Author: Wright Rachael

Twenty Years Ago This Week: Colorado Attorney General Ken Salazar, the Democratic Party’s favored candidate for U.S. Senate, launched his “Conversations with Coloradans” tour with a kickoff event at his Denver campaign headquarters. Salazar told a crowd of supporters, headlined by Denver Mayor Wellington Webb, that he was “…proud of the fact I’ve been a…

Thirty Years Ago This Week: The Lincoln Club of Colorado might be a strange place for a Democratic mayor of Denver to visit, but Wellington Webb found himself stepping up to the podium in front of the dyed-in-the-wool Republican club, following in the footsteps of Federico Peña and Colorado Democratic Party Chairman Howard Gelt. Webb…

Thirty Years Ago This Week: The disruptions caused by pro-gun activists at two of Democratic U.S. Rep. David Skaggs’s, CD2, town hall meetings held at Wheat Ridge and Northglenn were so concerning that uniformed police were deemed necessary by Skaggs’ staff at future events, “for everyone’s protection.” Skaggs had introduced legislation that would require parental…

Thirty Years Ago This Week: Two Republican Colorado Springs state representatives, Charlie Duke and Rep. Tom Ratterree, were locked in a fierce competition as they sought exiting Sen. Mike Bird’s seat. During the heated race, the concept of “opposition research” was stretched to its extremes, drawing questions over Ratterree’s campaign ethics. At a planned legislative…