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InnerView with Pat Schroeder
Ernest Luning
ernest.luning@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 3 months ago
Editor’s note: Former U.S. Rep. Pat Schroeder died on March 13, 2023 at the age of 82 at a hospital in Florida, the state where she had been residing. In this interview from 2010, Schroeder visited with The Colorado Statesman on...
Colorado Republicans will gather to cheer Trump’s 2020 kickoff
Colorado Politics
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Updated 1 year ago
When President Donald Trump ceremoniously kicks off his re-election campaign Tuesday evening, Colorado Republicans will huddle together to watch the event at gatherings up and down the Front Range. Florida is one of the must-win states for the next president....
COPO’S BEST OF THE WEEK | Worker visa woes; Denver council newbies; recall dropped; governors confab
Colorado Politics
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Updated 1 year ago
Here’s our recap of our best stories of the last seven days from the Colorado Politics staff. Colorado Gov. Jared Polis welcomes fellow governors to the annual meeting of the Western Governors Association at an opening press conference on June...
Polis, Hancock, other Colorado politicos react to death of Denver Broncos owner Pat Bowlen
Colorado Politics
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Updated 1 year ago
Sports greats aren’t the only ones reacting to the death of Denver Broncos owner Pat Bowlen, who passed away late Thursday night at age 75 after a years-long battle with Alzheimer’s. Colorado politicos, from the governor and U.S. senators to state...
HUD Secretary Ben Carson to address Western Conservative Summit in Denver
Colorado Politics
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Updated 1 year ago
If history is any lesson, Ben Carson can expect a warm reception in Denver next month when the secretary of Housing and Urban Development addresses the Western Conservative Summit. Tickets are on sale for the July 12 session that features Carson,...
2020 ELECTION | Hickenlooper takes on Sanders’ democratic socialism stance
Colorado Politics
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Updated 1 year ago
Former Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper is taking rhetorical aim at Democratic presidential rival Bernie Sanders on Thursday at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. This could prove a growing departure from the way candidate Hickenlooper was in Colorado, vowing...
WATCH: Who’s running for mayor of Aurora?
Next with Kyle Clark, 9News
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Updated 1 year ago
The Denver mayoral race is over, so let’s move on to Aurora. There’s a growing list of candidates, including former Congressman Mike Coffman and former 9News political expert Ryan Frazier. WATCH the 9News video above. = = = = =
Americans for Prosperity target Bennet over corporate welfare
Colorado Politics
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Updated 1 year ago
Coloradans will soon receive a campaign-style mailer that takes aim at tax handouts for special interests and corporate welfare, featuring the face of Colorado U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet, D-Denver. The mailer is part of a multi-year, multi-million dollar campaign, said...
Group forms to fight anti-TABOR ballot question
Colorado Politics
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Updated 3 months ago
A group made up of some of the Colorado Republican Party’s biggest names has formed to fight Proposition CC on the November ballot. The measure would allow the state to keep future refunds allowed by the Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights...
WATCH: The Sullivan recall campaign is over. So who’s next?
Marshall Zelinger, 9NEWS
marshall_zelinger_9news@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 1 year ago
Backers of a proposed recall of Colorado state Rep. Tom Sullivan, D-Centennial, over his support for a gun-control measure said Tuesday they are ending the effort. (CLICK HERE for Ernest Luning’s CoPo report.) So what happens now? And what happens...
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Progressive Democrats of America chapter endorses Democrat Levi Tillemann in 6th District primary
Calling him “a true progressive who will fight for everyone,” the Denver chapter of the Progressive Democrats of America this week endorsed congressional candidate Levi Tillemann, one of four Democrats running for the 6th Congressional District held by Republican U.S. Rep. Mike Coffman. Chapter leader Susan Gilbert, who lives in the suburban 6th District, said Tillemann, a […]
Pueblo Democrat Leroy Garcia launches reelection bid in Senate District 3
Assistant Senate Minority Leader Leroy Garcia, the Pueblo Democrat who took back one of the Senate seats lost to Republicans in Colorado’s 2013 recall elections, formally launched his campaign this week for a second term representing Senate District 3. Garcia, a paramedic, community college instructor and Marine Corps veteran, said in a statement he wants […]