Frontrunners are starting to appear in crowded Denver Mayor’s race
The Denver Gazette, in partnership with 9 News and Metropolitan State University conducted a poll including 820 Denver adults regarding the municipal election. Amongst those polled, favorites in the crowded mayoral field emerged, as well as key issues voters voted were, “one of the very most important for Denver to address in the next few years.” Denver Government Reporter, Alex Edwards, breaks down the results here.
Advocates for wolf ballot measure announce a “pause” on petition gathering
Marianne Goodland
marianne.goodland@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 9 months ago
Wednesday was the deadline for the group to submit ballot measure signatures
Federal judge sentences African man to 67 years for torture in home country
Michael Karlik
michael.karlik@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 7 months ago
A federal judge on Friday sentenced an African man to 67.5 years in prison after jurors found him guilty on six torture-related counts for acts committed in his home country, The Gambia. Prosecutors in Colorado pursued the unusual criminal case...
Colorado Republican Jeff Hurd draws primary challenge from former GOP vice chair Hope Scheppelman
Ernest Luning
ernest.luning@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 10 months ago
Bayfield Republican Hope Scheppelman, a former vice chair of the Colorado GOP, announced on Monday that she’s mounting a primary challenge from the party’s “MAGA wing” against first-term U.S. Rep. Jeff Hurd in the state’s sprawling 3rd Congressional District. Calling...
Progressive group targets Colorado Republican Gabe Evans over Trump’s tariffs in radio ad campaign
Ernest Luning
ernest.luning@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 9 months ago
A progressive group is attacking U.S. Rep. Gabe Evans over the Colorado Republican’s support for President Donald Trump’s tariff policies as part of an ad campaign aimed at pressuring GOP lawmakers who represent rural communities in competitive districts. The group,...
Colorado Democrats reelect Shad Murib to 2nd term as state party chair
Ernest Luning
ernest.luning@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 10 months ago
Colorado Democrats reelected state chair Shad Murib to a second two-year term Saturday at a reorganization meeting of the party’s central committee in Aurora. Murib, a veteran campaign strategist and former top political staffer, told the roughly 300 Democrats who...
House Democrat introduces measure to censure Lauren Boebert over ‘pimp cane’ remarks
Ernest Luning
ernest.luning@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 10 months ago
A House Democrat wants lawmakers to censure Republican U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert for allegedly making “racist and derogatory” comments about a Texas Democrat who interrupted President Donald Trump’s address to a joint session of Congress last week. U.S. Rep. Chrissy...
The 2024 election is stressing Americans out: Here’s how to cope
Carol McKinley, Special to The Denver Gazette
carol.mckinley@gazette.com
Updated 2 years ago
Like many Americans, Kelly Stahlman is feeling election jitters. As a White, suburban woman, she is a member of America’s largest voting block. Compounding her high-voter value, she is a 42-year Republican voting for a woman. The mother of two...
2023 Voters Guide for Denver and Aurora
The Denver Gazette
the-denver-gazette@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 2 years ago
In between last year’s elections and 2024’s presidential contest, Coloradans will see plenty of electoral action over the next few weeks. This guide offers voters information about the candidates and issues on the ballot this November.
WATCH: Former gubernatorial chief of staff says Colorado Republicans nominated their ‘sanity slate’
Colorado Politics
chris.brubaker+copo2@gazette.com
Updated 4 years ago
Doug Friednash, an attorney with Brownstein and former chief of staff to Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper, tells Colorado Politics that state Republicans’ “sanity slate” prevailed, with Heidi Ganahl, Joe O’Dea and Pam Anderson poised to win their respective races.
PHOTOS: Ballots cast and counted as Denver votes in primary elections
By TIMOTHY HURST
by-timothy-hurst@import.placeholder
Updated 2 years ago
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Even though prosecutors ended up dismissing the shoplifting-related charges against an elderly Asian man, he failed to show that Walmart should be liable for its role in his erroneous arrest, a federal judge ruled last month. Meng Uoy Chang asserted a Walmart store in Timnath had violated his rights after employees identified Chang as a […]
Appeals court overturns assault conviction for lack of evidence defendant was 'in custody'
Pueblo County prosecutors failed to prove a defendant was “in custody” at the time she allegedly assaulted a sheriff’s deputy, the state’s Court of Appeals ruled on Thursday in overturning the conviction. Alicia Antonia Martinez is serving a six-year sentence for allegedly striking a deputy with her vehicle as she evaded law enforcement. Prosecutors charged […]