Article: KEN SALAZAR'S STORY IS MADE FOR POLITICAL CAMPAIGN U.S. SENATE CANDIDATE WITH 'COMPELLING BIO' HAS FANS - AND FOES - ON BOTH SIDES OF AISLE.(News)

Byline: Lynn Bartels, Rocky Mountain News

The year was 1994 and a ponytailed senator knew the perfect candidate to take over the troubled Bureau of Land Management.

Ben Nighthorse Campbell recommended a Coloradan and Democrat for the post, saying water attorney Ken Salazar had "terrific credentials" and would be a "fantastic" director.

A decade later, that same senator - who by now had abandoned the Democrats for the Republicans - unexpectedly called it quits, creating a bizarre political free-for-all in Colorado.

Ken Salazar threw his cowboy hat into the ring.

And Republicans freaked.

They knew the "terrific ...

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