1st congressional district
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DeGette primary challenger Saira Rao running for a ‘seat at the table’
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Saira Rao says she decided to stop practicing law at a New York firm and start a publishing company devoted to children’s fiction featuring diverse characters when she was watching cartoons with her daughter Lila one day about six years ago. “I saw the utter lack of diversity, and that’s when I switched gears to…
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IN RESPONSE: Diana DeGette does not stand for you
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Diana DeGette does not stand for you. DeGette and her fat cat cronies have been getting wealthy while our communities suffer. She shows up at election time for our votes and, once elected, quickly returns to Washington to vote for bigger and bigger government programs that make her and her friends rich and powerful and…
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DeGette primary challenger Saira Rao tops 500 donors, six figures in under a month
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Saira Rao, a Denver Democrat, said Friday her campaign received contributions from more than 500 individual donors within a month of launching her primary challenge against U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette, who is serving her 11th term representing Colorado’s 1st Congressional District. “We are not taking any corporate PAC money,” Rao said in a statement. “Special interests…
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DeGette primary challenger Saira Rao calls on Colorado lawmakers to boycott Trump’s State of the Union address
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Saira Rao, a Denver Democrat challenging 11-term U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette in a primary, on Thursday called on Colorado’s congressional delegation to boycott President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address next week, saying that attending the speech in Washington will only “legitimize” the Republican. Instead, Rao said she’s sponsoring an alternative event on Tuesday…
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Perennial candidate Gary Swing joins Unity Party, plans run in 1st Congressional District
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He once sought swing voters in the swingiest of swing seats and ran for president of Arizona as the favorite son candidate – according to his mom, at least – but Gary Swing is trying on a different party for next year’s election. After several congressional runs on the Green Party ticket and a Boiling…
