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Democrat Betsy Markeys ad.

Democrat Betsy Markey claims in her first campaign ad that Republican state Treasurer Walker Stapleton is AWOL an awful lot a charge his campaign dismisses as silly.

At best, its inexcusable. At worst, its a scandal, the spot says. According to official key card records, Stapleton only bothers showing up at his office around 10 days a month.

Stapletons campaign spokesman, Michael Fortney, said when the treasurer forgets his key card, which is often, he goes through the public entrance where attendance records are not kept.

This is silly. Betsy knows there is more than one way to get into the Capitol. The fact is she has zero understanding of the treasurers office and public finance so she has to rely on this garbage, Fortney said.

The ad concludes by saying for a serious state treasurer, who built one of Americas 500 fastest-growing companies, businesswoman Betsy Markey.

Actually, most folks identify Markey as a former congresswoman who took out ultra conservative Marilyn Musgrave in 2008, despite Congressional District 4 being incredibly favorable to Republicans. Markey was defeated by state Rep. Cory Gardner in the 2010 GOP wave; he now is running for the U.S. Senate. Stapleton that same year defeated the incumbent state treasurer, Democrat Cary Kennedy. He now is running for re-election.

Heres the script for the ad:

At best, its inexcusable. At worst, its a scandal.

State Treasurer Walker Stapleton.

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Treasurer's race: Betsy Markey hammers Walker Stapleton on attendance