly $511,000 in her effort to unseat incumbent Sen. Tim Neville, R-Littleton, who has pulled in less than half that amount, about $210,000. Three of the Democrats trying to win seats in the Senate currently are serving in the Colorado House: Reps.

Brittany Pettersen, Faith Winters and Jessie Danielson. Winters, D-Westminster, has raised about $434,000. She's trying to unseat Sen. Beth Mar-tinez-Humenik, R-Thornton, who has raised about $115,000. Danielson, D-Wheat Ridge, has raised about $404,000 compared to her Republican opponent, Christine Jensen, who's pulled in about $134,000.

The final race of the five pits Pettersen, D-Lakewood, who's raised about $315,000 compared to opponent Romualdo Anthony Sanchez, who's raised about $108,000. By comparison, local races have seen little contribution activity. In the 65-member House, Democrats have a 36-29 majority over Republicans. Democrats are only focused on keeping two seats on the Western Slope they already control. They include HD61, which includes the eastern half of Delta County, and HD59, which includes Durango.

In HD61, Democrat Julie McCluskie has far outraised her GOP contender Michael Mason. She's pulled in more than $91,000 compared to Mason's $1,300. In the Durango district, Democratic Rep. Barbara McLachlan is running against unaffiliated Paul Jones. There, McLachlan has raised more than $108,000 compared to Jones' $32,000.

Locally, Grand Junction City Councilor Chris Kennedy is trying to unseat Scott, but isn't raising nearly as much as the incumbent. He's pulled in about $12,000 compared to Scott's $68,000. In House District 55, which pits Mesa County Treasurer Janice Rich against Democrat Tanya Travis, Rich has raised about $29,000 to Travis' $15,000. The race for House District 54, however, is more competitive in campaign contributions. There Republican Matt Soper has slightly outraised independent Thea Chase, $38,000 to $35,000.

In order to win back the Senate, Democrats need to win four of the five races. Currently, Republicans control the 35-mem-ber Senate by a single seat. Four other seats currently held by Democrats that are up this year are considered safe, as are eight of the Republicans seats, including those for Sens. Ray Scott, R-Grand Junction, and Don Coram, R-Montrose. One of those races, however, pits incumbent Sen.

Kerry Donovan, D-Vail, against challenger Olen Lund, a Delta County Republican. There, Donovan, has raised about 11 times more than Lund, pulling in about $228,000 compared to his $21,000. Chief of three Western Slope forests leaves for Oregon job By DENNIS WEBB Dennis.Webbgjsentinel.com The man who led the Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison (GMUG) National Forests for the last six years as forest supervisor is leaving his position for a job in the Pacific Northwest. Scott Armentrout has accepted a senior executive position in Portland, Oregon, for the Bonneville Power Administration, a self-funding nonprofit that is component of BPA's and power sales businesses. "He will also oversee the programs, policies and CHAD STEWART strategies related to BPA's commitment to the region's environmental resources through investments in restoring habitat, protecting land and water, improving fish passage at the dams, and oper- ranger roles, as assistant National Wildlife Program manager for the Forest Service in D.C., est: SCOTT ARM ENTR0U and as forest supervisor for the Sierra National Forest.

The Bonneville Power Administration said in a news release that Armentrout will manage the environmental YOU CAN LEAVE YOUR SHOES ON! part of the Department of Energy and markets wholesale electrical power, primarily from federal hydroelectric projects. His last day of work at the GMUG was Oct. 22. Deputy Forest Supervisor Chad Stewart, who joined the GMUG in June, will be the acting forest supervisor for the GMUG. Armentrout worked for the Forest Service for 31 years.

He previously worked in district walk ins welcome appointments encouraged and November 1 2-1 6 20 1 8 p.m. 5 p.m. Grand Junction REGIONAL AIRPORT "gjairport.com 970-248-8593 ZK a ating state-of-the-art salmon and steelhead hatcheries," BPA said. Armentrout is from Iowa but went to high school and college in Oregon. Armentrout said in a news release from GMUG, "I will really miss working here and am grateful to all of (the) communities for working together to solve some significant challenges.

People here work together to find mutually agreeable solutions and that's what made my work gratifying. I feel privileged to have worked for the residents of the Western Slope and I know the spirit of working together reflected in the lake. NEXT TIME YOU' AT THE AIRPORT, SKIP THE LONG TSA SECURITY LINE. TSA Pre Enjoy your holiday travel without hassle with TSA Pre-check option. speed through security don't remove your shoes, laptop, liquids, belts or light jackets TSA PRE-CHECK ENROLLMENT EVENT: at Grand Junction Regional Airport second floor, next to TSA screening checkpoint will help to solve any future challenges." Among the more controversial decisions Armentrout made in his GMUG post was one approving the expansion of the West Elk Mine in the North Fork Valley beneath some 1,700 acres of roadless area, which would require drilling surface methane vents for the underlying coal mining.

Stewart previously worked on the Medicine Bow-Routt National Forest and Thunder Basin National Grassland, serving as the Hahns PeakBears Ears district ranger in Steamboat Springs since 2013. CHRISTOPHER TOMLINSONThe Daily Sentinel Cold Stationary Road conditions 877-315-7623 Air quality advisory Mesa County 248-6990 MontroseDelta counties 874-2172 Fronts On Golden Pond Two kayakers drop a line at Connected Lakes with fall colors in full glory Here's what's in store today High 54, low 32 Sunny Forecast for Wednesday, October 31, 2018 Bands separate high temperature zones for the day. EVE NT November 5-9 EXTENDED- Monday Friday; 9 a.m. 12 p.m.; 1 one MORE WEEK! IDENTOGO.COMTSA-PRECHECK THURSDAY High 55, Low 36 FRIDAY High 57, Low 38 DeltaMontrose High 48, Low 27, sunny Rifle High 53, Low 31, sunny Glenwood Springs High 50, Low 30, sunny Grand Mesa High 40, Low 20, sunny Southeastern Utah High 55, Low 32, sunny Denver area High 48, Low 30, cloudy Sunny Pt. Cloudy 4828 SATURDAY High 55, Low 35 SUNDAY High 53, Low 40 Fort Collins Greeley 4933 5029 Denver 4830 Colorado Springs 4123 Grand Junction 5432 Montrose Pueblo 4425 City Yesterday Today High Low High Low Albuquerque, NM 67 43 48 33 Anchorage.AK 33 21 33 21 Atlanta, GA 71 49 77 61 Baltimore, MD 63 50 68 58 Bismarck, ND 56 32 51 30 Boise, ID 54 36 51 44 Boston, MA 50 35 59 53 Charleston.SC 69 52 77 63 Cheyenne.WY 42 26 46 32 Chicago, IL 64 49 57 47 Cleveland, OH 58 53 62 46 Columbia.SC 71 45 79 58 82 63 64 49 Des Moines, IA 59 41 60 37 Detroit, Ml 56 52 58 44 El Paso, TX 77 56 69 41 Fairbanks.AK 14 6 21 9 Fargo, ND 54 32 47 28 Honolulu, HI 84 75 86 76 Houston.TX 85 72 84 59 Indianapolis, IN 68 59 61 45 Kansas City, M0 70 47 59 43 Las Vegas, NV 75 49 70 51 Los Angeles, CA 74 57 80 58 Memphis, TN 79 67 76 59 Miami, FL 84 74 83 76 Milwaukee.WI 62 45 58 41 Minneapolis, MN 54 38 54 35 Mobile.AL 79 69 82 73 Nashville.TN 77 61 75 63 New Orleans, LA 83 70 83 73 New York, NY 56 44 64 56 Oklahoma City, OK 72 50 53 44 Olympia.WA 56 46 58 55 Orlando, FL 84 62 84 66 Philadelphia, PA 59 43 67 56 Phoenix, AZ 85 58 78 52 Pittsburgh, PA 58 48 67 53 Portland, OR 56 50 60 56 Reno.NV 56 30 64 41 Sunset today 6:14 p.m.

Sunrise Thursday 7:42 a.m. UV index: 2 (low) Full moon Last qtr. New moon First qtr. nnnn Nov. 22 Today Nov.

7 Nov. 15 Temperature High 54 at 3:20 p.m. Low 47 at 7:40 a.m. Average high 60 Average low 34 Record high 78 in 1950 Record low 19 in 1972 High this date last year 61 Low this date last year 33 Precipitation For the period ending at 5 p.m. trace Total this month 2.76 in.

Average month to date 1.03 in. Total for year 7.08 in. Average year to date 8.07 in. Relative humidity High 61 at 4 a.m. Low 32 at noon Lake Powell Blue Mesa Reservoir Colorado River at Cameo 3,591 ft.

7,438 ft. 1,630 efs iii iii Cloudy Showers T-storms Rain Flumes 11 8 AccuWeather. Inc. i i i Pressure High Low Tv3 llililill KKKI 11 EZZ Showers Rain T-storms Flurries Snow Ice -10 -0s 0s 10s 20s 30s 40s 50s 60s 70s 80s 90s 100s 110 Richmond.VA 65 45 72 58 56 48 57 54 Roswell.NM 71 51 59 34 Spokane, WA 51 39 51 44 Salt Lake City, UT 52 31 51 42 St. Louis, M0 78 55 58 48 San Antonio.TX 84 71 81 53 Tampa, FL 86 61 87 65 San Diego, CA 71 56 77 56 Tucson, AZ 83 52 73 45 San Francisco, CA 69 52 71 56 Washington, DC 63 47 70 59 Forecast High Low Precip UV Gunnison 42 21 60 1 Alamosa 39 15 76 1 La Junta 47 28 63 1 Aspen 43 22 72 2 Leadville 33 16 82 2 Burlington 51 30 16 2 Limon 44 23 25 2 Colorado Springs 41 27 59 2 Meeker 48 27 61 3 Cortez 43 23 1 4 Montrose 48 27 20 4 Craig 48 28 60 3 Pueblo 45 26 47 2 Denver 47 34 23 3 Rifle 53 31 33 2 Denver Centennial 43 27 27 3 Springfield 44 26 66 1 Durango 49 21 26 4 Sunlight Mountain 45 27 79 2 Eagle 49 26 37 4 Telluride 38 20 72 3 Fort Collins 49 32 33 3 Trinidad 37 23 76 1 Greeley 51 29 14 3 Wolf Creek Pass 23 15 71 2 Get instant weather information at GJSentinel.com Current Grand Junction conditions 243-0914 then press 1 Five-day forecast 243-0914 then press 2 Time local temperature 242-2550 Gunnison River in Grand Junction 1,230 efs Gunnison River below Gunnison tunnel 315 efs.