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This week on Colorado Politicking, political correspondent Ernest Luning and host Pat Poblete dive into the news that Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters and her deputy, Belinda Knisley, turned themselves in to authorities Wednesday hours after prosecutors released a 13-count grand jury indictment against the pair.
Rep. Kyle Brown to replace Shannon Bird on Colorado’s Joint Budget Committee
Marissa Ventrelli
marissa.ventrelli@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 8 hours ago
Colorado House Speaker Julie McCluskie appointed Rep. Kyle Brown to the legislature’s Joint Budget Committee. Brown, a Louisville Democrat, was chosen to replace Rep. Shannon Bird, D-Westminster, who announced on Friday that she would be stepping down from the committee...
Why do out-of-state donors have more power than in-state voters? | Vince Bzdek
Vince Bzdek
vince.bzdek@gazette.com
Updated 13 hours ago
Why is Michael Bloomberg, the former presidential candidate, three-term New York mayor and founder of the financial info firm that bears his name, spending millions on Colorado elections? The short answer: because he can. The liberal New Yorker has donated...
Democrat Amie Baca-Oehlert ends campaign to challenge Republican Gabe Evans in Colorado’s 8th CD
Ernest Luning
ernest.luning@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 3 days ago
Calling the political system “rigged against working-class people,” Democrat Amie Baca-Oehlert, a former president of Colorado’s largest teachers union, on Friday ended her bid to challenge Republican U.S. Rep. Gabe Evans in the state’s most competitive congressional district. Baca-Oehlert’s exit...
School safety, staff compensation, girls’ sports top issues for Douglas County school board race
Noah Festenstein
noah.festenstein@denvergazette.com
Updated 1 day ago
School safety, board transparency and girls’ sports emerged as some of the common themes for Douglas County School District candidates vying for four seats in Tuesday’s election. Eight candidates are running on similar issues, notably safety amid violence at schools...
Colorado Democrat Joe Neguse calls on House GOP to end ‘paid vacation,’ hold town halls | TRAIL MIX
Ernest Luning
ernest.luning@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 4 days ago
After concluding the 17th in-person town hall he’s held this year — more than every other member of Colorado’s U.S. House delegation combined — Democratic U.S. Rep. Joe Neguse vented frustration over the state’s Republican lawmakers’ refusal to schedule any...
Candidates in Adams County rake in thousands
Kyla Pearce
kyla.pearce@gazette.com
Updated 4 days ago
Candidates in Adams County, Commerce City, Thornton and Northglenn secured thousands in the final weeks of this year’s election season. Here are their latest campaign finance report. Commerce City The Commerce City City Council has nine members with four seats...
Ranked voting debuts in Fort Collins
Hap Fry, Special to the Gazette
hap-fry@gazette.com
Updated 2 days ago
FORT COLLINS • There isn’t much Delynn Coldiron has not seen or done in her 30-plus year career working as a city government employee — that is, perhaps, until this year. The Fort Collins City Clerk and her staff have...
Centennial City Council candidates secure tens of thousands
Noah Festenstein
noah.festenstein@denvergazette.com
Updated 4 days ago
The 11 candidates for Centennial City Council raised tens of thousands, according to their latest campaign finance reports. Mayor Christine Sweetland Sweetland received thousands of dollars from dozens of local contributors, some of whom are running for other council seats. ...
Election 2025: Over 500,000 Coloradans have cast ballots
Marissa Ventrelli
marissa.ventrelli@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 6 days ago
Over 500,000 Coloradans have voted in the 2025 election so far, according to the Secretary of State’s Office. As of Tuesday afternoon, 506,249 ballots have been returned. Statewide voter service and polling centers officially opened on Monday, allowing residents to...
Jeffco candidates ramp up spending, fundraising in final stretch of election campaign
Sage Kelley
sage.kelley@denvergazette.com
Updated 5 days ago
Candidates throughout Jefferson County have ramped up their spending and fundraising, as they headed into the final stretch of this year’s elections. Lakewood: 5 council seats There are five Lakewood City Council seats up for election on Nov. 4, including...
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