WATCH: Denver Gazette hosts Mayoral Forum at CU Anschutz Medical Campus
The 16 remaining candidates in Denver’s Mayor race are participating in a forum today Wednesday, March 22, hosted by the Denver Gazette at the CU Anschutz Medical Campus. Contestants will be broken into three timed groups for a more in-depth policy discussion amongst themselves and moderators. Watch the forum live here:
Colorado Republicans elect software engineer Craig Steiner to fill vacant state chairman position
Ernest Luning
ernest.luning@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 31 minutes ago
The Colorado Republican Party on Saturday elected Craig Steiner to fill the party’s vacant state chair position at a state central committee meeting in Buena Vista, just over a week before primary ballots go out to voters and five months...
Colorado Democratic attorney general candidates clash over experience and Trump lawsuits
Marianne Goodland
marianne.goodland@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 1 day ago
Colorado’s four Democratic candidates for attorney general clashed sharply Thursday night in a debate that repeatedly returned to one theme — whether the state’s top lawyer should be a courtroom veteran or a political fighter. The contenders additionally sparred over...
Colorado candidates for governor share plans to tackle youth mental health crisis
Marissa Ventrelli
marissa.ventrelli@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 1 day ago
Three candidates for Colorado’s highest elected office laid out their plans to address the state’s youth mental health crisis during a forum on Thursday. Democratic Attorney General Phil Weiser, U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet, and Republican State Sen. Barbara Kirkmeyer fielded...
Colorado advocates unveil youth mental-health ‘playbook’ for next governor
Marissa Ventrelli
marissa.ventrelli@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 1 day ago
Colorado youth‑mental‑health advocates have released a new “playbook,” urging the next governor to streamline the state’s sprawling system of services and appoint a single leader to oversee them. In addition to hosting a gubernatorial candidate forum on Thursday, Mind Our...
Colorado’s Democratic attorney general candidates debate in Parker
Ernest Luning
ernest.luning@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 2 days ago
The four Democrats running for attorney general in Colorado’s June 30 primary are slated to take the stage Thursday night in Parker at a debate sponsored by Colorado Politics, the Denver Gazette and Common Sense Institute. The primary election for...
Colorado governor candidates confront business climate, housing affordability woes
Marianne Goodland
marianne.goodland@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 2 days ago
Four of the five major-party candidates for Colorado governor share common ground on two big issues: they see the perception that Colorado has become less business‑friendly as a serious concern, and they view housing affordability as central to the state’s...
Republicans Kirkmeyer, Bottoms say they won’t back Marx if he wins Colorado’s gubernatorial primary
Ernest Luning
ernest.luning@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 3 days ago
Two of the Republicans running for governor of Colorado said Tuesday night in a debate that they won’t support the third candidate if he wins next month’s primary election. State Sen. Barb Kirkmeyer and state Rep. Scott Bottoms said that...
180,000 signatures submitted to put Colorado road funding initiative on November ballot
Marissa Ventrelli
marissa.ventrelli@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 3 days ago
Organizers of a proposal seeking to dedicate hundreds of millions of dollars to road construction and maintenance have submitted signatures to state election officials in their campaign to put the initiative on the ballot this November. If officials certified the...
Democrat Evan Munsing suspends campaign in primary to challenge Gabe Evans in Colorado’s 8th CD
Ernest Luning
ernest.luning@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 3 days ago
Democratic congressional candidate Evan Munsing announced Wednesday that he is suspending his campaign to challenge Republican U.S. Rep. Gabe Evans in Colorado’s most competitive U.S. House district, saying his bid to run as an outsider committed to reform has been...
Colorado business groups host gubernatorial forum Thursday
Colorado Politics
colorado-politics@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 4 days ago
Several business groups are hosting a forum among gubernatorial candidates on Thursday morning. The candidates attending are Democratic Attorney General Phil Weiser and U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet, and Republicans Sen. Barb Kirkmeyer and Victor Marx. The forum will take place...
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Mayoral candidates disagree on policy in forum
Most candidates remaining in the 16 person field took part in the Denver Gazette’s Mayoral Forum today, March 22. During one segment, moderators asked candidates their approval for certain policy measures in a rapid fire round. Interestingly, only two candidates emphatically approve of the job Mayor Hancock is doing in office, while the vast majority […]