{"id":73231,"date":"2016-07-14T00:54:52","date_gmt":"2016-07-14T06:54:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/tipton-opponent-schwartz-makes-campaign-stop-in-cortez\/"},"modified":"2016-07-14T06:54:52","modified_gmt":"2016-07-14T06:54:52","slug":"tipton-opponent-schwartz-makes-campaign-stop-in-cortez","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/tipton-opponent-schwartz-makes-campaign-stop-in-cortez\/","title":{"rendered":"Tipton opponent Schwartz makes campaign stop in Cortez"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><figure class=\"wp-block-image naviga-inline-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/imengine.public.prod.dur.navigacloud.com\/?uuid=b7e84c30-fd54-42e6-9ac4-b4b860d4c7ba&amp;function=cover&amp;type=preview&amp;source=false&amp;width=2000\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1500\" alt=\"State Sen. Gail Schwartz, D-Crested Butte, is challenging Rep. Scott Tipton to represent Colorado\u2019s 3rd Congressional District. She spoke Wednesday at Spruce Tree Espresso House in Cortez.\" class=\"naviga-image\" loading=\"lazy\"><figcaption><span class=\"caption\">State Sen. Gail Schwartz, D-Crested Butte, is challenging Rep. Scott Tipton to represent Colorado\u2019s 3rd Congressional District. She spoke Wednesday at Spruce Tree Espresso House in Cortez.<\/span><span class=\"credit\">Jacob Klopfenstein\/The Journal<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><p>State Sen. Gail Schwartz, who is challenging incumbent U.S. Rep. Scott Tipton in November\u2019s race for Colorado\u2019s 3rd Congressional District, on Wednesday promoted her views on reforming student testing and bringing high-speed internet to rural America.<\/p>\n<p>Schwartz, a Democrat from Crested Butte, spoke to a crowd of about 20 people at Spruce Tree Espresso House in Cortez.<\/p>\n<p>She criticized Tipton, a Republican from Cortez, for focusing on cutting budgets and government, straining resources that might have an impact in Colorado. The district needs a candidate who will run a race to stand up to Tipton, Schwartz said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re serious,\u201d she said. \u201cWe\u2019re here to win and work hard.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Schwartz shared ideas about education policy, saying that kids are being over-tested, and the nation needs standards reform. Everyone should have access to secondary education opportunities, but that doesn\u2019t always mean a four-year degree, she said.<\/p>\n<p>Investments in broadband infrastructure will elevate connectivity and increase education opportunities for rural areas, Schwartz said. Rural communities need access to the same opportunities as metro areas, she said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe need to make sure the bar is raised for every student,\u201d Schwartz said.<\/p>\n<p>The state senator also criticized Tipton for not focusing on education issues and instead paying attention to issues of finance and banking. Schwartz said those issues aren\u2019t as important as education in Colorado\u2019s 3rd Congressional District.<\/p>\n<p>Schwartz said she had worked to bring bipartisan legislation to the Colorado Senate during her time in office. She said her opponent hadn\u2019t done the same.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cScott Tipton doesn\u2019t have a bipartisan bone in his body,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>If elected, Schwartz said she would continue to try and bring bipartisan legislation to the table and find ways to work with Republicans. She promised to focus on ways to serve the interests of Colorado\u2019s 3rd District if she\u2019s elected to Congress.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI guarantee I will be an informed, prepared vote,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tipton\u2019s opponent makes campaign stop in Cortez<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":73232,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[21,13,265],"naviga_topic":[],"class_list":["post-73231","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-cortez","tag-frontpage-lead","tag-politics"],"acf":[],"author_name":"dh_admin","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73231","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=73231"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73231\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/73232"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=73231"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=73231"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=73231"},{"taxonomy":"naviga_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/naviga_topic?post=73231"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}