Fact check: Did Gail Schwartz “devastate” Delta County’s economy?

Editor’s note: This is part of a series of fact-checking articles on the election produced by CU News Corps for The Denver Post. CU News Corps is a University of Colorado program run by journalism faculty and students.
Earlier this month U.S. Rep. Scott Tipton, the Republican incumbent in the race for Colorado’s 3rd Congressional District, circulated a campaign ad that claims his challenger, Democrat Gail Schwartz, is an enemy of the state’s coal industry.
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