Here's an interesting story - it seems the Colorado gun lobby might have been behind an ill-fated GOP supported campaign for state senate by a white supremacist:
The fear this midterm election year, when Democrats are again struggling, is that Dudley Brown and his supporters will tap unvetted Republican candidates like Marshall, who on the stump will appeal to the far-right wing of the party but who will turn off moderate voters in droves.
That history makes it seem entirely plausible that Neville encouraged Marshall to run.
Neville is running to replace Democratic Senator Sen. Jeanne Nicholson, but he is perhaps better known for running and winning a hardline vacancy race in 2012 against Republican Tim Kerr. That Republican-versus-Republican race bore all the marks of Dudley Brown and Rocky Mountain Gun Owners. Neville attacked Kerr on his vote in favor of establishing the state’s “Obamacare” health exchange and for his alleged weak stance on gun rights. Brown attacked Kerr in an email to Jefferson County voters.
This year, Neville touts the endorsement of Brown’s Rocky Mountain Gun Owners at his campaign website.
Neville’s son Joe is Rocky Mountain Gun Owners political director. He was slapped with an ethics charge last year after butting heads with Republican Rep. Cheri Gerou. Neville allegedly threatened to send out Rocky Mountain Gun Owners material in Gerou’s district accusing her falsely of supporting Democratic gun-control bills.
According to this
story, Neville may have recruited Nate Marshall (a white supremacist) to run on the GOP ticket for state senate.
The white supremacist has since dropped out of the race, for what you'd think would have been just as obvious reasons for not getting into the race to begin with.
Of course, if gun lobby money is backing you, perhaps you think all those past indiscretions can be drowned out with buckets of cash.