Few fireworks erupted Wednesday during a debate between U.S. Rep. Cory Gardner and his Democratic challenger, Brandon Shaffer, but maybe that's because they go back a ways.
The two attended the University of Colorado law school together and both served in the state legislature until Gardner, a Yuma Republican, was elected to Congress in 2010, aided by a national GOP wave and Tea Party support. Shaffer, of Longmont, is the state Senate president and is term limited.
The 4th Congressional District candidates touched on their relationship when asked during the Denver Post/9News debate about the biggest mischaracterization by their opponent.
"I do think this theory that I haven't supported efforts to work across the aisle is completely wrong," Gardner said, reeling off the names of Democrats he is working with on energy, education and other issues.
Shaffer, who throughout the debate talked about Congress' failures, said Gardner has voted with the GOP 95 percent of the time. Shaffer also noted that when Gardner was in the state legislature, he refused to vote for the state budget, which received overwhelming bipartisan support this session.
Gardner said Shaffer's response was more of an attack than a mischaracterization, then uttered one of his famous one-liners.
"You're right," Gardner said, "I haven't voted 95 percent of the time with (House Minority Leader) Nancy Pelosi."
The candidates discussed wind-energy tax credits, the failure to pass the farm bill, and health care, which Shaffer said is personal for him. When he was a child, his father was very ill and his brother died of cancer.
"I was the one who would admit my father to the emergency room and had to explain to the clerk on the other side of the table that he had a pre-existing condition and, because of that, didn't have insurance," Shaffer said.
Also running in the 4th are two third-party candidates, Libertarian Josh Gilliland of Strasburg and American Constitution Party member Doug Aden of Fort Lupton.
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