With the GOP candidate for Governor of Colorado embroiled in a plagiarism scandal, former Rep. Tom Tancredo has been touted as a possible replacement candidate. Tancredo was the overwhelming choice of Colorado Republicans if the current candidate withdraws, according to a Survey USA poll conducted after the plagiarism allegations broke last week.

Tancredo came in first place when pitted against other possible candidates.

“I was amazed and flabbergasted,” Tancredo told the Washington Times in an interview Sunday.