we look at the base percentage and georgia. democratic incumbents raphael warnock leads 54-44 over the challenger. that s a new poll out today. registered voters. another race in georgia, very, very tight. that s a governor. that is 48-48. essentially unchanged from where the polls had been. now, as we look across the country, that is one of the barn burner races in georgia. republican, moderate will take on democratic incumbent senator michael bennet in november. a seat in colorado, a won comes despite millions of dollars from democrats to his republican rival. colorado voters rejecting a democratic super pac s multimillion dollar attempt to influence g.o.p. primary for governor, congress, and the u.s.
billionaires. pritzker has spent $90 million of his own money on his race. sindell founder ken griffin poured 50 million in the race in support of irvin and richard you line has spent $9 billion on bailey. the race is shaping up to be one of the most expensive governor s races in u.s. history. if not the most expensive. now let s head to colorado and to my colleague alicia acuna. thanks grady and nationally democrats are also spending bilg in colorado s g.o.p. primaries. also an effort to get more far right leaning candidates on the ballot. we will begin with the u.s. senate g.o.p. race. a democratic super pac has spent nearly $4 million on ads to elevate the more conservative ron hanks. a state representative. he is up against g.o.p. moderate businessman joe o day. democrats fear o day could
voting machine. when you look at this primary, the democratic super pac spent millions of dollars propping up the campaign of ron hanks on airwaves across colorado. they have blanketed campaign commercials knocking down the campaign of john o dea, the more moderate candidate in the race. you are also seeing that in the governor s race. there s an election denier running in a contested gop primary here. the democratic governor s association is running campaign ad that lift up his candidacy. you see this in illinois. there s a competitive gop primary in the governor race in illinois. there s a trump-backed candidate who has had ads promoted by the democratic governor s association promoting his candidacy. the idea is the democratic forces are trying to help
A Washington Post column argued Democrat-associated "dark money groups" boosting "extremist Republicans" in U.S. primary elections were being hypocritical.
measures and clearly national democrats are panicked by the worsening political environment in states run by democrat governors. in colorado senate race, an outside democratic super pac has spent about a million dollars supporting the more conservative state rep ron hanks. observers consider construction company owner joe o day to be the more electable republican in november. democrats are concerned that incumbent senator michael bennet is vulnerable even though joe biden won colorado by more than 13 points. a national senatorial historic weakness at this point no amount of money will save them. these tactics don t always work. for example, lacy year in virginia, these mailers were sent out tying glenn youngkin with former president trump. in the fine print it said paid for by the democratic party of virginia. if it turns out to be a big year for the g.o.p. as some polling predicts, this could backfire on