{"id":25591,"date":"2024-09-24T18:24:58","date_gmt":"2024-09-25T00:24:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/colorado-cd-3-candidates-disagree-on-abortion-but-share-similar-policy-views\/"},"modified":"2026-03-30T23:21:51","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T05:21:51","slug":"colorado-cd-3-candidates-disagree-on-abortion-but-share-similar-policy-views","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/colorado-cd-3-candidates-disagree-on-abortion-but-share-similar-policy-views\/","title":{"rendered":"Colorado CD-3 candidates disagree on abortion, but share similar policy views"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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Former Aspen City Councilman Adam Frisch, left, a Democrat, and Grand Junction attorney Jeff Hurd, a Republican. The candidates are running for Colorado's 3rd Congressional District.<\/span>cca<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>

WASHINGTON \u2013 Agreeing in a debate? While the Democratic and Republican candidates running in Colorado\u2019s 3rd Congressional District disagreed on abortion rights, they found more common ground on other policy ideas in a debate last weekend at Club 20.<\/p>\n

Throughout the debate, Adam Frisch, a Democrat, and Jeff Hurd, a Republican, agreed on policies for government spending, recreation on public lands, nuclear energy and water regulation. However, Hurd called out Frisch for meddling in the Republican primary by running attack ads against Hurd<\/a>. The ads were an apparent attempt by Frisch to get one of Hurd\u2019s opponents elected and thereby improve Frisch\u2019s chances in the general election.<\/p>\n

Frisch supports a women\u2019s right to choose up to 39 weeks. On the other hand, Hurd is anti-abortion \u201cwith exceptions.\u201d The right to protect abortion and health insurance coverage for abortion care is on the ballot in Colorado this November.<\/p>\n

\u201cI fundamentally believe that this is an issue that should be left to the states,\u201d Hurd said during the debate.<\/p>\n

Both candidates want to lower government spending in response to Americans feeling the effects of high inflation and high costs of living. Frisch also wants to increase affordable housing and education opportunities outside of four-year degrees.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have 13 or 14 colleges and universities: CMU (Colorado Mesa University), Fort Lewis and CSU (Colorado State University) are some of our flagships,\u201d Frisch said.<\/p>\n

Both candidates want to take away regulatory power from the Bureau of Land Management to enable local residents to have greater decision-making capabilities related to tourism and recreation. Hurd proposed a plan to compensate local and county governments for the lack of tax revenue from federal lands.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe BLM has too much control on their making bad decisions for communities, not just in western Colorado but in southern Colorado as well,\u201d Hurd said.<\/p>\n

Both candidates would like to see nuclear energy developed in Colorado to boost the economy and help the environment. They would also oppose any projects that would use up water in parts of the state outside of CD-3 and other states such as Arizona and Nevada.<\/p>\n

Hurd criticized Frisch, his Democratic rival, for running ads during the Republican primary campaign attacking Hurd. Frisch did so in an effort to help Hurd\u2019s Republican rivals, believing Hurd\u2019s rivals would be \u201ceasier to beat in November.\u201d Frisch acknowledged that his campaign ran the ads.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe learned very early on that there was going to be a high probability of two Republican candidates,\u201d Frisch said. \u201cThey were going to be running against yourself and Mr. Hanks. So we decided, because we had some resources, to start working with the same messaging in the primary as we did in the general election.\u201d<\/p>\n

Frisch touted that he \u201cdoes not accept donations from corporate PAC money.\u201d PACs are political action committees set up by a corporation. Hurd pointed out that his campaign still takes money from corporations, regardless of whether they are PACs.<\/p>\n

\u201cSaying that he doesn\u2019t get corporate money is like him saying he doesn\u2019t eat from Taco Bell because he orders it through a food delivery service,\u201d Hurd said.<\/p>\n

Frisch and Hurd agreed to work across the party aisle if elected.<\/p>\n

Maria Tedesco is an intern for The Durango Herald and The Journal in Cortez and a student at American University in Washington, D.C. She can be reached at mtedesco@durangoherald.com<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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