‘Uncle Benny’ urges Republicans to change approach to down-ballot funding
By BRIAN PORTER | Rocky Mountain Voice
With the outcome of a few races still in doubt Monday morning, Republican Ben Aste was already focused on the next one.
Aste, the man who ran as "Uncle Benny" for the Larimer County District 3 seat, proposed a new approach to campaign funding, on a Republican call with several candidates and former Sen. Kevin Lundberg, that he hopes might gain some support.
"I'm going down and I'm going to open a 'future election monies' account," he said. "This would be a place to put $5 or $10 or whatever you have each week or month."
Democrat Jody Shadduck-McNally defeated Aste by 12.6%, despite his hard work attending events throughout the campaign, and a good distribution of signage. He earned 43.7% of the vote.
"We certainly felt like we did every...