country. bret: the race between michael bennet and joe o dea. construction executive. he joins us now. joe, thanks for being here. joe: thanks for having me on. bret: you. yourself as not caring about political parties. tell me about how that pitch is the link so far. joe: i m really running for working americans here in the united states and colorado and i m working for small businesses. i m running for middle class, single-parent. retirees. those of us that play by the rules. we have been paying for all of this technic and we need a voice in washington, dc. bret: you on your website say about the inflation reduction act, which is what the democrats called it, that michael bennet will do anything joe biden wants including passing a technic on working americans while the economy is in a recession. it goes on to get more specific asked about that on another network. take a listen to what he said.
and so i said yeah, i ll try it out. i noticed that i felt sharper, i felt like i was able to respond to things quicker. and i thought, yeah, it works for me. prevagen. healthier brain. better life. gillian: welcome back to special report. colorado senate race. that. talks with a republican trying to unseat the democratic incumbent. take a look. bret: gillian, thank you. we want to bring you the newest add in the race for u.s. senate in colorado. everyone in washington vote the party line. joe won t. he will represent colorado. joe: i am joe o dea. i m not focused on political parties. i will do what is right for our
moderate enough in a climate of 2022, we can make this a close and competitive senate race. that s one question we ll find out in the months ahead. one other story of, note i think here, we talk about democrats getting involved in some of these republican primaries. in illinois, democrats spend upwards of million dollars, trying to ensure that this would happen, darren bailey, a very conservative state senator from downstate illinois has romp to the republican nomination for governor, over a much more moderate candidate, richard irvine, he wouldn t even say if he voted for donald trump. bailey was endorsed by donald trump. democrats spent big trying to get bailey boosted here, believing he d be a very movable candidate. it s up for him a general election showdown with the incumbent governor, j.b.
steve, what are the headlines? well, the headline here is in colorado, where the events of january 6th certainly loomed large in this, the republican senate primary for the right to take on democratic senator michael bennet this november. what you see here is that joe day has won, nbc news is is projecting anyone nomination. what is interesting in this contest, is a contrast between joe o dea and his challenger ron hanks. hanks actually attended donald trump s speech on january 6th, it was that a subject of those hearings today. he was part of the march to the capitol on january 6th. he said that the 2020 election was marred by fraud. democrats spent a lot of money in this race, trying to elevate hanks, believing that is views on january 6th, his views on abortion as well, would make him unelectable in november. so they attempted to actually
trump s speech on january 6th, it was that a subject of those hearings today. he was part of the march to the capitol on january 6th. he said that the 2020 election was marred by fraud. democrats spent a lot of money in this race, trying to elevate hanks, believing that is views on january 6th, his views on abortion as well, would make him unelectable in november. so they attempted to actually elevate hanks. that effort, you see, fell short. jody de said that he says illegitimate the 2020, election he also calls himself pro-choice, he also said he d codify roe v. wade federally if he had opportunity to do, so as a, said joe o dea winds the primary, sets up a general election battle between joe o dea, and democrat michael bennett. colorado, a state that has been trending towards the democrats very much over the past decade or. to biden won the state by 13 and a half points in 2020. the question is, is joe o dea