2016 election
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Missouri’s Jason Kander to headline fundraiser for Democratic secretary of state candidate Jena Griswold
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Former Missouri Secretary of State Jason Kander, the president of Let America Vote and a 2016 Democratic nominee for the U.S. Senate, will be the featured guest at a March fundraiser for Colorado secretary of state candidate Jena Griswold, her campaign announced Wednesday. Kander and Griswold, who is challenging Republican Secretary of State Wayne Williams’…
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Gubernatorial candidate Kathleen Cunningham wants a Denver version of Central Park
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Kathleen CunninghamParty: UnaffiliatedAge: 64Hometown: downtown DenverOccupation: Retired CPAFamily: Four siblingsPolitical experience: Independent and write-in races for president and governor since 2010 This is a weekly series by Colorado Politics to feature a wide range of candidates for governor to tell voters who they are as people before we plow into their politics in the weeks…
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The return of Dr. Chaps? Gordon Klingenschmitt weighs run against Tony Exum
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Former state Rep. Gordon Klingenschmitt, the Colorado Springs Republican and former Navy chaplain known as “Dr. Chaps,” said Tuesday night he’s forming an exploratory committee to weigh a bid against state Rep. Tony Exum, the Colorado Springs Democrat who holds one of the state’s swingiest of swing seats. Klingenschmitt told a group of Republican activists…
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Coloradans weigh in on dissolution of Trump voter fraud commission
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Secretary of State Wayne Williams, who took heat from Democrats for cooperating with a voter fraud commission set up by President Donald Trump last summer, issued a statement Wednesday after the White House announced the commission was being dissolved. Democrats also weighed in, including Sen. Michael Bennet, a Denver Democrat, and Jena Griswold, who is…
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Wayne Williams: Colorado elections run smoothly, with a little help from the National Guard
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Colorado’s 2017 election went off without a hitch, Secretary of State Wayne Williams said Thursday – a remarkable feat considering nearly half of the state’s counties were using new election equipment – but if any problems had arisen, the National Guard was on hand to help resolve them. “We just believe it’s important to have…
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With one day to go, ballots received from 22% of Colorado voters
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Republicans still lead in Colorado ballot returns one day before county clerks must receive them, but Democrats are catching up. It’s too late to mail ballots – they must be received by 7 p.m. Tuesday in order to count, election and U.S. Post Office officials say. A total of 718,174 ballots were in hand Monday morning,…
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Republicans maintain lead as ballots continue pouring in to Colorado election officials
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Republicans continue to return their ballots at a faster rate than Democrats and unaffiliated voters in Colorado, but the gap is narrowing as Election Day approaches, according to the secretary of state’s office. As of Friday morning, 612,589 voted ballots had been received by election officials, out of the state’s 3.37 million active registered voters. Registration…
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Older voters dominate Colorado ballot returns as Election Day approaches
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Voters over age 60 are casting their ballots at a fast clip, accounting for almost 60 percent of the total ballots returned through Thursday morning, according to Colorado election officials. With 12 days until Election Day – and just five days until the U.S. Postal Service and Colorado secretary of state’s office recommend mailing ballots…
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Officials: Republicans take early lead as Colorado ballots begin trickling in
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With just over two weeks to go until Election Day, more than 36,000 voted ballots had been received by Colorado election officials by early Monday, the secretary of state’s office reported. That’s out of the 3.36 million active registered voters in Colorado at the beginning of October – split nearly evenly between Democrats and Republicans…
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Colorado Democratic Party’s executive director Anne Wilseck leaving party post for consulting gig
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Colorado Democratic Party executive director Anne Wilseck plans to step down from her job with the party in early November, a party spokesman said Monday. “Although I’m leaving the Democratic Party, I’m not leaving the Democratic movement,” Wilseck said in a statement. “There is still so much work to do to help people all over…
