The campaign drew national media attention. Journalists from major publications descended on Aspen to witness the spectacle of an avowed drug user and radical journalist potentially becoming the chief law enforcement officer of a Colorado county. Thompson detailed the entire experience in his famous 1970 article for Rolling Stone magazine, titled "The Battle of Aspen." The Backlash and the Election Night
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