If only there was a conservative running against him. Beauprez already said he won't work to repeal the gun laws the dems stuck us with. He wants to un-legalize pot. He is a crony capitalist bankster whose reason for running was to keep Tom Tancredo out of the governors mansion.
He lost to Ritter by 17% last time he ran. That makes him "electable". He will likley lose again.
It's all but in the bag for Beauprez at this point. He'll win. It's bittersweet, however, for reasons you mentioned. Beauprez needs to get with the program and realize that the biggest reason he'll win this time around is the gun laws issue.