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]] Raúl Acosta

Politics 2004 to 2014:

In 2004, Raúl Acosta was a State Delegate for the Republican Party and was present in the State Caucus in Denver, CO. There was debate on the addition of Pete Coors during the caucus, where the prior favorite Bob Schaffer was replaced by Coors in the race against Udall. Acosta became an official "write-in" candidate in opposition to this event and answered an "On the issues" questions that were presented to all candidates, http://www.ontheissues.org/senate/Raul_Acosta.htm. Acosta reached out to conservative groups like FOCUS ON THE FAMILY but did not get any exposure. He made a few appearances at invited events and in one of these events, he had a table nearby Pete Coors In 2008 college debate. Acosta also appeared on local television and in person at public events. Bob Schaffer did run again and lost against Udall in 2008. By this time, Acosta had left the Republican party and became an Independent voter.

In 2014, Independent Candidate Acosta (acosta4senate@gmail.com) is running against Udall for his U.S. Senate seat. Mark Udall http://markudall.com/ is the incumbent Democratic candidate and is the first name on the 2014 ballot. The second name is Cory Gardner, http://corygardnerforsenate.com/, the Republican candidate. Gaylon Kent is Libertarian Party candidate and there are three independent candidates, with Raúl Acosta being the first listed and the only one of Latino name and descent of all the 2014 candidates for U.S. Senate in Colorado. http://www.sos.state.co.us/pubs/elections/vote/generalCandidates.html