Beer Exec Peter H. Coors to Run for Senate

[ButterflyBlood]

DENVER (AP) -- Peter H. Coors, the head of the Coors brewing empire, is entering the race for an open Colorado Senate seat, Gov. Bill Owens said Wednesday.

A Coors candidacy would set up a GOP primary fight against conservative former Rep. Bob Schaffer and the possibility of a general election battle against Democrat Ken Salazar, the state's attorney general.

The 57-year-old Coors, who has appeared in national television commercials for the beer, is chairman of Coors Brewing Co. and Adolph Coors Co. He did not return messages left at his offices in Golden.

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let's hope his campaign blows as badly as his beer, which is really just watered down piss. Too bad it's one of the most popular brands at parties here :(

[Pallas180]

1. As I remember he helped finance all the assaults on Clinton, so

this is no surprise.

What has happened is that the shadow government that has existed for
decades has come out of the shadows and taken up front control. Isn't it funny that they are all big money big corporate people?

[paulk]

6. google

"castle rock foundation"


if you're interested in who the Coors family gives it's money to. Fascinating stuff.

courtesy of Danni Newsome - Colorado Inside Out - channel 12

[coloradodem2005]

2. I'm not happy about it either.

This is what is embarassing about Colorado. I don't care for his beer, except for Killians. That one is pretty good but other than that it sucks.

[rockymountaindem]

3. I was looking forward to an easy race

but we're still in the running for sure. Hopefully there will be a viscious primary fight.

[Th1onein]

4. We boycotted his beer about a decade ago, because of his

company's treatment of women employees.

[Outvoicer]

7. gay community boycotted too ...

Coors has a history of supporting anti-gay political activity.

[Freddie Stubbs]

8. Actually, his company was one of the first to offer benefits to

domestic partners. You are probably thinking of his father, Adolf Coors.

[Wabbajack]

5. Coors Co

has a long history of supporting repukes.