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Congressional candidate Bill Winter apologized Monday for a 2004 e-mail that a media critic interpreted as an implied physical threat. Winter, a Democrat challenging Rep. Tom Tancredo, R-Littleton, said he never intended to threaten anybody. Still, he said he was sorry for the tone of a September 2004 e-mail exchange with Dave Kopel, a Rocky Mountain News media columnist and research director at the Independence Institute. Winter is a military veteran, and during the 2004 presidential contest he defended Democratic candidate John Kerry from charges that he had lied about his military record in Vietnam. Winter e-mailed Kopel denouncing the...

I think this is very interesting. Congressman Tom Tancredo's opponent in the Fall is Bill Winter. Who is this man? You'd think he would have no name recognition, that he would ba a nobody. He's a Democrat running in a Republican district where the incumbent is practically a star for his possition on illegal immigration. However, he is recognized by some people. http://www.winterforcongress.com/endorsements.asp While running in a district not nearly as important as CA-49, or TX-22 he is endorced by John Kerry, the Salazar duo, Russ Feingold, John Murtha, Louis Gutierez, Dennis Kucinich, Westly Clark, the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, and...

More than 30 Iraq and Persian Gulf War veterans have entered congressional races across the country as Democrats, hoping to capitalize on their military experience to topple the incumbent Republican majority. In Colorado, two former military men, Jay Fawcett and Bill Winter, are vying for the House seats of two strong, entrenched Republicans: Rep. Joel Hefley of the 5th Congressional District and Rep. Tom Tancredo of the 6th Congressional District, respectively. "Do we understand military and foreign affairs? You bet," Fawcett said. "Most of us have been to the point where you get a direct dose of military and foreign...