1st congressional district
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Denver Democrat Diana DeGette trails challenger Melat Kiros at assembly as both qualify for primary
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U.S. Rep Diana DeGette, a Denver Democrat, qualified for Colorado’s June primary by the skin of her teeth Friday at the party’s district assembly, where the 15-term incumbent received fewer than half as many delegate votes as her challenger, 28-year-old Melat Kiros, a first-time candidate. With just under 33% of the vote to Kiros’ hair…
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DeGette challenger Melat Kiros trounces 15-term Democratic incumbent in Denver delegate vote
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The 28-year-old, first-time candidate challenging Democratic U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette in this year’s primary soundly defeated the 15-term incumbent in a delegate preference poll conducted Saturday at a county party assembly in Denver. Melat Kiros, the daughter of Ethiopian immigrants and a former corporate attorney, received nearly twice as many votes as DeGette in a…
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CU Regent Wanda James aims to deny Denver Democrat Diana DeGette a 16th term in Congress | TRAIL MIX
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U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette, a Denver Democrat and the senior member of Colorado’s congressional delegation, has gotten used to facing primary challengers in the last decade, though she’s fended them off almost as easily as she’s sailed to reelection every two years in the state’s deepest blue district. Amid widespread dissatisfaction with the Democratic Party…
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Nearly a dozen Republicans pack primary to replace Colorado’s Ken Buck | COVER STORY
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With just weeks until precinct caucuses and less than a month to go before nominating petitions are due, it’s crunch time in the Republican primary for Colorado’s safest GOP-held congressional seat. At last count, 11 candidates are vying for the chance to replace Republican Ken Buck, the former state GOP chairman who said in early…
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Democrat Diana DeGette wins endorsement from Congressional Progressive Caucus
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The political arm of the Congressional Progressive Caucus endorsed U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette’s re-election bid, calling the Denver Democrat an important member of the prominent, left-leaning organization. First elected in 1996, DeGette, an attorney and former state lawmaker, is seeking a 14th term representing the heavily Democratic, Denver-based 1st Congressional District in next year’s election.…
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Democrat Diana DeGette faces primary challenge from Saira Rao
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U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette, a Denver Democrat serving her 11th term, will share the June primary ballot with challenger Saira Rao but on Friday easily won top line at the 1st Congressional District assembly. DeGette received 270 votes, or 62.6 percent, to Rao’s 161 votes, or 37.4 percent at the meeting. Because Rao had already…
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DeGette primary challenger Rao tops $250,000 in 1st-quarter fundraising
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DENVER – Saira Rao, the Denver Democrat mounting a primary challenge against 11-term incumbent U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette, will report raising just over $250,000 for the quarter that ended Saturday, her first in the race, Colorado Politics has learned. Rao’s campaign said she received contributions from more than 950 individual donors since launching her campaign in…
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Lamborn, DeGette challenger Rao qualify for primary ballot by petition
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Congressional candidates Doug Lamborn and Saira Rao will be on Colorado’s June primary ballot, the office of Secretary of State Wayne Willams said Thursday after ruling they submitted enough valid signatures on nominating petitions. Lamborn, a Colorado Springs Republican seeking his seventh term representing the 5th Congressional District, says he’ll pass on asking delegates for…
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Saira Rao becomes first Democratic congressional candidate in Colorado to submit petitions
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Democrat Saira Rao on Monday submitted petitions to the secretary of state’s office to secure a spot on the 1st Congressional District primary ballot – becoming the second congressional candidate in Colorado to turn in signatures. “This campaign is about giving everyone a seat at the table and making Colorado a progressive leader in national…
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Trail Mix: The road to Colorado’s 2018 election (March 4)
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STRIKE UP THE BAND … It is, after all, March Fourth. The celebration started a few days early in Colorado, when John Philip Sousa IV, the grandson of the composer and marching band icon, was on hand to endorse a pair of longshot Republican candidates – Greg Lopez, the former Parker mayor running for governor,…