Author: Rachael Wright
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A Look Back: Republican Roemer takes on big name in CD1 against Schroeder; Colorado nursing homes get scathing inspection
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Thirty-Five Years Ago This Week: Republican activist Gloria Roemer was running for Colorado’s first Congressional District against incumbent Democratic state Rep. Pat Schroeder, and she came out swinging, labelling Schroeder “a hypocrite” for calling Congress a “coin-op legislature.” “The people of Denver have been short-changed by a congresswoman who puts our interests at the bottom,…
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Club 20 debates underscore longstanding rural divide; Bennet-Buck campaign heats up | A LOOK BACK
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Thirty-Five Years Ago This Week: “Sometimes we feel like we’re treated like the ugly stepsister by the rest of the state,” said state Senate District 7 candidate John Moore, speaking at a candidate forum hosted by Western Slope advocacy organization Club 20. “People see us as half-crazed little-creature-killing, redneck tobacco-spitting barbarians.” Chief among the issues…
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Bruce pushes Amendment 1 to stifle local tax hikes | A Look Back
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Thirty-Five Years Ago This Week: A debate between anti-tax influencer Douglas Bruce and a state senator over a tax-stifling constitutional amendment was not for those adverse to confrontation. “This amendment is about power,” Bruce said. “Politicians and special interest groups have all the power, and you don’t have any.” The Lions Club debate on Amendment…
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U.S. Rep. Brown running a ‘green-scam’ claims opponent | A LOOK BACK
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Thirty-Five Years Ago This Week: “It’s a green-scam pure and simple,” said Ali Webb of the League of Conservation Voters. “Hank Brown is trying to fool the voters into believing that he has a pro-environment record. U.S. Senate candidate Josie Heath, along with the League of Conservation Voters, sent an 11-page report to The Colorado…
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U.S. Rep. Skaggs’ seasoned experience shows in CD2 debate | A LOOK BACK
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Thirty-Five Years Ago This Week: Republican candidate Jason Lewis started off the Northglenn Rotary Club’s 2nd Congressional District debate with sweeping promises of a balanced budget, term limits, and enactment of the death penalty. His opponent, incumbent Democratic U.S. Rep. David Skaggs, slipped into the event and ended up apologizing for being late. He’d just…
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Heath becomes chosen Democrat to face Hank Brown in long-shot bid | A LOOK BACK
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Thirty-Five Years Ago This Week: Josie Heath and her army of female supporters ultimately toppled Carlos Lucero’s campaign in the Democratic primary for Colorado’s open U.S. Senate seat. On election night, Heath’s office on the 16th Street Mall and Welton Street was a beehive of activity. And this had been the case throughout the primary…
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Lamm backs out of support for lieutenant’s campaign, confusion ensues | A LOOK BACK
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Forty Years Ago This Week: In an abrupt about-face, Gov. Dick Lamm, who had previously pledged his “wholehearted, enthusiastic support” for Lt. Gov. Nancy Dick’s candidacy for U.S. Senate, publicly announced that he would instead be maintaining a neutral position in the three-way Democratic primary. But Barbara Charnes, interim campaign manager for Dick’s campaign, contended…
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Challenge begins to take shape for Denver Rep. Charlie Brown | A LOOK BACK
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Forty Years Ago This Week: Following what he said were in-depth conversations with staffers at both the Colorado Republican Party and Denver GOP headquarters, Gil Stockton said he was seriously considering entering the House District 11 race to unseat Rep. Charles Brown, Jr., D-Denver. “I’ve talked to a lot of people and I will probably…
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GOP promotes Denver voter effort to woo Dems | A LOOK BACK
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Forty Years Ago This Week: The newly formed Pro-Denver initiative was being touted as “the most ambitious effort made by Republicans to win the hearts and minds of Denverites in many years,” according to one of its founders, Sue McGinley. Since its founding early in the year, Pro-Denver had grown to 150 paid members and…
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GOP’s hope for CD1 challenger hits wall | A LOOK BACK
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Forty Years Ago This Week: The chairman of the Colorado Republican Party, Bo Callaway, was facing a setback in his plans for a Republican challenger against Democrat U.S. Rep. Pat Schroeder in the first congressional district. Sherry Manning, the GOP’s top candidate, had just announced her withdrawal from the race. The former administrator of Colorado…
