2016 presidential election
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Trail Mix: The road to Colorado’s 2018 election, March 25 edition
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A majority runs through it … Before U.S. Rep. Mike Coffman dropped to the floor at an Aurora restaurant last Sunday for his birthday pushups – 63 of them, one for each of his years on this planet – his fellow Republican George Brauchler ribbed Coffman about his age and whether or not the Marines…
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Colorado secretary of state’s office says no record found of Russians, companies named in Mueller indictment
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The Colorado secretary of state’s office said Tuesday that the 13 Russians and three companies indicted Friday for interfering in the 2016 presidential election don’t appear to have operated in the state, at least according to public records. “The Colorado Secretary of State’s office has reviewed the indictment about Russian interference in the 2016 presidential…
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Mueller indictments: Russian agents targeted Colorado in plot to sway election to Trump
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Russians intending to influence the 2016 presidential election targeted Colorado and other swing states as part of a multi-million dollar operation to “sow discord” among Americans while helping Republican Donald Trump defeat Democrat Hillary Clinton, according to an indictment released Friday naming 13 Russians and three Russian organizations. The federal indictment, brought by Special Counsel Robert…
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Democrat Jason Crow beats Mike Coffman in quarterly fundraising, lags GOP incumbent’s cash on hand
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Democrat Jason Crow outraised Republican U.S. Rep. Mike Coffman in the most recent fundraising quarter, but the five-term incumbent outspent his challenger in Colorado’s battleground 6th Congressional District and had more cash on hand at the end of the year, according to reports the campaigns plan to file with the Federal Election Commission. In the…
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Gold Star father Khizr Khan endorses Democratic congressional candidate Jason Crow
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The Gold Star father who came under attack from Donald Trump last year after offering to lend the Republican presidential candidate a copy of the Constitution sent out a fundraising email Friday for Jason Crow, a Democratic running in Colorado’s 6th Congressional District. “Jason Crow is someone who goes where the fight is,” wrote Khizr…
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Republican U.S. Rep. Mike Coffman draws primary challenge from ‘passionate patriot’ Roger Edwards
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Douglas County Republican Roger Edwards plans to announce Wednesday that he’s challenging U.S. Rep. Mike Coffman in next year’s GOP primary, charging the five-term incumbent with paying lip service to conservative priorities and using “identity politics” to divide residents of the battleground 6th Congressional District, he told Colorado Politics. “It has become exceedingly more difficult…
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Officials: Russian hackers scanned Colorado’s election infrastructure last year but failed to breach it
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Russian hackers tried without success to get into Colorado’s computerized voter system before last year’s election, officials with the Colorado secretary of state’s office said Friday. The Department of Homeland Security informed Secretary of State Wayne Williams’ office in a phone call before noon that Colorado was among states targeted last summer by hackers earlier identified…
