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Advocates for wolf ballot measure announce a “pause” on petition gathering

Wednesday was the deadline for the group to submit ballot measure signatures

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Federal judge sentences African man to 67 years for torture in home country

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...

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Colorado Republican Jeff Hurd draws primary challenge from former GOP vice chair Hope Scheppelman

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...

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Progressive group targets Colorado Republican Gabe Evans over Trump’s tariffs in radio ad campaign

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,...

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Colorado Democrats reelect Shad Murib to 2nd term as state party chair

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...

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House Democrat introduces measure to censure Lauren Boebert over ‘pimp cane’ remarks

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...

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The 2024 election is stressing Americans out: Here’s how to cope

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...

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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...

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WATCH: Former gubernatorial chief of staff says Colorado Republicans nominated their ‘sanity slate’

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.

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PHOTOS: Ballots cast and counted as Denver votes in primary elections