Author: RACHEL WRIGHT Special to Colorado Politics
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Sen. Romer lays groundwork for legislative battle over new state college | A LOOK BACK
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Fifty Years Ago This Week: State Sen.-elect Roy Romer, D-Denver, spoke at the Democratic Forum in Denver to drum up support for the establishment of a new, four-year Denver State College. Romer had chaired a legislative task force that had been formed in response to an identified need from Denver, Jefferson, Adams and Arapahoe county…
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DNC withholds Clinton funds pending state party revamp | A LOOK BACK
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Twenty-Five Years Ago: The discovery of allegedly improperly used funds from the state’s Coordinated Campaign had divided the Colorado Democratic State Central Committee, which could not come to an agreement on how best to manage the party’s major election program. The committee voted in overwhelming favor that the state party return the nearly $2,400 spent…
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Former Denver legislator recounts Ole Miss riot role | A LOOK BACK
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Fifty Years Ago This Week: A colorful character with a rich background, former Denver state Rep. Joe Dolan, who was then a United States assistant deputy attorney general, addressed the Southeast Denver Democratic Club where he spoke about his experiences at the University of Mississippi campus ten years prior in 1962, where he had overseen…
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Former 5th CD rep scrambles in bid to retake seat | A LOOK BACK
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Thirty-Five Years Ago This Week: In a letter mailed to Republican Party activists, former GOP U.S. Rep. Ken Kramer announced that he was seeking reelection to the 5th Congressional District seat. Kramer retired from the 5th CD in order to run for the U.S. Senate the prior election cycle, but lost in that bid to…
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Benson attacks Romer, draws internal GOP fire | A LOOK BACK
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Thirty-Five Years Ago: The chairman of the Colorado Republican Party, Bruce Benson, publicly castigated Gov. Roy Romer for his numerous trips out of the state. But at a GOP election planning session for House District 6, attendees shot back with harsh words of their own for Benson. Earlier in the week Carl Miller, a Denver…
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A LOOK BACK | Dodge takes chief lobbyist gig for Denver, sets off musical chairs
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Thirty-Five Years Ago This Week: State Sen. Clifford Dodge, R-Denver, announced he was resigning his seat to accept a post as chief lobbyist for the City and County of Denver, and no one seemed to have fully anticipated how much upheaval it would cause. Rep. Dorothy “Dottie” Wham, R-Denver, was appointed by vacancy committee to…
