In the 110th Congress, she served as Ranking Minority member of the Specialty Crops, Rural Development, and Foreign Agriculture subcommittee.

She and her husband Steve Musgrave settled in Fort Morgan, south of Greeley, where they owned and operated a bale stacking business.

Musgrave's career in elective office began in 1991, when she served one term on the Fort Morgan School Board, where she focused on changing the local sex education curriculum to abstinence-only.

While Matsunaka only entered the race in May and raised around $800,000, Musgrave was heavily targeted by a 527 group funded by Colorado activists such as Tim Gill.

The ads featured an actress dressed up like Musgrave picking a corpse's pocket and stealing from a soldier in combat.

In a repeat of 2004 and 2006, she easily won most of the rural counties in her district while losing badly in Larimer County—this time by 32,300 votes.

[10] After her defeat, Musgrave would not comment on the election results with the media, nor would she concede the race or contact Markey to congratulate her.

[11] She later recorded a robocall for Republican Georgia senator Saxby Chambliss, saying that she was defeated by "leftist special interests" who "smothered the truth with vicious attacks and lies.

She was a member of the conservative Republican Study Committee House caucus and its "Values Action Team."

[14] Other political groups that Musgrave is allied with include the National Right to Life Committee, Focus on the Family, Alliance for Marriage, the Family Research Council, the National Taxpayers Union, the Christian Coalition, and the Traditional Values Coalition.

At the national level, she has supported the Partial Birth Abortion Ban and the Child Custody Protection Act.

[5] Musgrave opposes public funding for embryonic stem cell research on abortion-related grounds,[18] and was a vocal proponent of the 2005 congressional intervention into the Terri Schiavo case:[19] When we talk about a permanent vegetative state, I am offended by that.

What we do in this Chamber tonight is as important as anything we have done in defending our Nation, in doing the things that we do as Members of Congress.Musgrave weighed in on the Emergency Contraception controversy.

Another close ally of Musgrave's from her state legislative days is Dudley Brown, who directs the Colorado wing of the GOA, the Rocky Mountain Gun Owners.

[1] Also, members of Generation Joshua, an HSLDA branch that tries to involve youth in politics, were sent to Musgrave's district in the final hours of the 2006 campaign.

National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation president Mark Mix held a fundraiser for Musgrave at New York's Harvard Club in 2006.

After Hurricane Katrina in 2005, Musgrave helped lead the effort to urge President Bush to suspend "Davis-Bacon" prevailing wage protection in the Gulf Coast region.

[30] The resolution text requested that President Bush issue a proclamation calling on all citizens to "rediscover and apply the priceless and timeless message of the Bible" and encourage them to join the U.S. Federal government in celebrating the year with Bible "programs, ceremonies, and activities."

In June 2005, Musgrave cited Coral Ridge Ministries founder D. James Kennedy, a minister, evangelist and Christian social conservative leader, as one of her inspirations to enter politics:[14] When I first started listening to D. James Kennedy on Truths That Transform," she said, "I was so encouraged that there was a minister of the Gospel that said what was right and what was wrong, and what our responsibility was as Christians in this great nation.

I just want to say to the Christian Statesman staff, Dr. Kennedy is a hero for me.In the 2002 Republican primary debate with opponent Jeff Beddingfield in Greeley, Colorado, Musgrave stated that the First Amendment does not offer "freedom from religion."

There are limitations to what we can do, but I'm so thankful I have a voice and a vote.In March 2007, Musgrave joined the Congressional Prayer Caucus, which is chaired by J. Randy Forbes.

[34] In June 2008, Musgrave voted with the House Democrats and a minority of Republicans to save energy though the use of public transportation.

[35] The NRA Political Victory Fund gave Musgrave an 'A' for her support of pro-gun issues facing Congress.