Mark Baisley

This is our guy." Even though they are rife with problems, rife with scandals, with criminality, with racist associations, with white Christian nationalism.

Mark Baisley is another one of these guys in Colorado, and last night at a debate, Kyle Clark, a venerable, professional, absolutely well-equipped journalist at the local level in the Denver market, in the, in the Colorado market.

Kyle Clark, wow, I mean, I don't know how he hasn't been poached by a, a national network yet, by, by CNN or, or, or, or, you know, ABC or NBC.

Somebody should get this guy out there on national level.

I hope he's being paid well, because he deserves every single penny that he makes.

Non-partisan guy here, just asking tough questions of politicians like every single journalist should do.

If you wanna be a United States senator, you should be able to answer tough questions, or in the case of Mark Baisley, you [laughs] should be able to answer easy questions.

Now, he's being asked by Ky- Kyle Clark, Mark Baisley's being asked by K- K- Kyle Clark about his bizarre conspiracy-laden ideas about the LGBTQ, uh, community and why he wants to govern, and, and, and foist upon the people of Colorado and, and, and because he wants to be a United States senator, the people of the United States, with his own narrow interpretation of the Bible and his particular understanding of what it says about people.

His progressive opponent came within just five points of beating him.

Now, Republican Mark Baisley, a hardline conservative in the state legislature, is challenging Hickenlooper in the general election this November.

The two candidates sparred over issues of affordability, both blaming the other party for the high cost of living in Colorado.

They agreed that President Trump's war in Iran is currently responsible for driving up costs, especially at the gas pump, but Baisley said that's just something that Americans will have to ride out in exchange for ending a decades-long conflict.

Wow.

They picked my friend Marc Baisley over John Hickenlooper by five.

And Victor Marks, plus one, running nine points behind a Republican who doesn't even have a name, the generic ballot, and four points behind the Republican running for Senate on the very same ballot.

One more thing they left out.

And by the time the alert was ready, they said the threat had passed.

The only debate between Republican Congresswoman Lauren Boebert and her Democratic challenger Eileen Laubacher was dominated by a series of factually unsupported claims that Boebert made last night, suggesting wrongdoing by Laubacher.

A day later, we still have not found nor has Boebert provided evidence to back up the claims made on live TV.

That's a shocking thing for you to say, Congresswoman.

You can see the full debate on 9news.com and on the next YouTube channel.

Tomorrow night it is our debate in the race for U.S. Senate.

Democratic Senator John Hickenlooper will debate his Republican challenger Mark Baisley.

That airs 6.30 p.m. on KTVD Channel 20.

Once we kind of got over ourselves and holding up the sign of the cross to Hollywood, it turned into a real win.

Mark Baisley today.

Plus, buying a bookstore and a commitment to community.

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I'm Ryan Warner on assignment in Colorado Springs.

He wouldn't have to change his title.

Senator Mark Baisley would become Senator Mark Baisley.

That's if the Republican state lawmaker lands in the US Senate.

He voted for two massive spending bills during hi- the Biden administration.

And if Mark Baisley gets elected, the Republican, he'll have to vote the Republican party line.

I am an independent.

I can put out innovative solutions to the real serious problems.

Denver water is cutting the flows on rivers to conserve water through the wintertime.

Our Mark Salinger starts us off in Grant County.

This is the lifeblood of the Fraser Valley, a river that flows fast today.

Will look different soon.

Exactly.

That's the message, right, that Kirk wants you to hear, is every time you turn on your sprinkler, every time you leave the shower running for longer than you might want to, it takes water away from rivers like this, and then you have more cuts, which have lots of effects into the ecosystem.

Mark Salinger, thanks for taking the trip up to Grand County.

Congressional Republicans are singling out Denver and Boulder for their so-called sanctuary policies.

Then next Wednesday, October 14th, the debate in the race for the U.S. Senate.

Democratic Senator John Hickenlooper and Republican challenger Mark Baisley.

The 9 News debate is 6.30 p.m. on KTVD Channel 20.

Both debates stream anywhere you find 9 News.