How petty.

It's not like there aren't real issues to be talked about.

Musgrave's campaign rails against Paccione's hair salon bills

FORT COLLINS (AP) - They've been going at each other in televised attack ads for weeks, now there's a new battleground in the race for Colorado's Fourth Congressional district: The hair salon.

Republican Representative Marilyn Musgrave's campaign says it will file a complaint over Democratic rival Angie Paccione's trips to the hair salon before appearances at a fundraiser and a news conference.

Musgrave's campaign manager, Shaun Kenney, says the $424 expense for salon services violates federal election rules barring campaign expenditures on personal use.

Paccione's campaign spokesman James Thompson says the expenditures are specific for her image prior to major campaign events.

Paccione is trying to unseat Musgrave in the battle for the Fourth Congressional District, which includes Fort Collins and most of northeastern Colorado.