Wednesday 5 October 2022 06:27 PM George W. Bush RETURNS to the campaign trail to stump for Trump-wary Colorado ... trends now
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Construction company CEO Joe O'Dea is a moderate Republican who has given the GOP establishment hope that they could flip Colorado's Democratic Senate seat
Former President George W. Bush is hitting the midterm campaign trail once again to stump for a Republican Senate candidate who's opposed to Donald Trump running for the White House in 2024.
Bush will be in Colorado later this month to campaign for Joe O'Dea, the CEO of a construction company who is now challenging Democrat Senator Michael Bennet.
O'Dea has separated himself from the majority of GOP Congressional hopefuls with his moderate stances - giving hope to the Republican establishment that he could flip a state that President Joe Biden won by 14 points.
For instance, he's disputed Trump's claims that the 2020 election was rigged and shown support for Biden's $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure deal.
He also ventured out on his own to criticize the Supreme Court for overturning Roe v. Wade and has maintained support for legal abortion up to five months, with exceptions for rape and incest afterwards - a far cry from South Carolina GOP Senator Lindsey Graham's proposed ban after 15 weeks.
While Trump has