Republican U.S. Senate candidate Rep. Cory Gardner (R., Colo.) has his first television advertisement out putting emphasis on his small-town roots and ability to form relationships to solve problems.
"Welcome to Yuma, Colorado," he says. "Two hours from the big city."
"And a long way from anywhere else," his daughter Alyson adds.
"In a place like this, you learn to get along," he says. "It's too bad Washington doesn't work that way ... I'll be a senator who solves problems instead of making them worse, borrowing money and piling up debt."
Gardner is challenging incumbent Sen. Mark Udall (D., Colo.).
The basic message: I’m from a place where people have small town values and are forced to get along so I’ll know how to build consensus in Washington, DC.
"It’s time for a new generation of leadership in the Senate," Cory Gardner said in a press release that also mentions he’s been given the "seal of approval" from No Labels, a bipartisan consensus-focused organization (they’ve said Udall could get the same "implied endorsement" just by agreeing to its principles as Gardner has).
"Growing up in small-town Colorado, I learned that working together and respecting the views of others is necessary for success. Career politicians in Washington have been there far too long, and their failed ideas and policies have left our economy struggling, and countless Coloradans still looking for work. It’s time for a new generation of Coloradans to lead the next generation."