CHVL/Election-Candidate Information/2008/Federal

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CHVL Candidate Information ~ 2008 General Election
~ Congressional District 1 ~

This page contains candidate information about the candidates for Congressional District 1.

Highlights from this race:

There are two "Pro-Animal Picks" in this race.

Diana DeGette is a "Pro-Animal Pick" because of her good overall voting record on animal-related bills in the U.S. House of Representatives. To volunteer to help her campaign, please contact the campaign (campaign@degette.com). If you want the telephone number, please contact us.
Gary Swing is a "Pro-Animal Pick" because of his questionnaire response score of 100%. To volunteer to help his campaign, please contact the campaign (24319 East Bails Place, Denver, Colorado 80222). If you want the telephone number, please contact us.

The table below lists all candidates in this race, along with questionnaire scores for candidates who answered our issue questionnaire and notations identifying candidates who did not respond. Candidates are listed in alphabetical order by party affiliation.

In the table, each candidate's party affiliation is indicated in parentheses immediately following his or her name. Party abbreviations are as follows. "ACP" - American Constitution Party; "CRP" - Colorado Reform Party; "D" - Democratic Party; "G" - Green Party; "L" - Libertarian Party; "R" - Republican Party; "U" - Unaffiliated. "(WI)" indicates a write-in candidate.

Candidate questionnaire scores

District	Candidate	Pro-Animal Pick?	Overall Questionnaire Response Score
CD1	Diana DeGette (D)		Did not respond ~ See all candidate responses
CD1	Martin L. Buchanan (L)		7% ~ See all candidate responses
CD1	George Lilly (R)		25% ~ See all candidate responses
CD1	Gary Swing (WI) (U)		100% ~ See all candidate responses

Notes about questionnaire responses:

Actual candidate responses are available on our web site and in hard copy.
Responses are given exactly as they were written. Spelling, punctuation, and grammatical errors were not corrected.

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