Author: Rachael Wright
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Dem district chair chastises GOP congressman for voting against tax cut | A LOOK BACK
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Sixty Years Ago This Week: The Democratic Party chairman of the 3rd Congressional District Central Committee, Paul Bechtol Jr., told reporters that Republican U.S. Rep. J. Edgar Chenoweth, had “once more voted against the best interests” of his constituents by opposing a bill that would have cut in federal income taxes. “The economy of this…
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Reagan official works on president’s image among women in Denver | A LOOK BACK
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Forty Years Ago This Week: A devoted group of Denver Republicans where excited to have the opportunity to meet with the White House associate director of the Office of Public Liaison, Trudi Morrison. Phil Winn, Morrison’s former boss at the Department of Housing and Urban Development and current chair of the Colorado Republican Party, introduced…
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Chicago lawyer transplant eyes bid against state treasurer Romer | A LOOK BACK
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Forty Years Ago This Week: Not long after being elected as treasurer of the Boulder County Republican Party, former Chicago attorney George Hilgendorf was approached by several prominent but unnamed Republicans to run for statewide office. Responding in true political fashion, Hilgendorf had asked his supporters to be patient. But after nearly nine months in…
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Romer wins partial victory in special session to address waive of violence | A LOOK BACK
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Forty Years Ago This Week: After several months facing discontent from critics within the General Assembly, Gov. Roy Romer opened a special session he called with a speech to both legislative chambers, appealing to lawmakers to pass at least some of his 14-point plan as a “first step” toward dealing with an explosion in youth…
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Rising-star Brown downplays rumored ‘dreams about being senator’ | A LOOK BACK
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Forty Years Ago This Week: Amid swirling rumors about what future political plans he had up his sleeve, rising Republican star U.S. Rep. Hank Brown brushed off eager-eared reporters who tried to peg him down on the issue, contending he had no announcement to make for the 1986 election year. “I wouldn’t even begin thinking…
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Denver attorney Davis weighs runs against two different incumbents | A LOOK BACK
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Forty Years Ago This Week: Denver attorney and Democratic Party activist Steve Davis told The Colorado Statesman that he was considering running for either House District 10 or Senate District 7. Both districts were held by Republicans, Rep. Betty Neale and Sen. Cliff Dodge, respectively. Davis, who had managed Rep. Jerry Kopel’s, D-Denver, 1982 campaign…
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Nighthorse Campbell assembles panel to prepare for Health Security Act reforms | A LOOK BACK
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Thirty Years Ago This Week: Discussions were growing heated over the Colorado statutory reforms that would be necessary to comply with H.R. 1200, the federal American Health Security Act. In an effort to help ease the transition, U.S. Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell hosted a panel to discuss Colorado’s approach to enacting the required healthcare reform…
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Colorado GOP chair tries something new to unseat Schroeder | A LOOK BACK
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Forty Years Ago This Week: The Republican chairman of Colorado’s 1st Congressional District, Pepe Mendez, announced that he would be attempting a fresh approach to oust popular U.S. Rep. Pat Schroeder from her seat. Instead of dredging for specific candidates, Mendez had decided to circulate an “essay-type” poll among “500 Denver Republicans, committee people, other…
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Romer calls special session to deal with ‘Summer of Violence’ | A LOOK BACK
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Thirty Years Ago This Week: Answering to mounting pressure, Gov. Roy Romer announced a special legislative session on Sept. 7 to address an onslaught of juvenile violence that had swept across the Denver metro area and the state. One approach being considered by Romer’s staff was a ‘boot-camp’ for juveniles apprehended in the possession of…
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Aspinall dispels retirement rumors | A LOOK BACK
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Sixty Years Ago This Week: U.S. Rep. Wayne Aspinall, D-Palisade, announced to a meeting of Western Slope Democrats that he would indeed be running for reelection in 1964. “If I look like a corpse, go out and see if you can find a livelier one,” Aspinall said, in reference to Republican hopes that he wouldn’t…