As long as we’re on the subject of Colorado, the race in the fourth district has grown tight between three-term Republican incumbent Rep. Marilyn Musgrave and Democratic challenger Betsy Markey. In a sign of how close, today the Colorado Independent reports that the National Republican Congressional Committee is reserving $1.2 million in airtime between now and Election Day for this race. Meanwhile, the Democratic Congressional Committee has reserved $667,000 in airtime.

Our Party Time database shows Musgrave as the beneficiary of half a dozen fundraising parties in 2008. The most recent was a breakfast at the Capitol Hill Club scheduled for September 24, three weeks ago.  The requested contribution was $2,000 to be a “host,” $1,000 for an ordinary attendee. Back in July she was one of seven beneficiaries at a scheduled luncheon sponsored by SCOTTPAC billed as a “Retention Effort for all Conservatives in the House.”

Turning to Markey, who reportedly is suffering from a cash crunch according to this fundraising appeal from House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA),  our Party Time database shows only one party. Scheduled for September 25 at the popular fundraising locale Bistro Bis, the breakfast’s host was Rep. Peter Welch, a Democrat from Vermont.

It’s important to remember that there are likely many more fundraising invitations out there for both Musgrave and Markey that we haven’t received here at Party Time. We only know about the parties our sources tell us about. That’s why we ask our readers to send us more.

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