Governor’s race a toss-up, according to polls

By Lauren Glendenning

ASPEN — Gov. John Hickenlooper is a Democrat feeling the heat in Colorado — that is if you believe the polls. The latest Quinnipiac University poll a week ago puts former U.S. Rep. Bob Beauprez, the Republican gubernatorial challenger, at 46 percent over Hickenlooper’s 42 percent, with a 3.1-point margin of error. The University of Virginia Center for Politics rates the Colorado governor’s race as a toss-up. The lines drawn between Democrats and Republicans are as clear as ever this election season, but the races aren’t as clearly blue or clearly red as they have been in recent elections. In …

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