Last-minute spree of outside spending hitting Colorado voters

In case Colorado voters need just a couple more TV ads or door-knockers to help them decide their 2018 ballots, they’re getting bombarded with millions of dollars more in last-minute outside spending.

Everytown for Gun Safety Victory Fund is among the largest last-minute spenders in the race between Republican U.S. Rep. Mike Coffman and Democratic challenger Jason Crow.

The anti-gun violence group is putting more than $700,000 into a television ad that will reach the district’s voters through Election Day. The ad criticizes Coffman for not supporting comprehensive background checks and bans on assault weapons.

Coffman’s campaign manager, Tyler Sandberg, had no comment on the ad.

The 6th Congressional District race is one that Democrats want to flip for control of the House. That’s made the election one of the most expensive House races this cycle, with nearly $15 million in outside spending going into the race — 60 percent of it favoring Crow — according to the nonpartisan Center for Responsive Politics.

In the governor’s race, last-minute outside spending is cropping up on both sides.

Better Colorado Now, a political group that backs Republican and state treasurer Walker Stapleton, placed a $750,050 television ad buy that run from Thursday through Election Day.