Morning Digest: Colorado GOP tries to sabotage its odds of flipping a swing seat

_{The Morning Digest is compiled by David Nir, Jeff Singer, and Stephen Wolf, with additional contributions from the Daily Kos Elections team.}

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● CO-08, CO-05: The Colorado Republican Party has endorsed former state Rep. Janak Joshi ahead of the June 25 primary over state Rep. Gabe Evans, who's favored by national Republicans and won the GOP's district convention last month.

The choice may seem perplexing because Joshi previously represented Colorado Springs, which is far removed from the swingy 8th District in the northern Denver suburbs and Greeley area. He's also struggled to raise money this cycle after badly losing his last two campaigns while still living in Colorado Springs