Republicans have down-ballot races to consider as well, including one against Democratic Sen. Michael Bennet. During a debate last week, all five of the GOP candidates running in the June 28 primary to challenge Bennet denounced Trump’s remarks about Judge Gonzolo Curiel as racist. One candidate, Jack Graham, said he can’t currently support Trump. Another, Ryan Frazier, was also reluctant but said he’s looking for ways to support the GOP nominee. Trump “said something that was really stupid and quite frankly offended me as a man, as a father, as a black Republican,” Frazier said during the debate.
“I don’t know how much of that you can take without starting to bleed,” GOP consultant Walt Klein, who is working for Graham, said of Trump’s comments. “My hope is we will see a Republican presidential campaign that will make a serious effort in trying to expand the reach to women and minorities, and not make it harder for them to vote for the Republican candidate this fall.”
Unlike most key states, Colorado hasn’t really weighed in yet on Trump, so it’s difficult to predict how he will fare here. The GOP held a convention instead of a primary or caucus to allocate its convention delegates, and Ted Cruz fared best after fielding a strong organization in the state. (Bernie Sanders won the Democratic caucus, giving some Republicans hope in their campaign against Hillary Clinton.)
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