2016 presidential election

Michael Bennet, Cory Booker call for audit of White House commission on election fraud

Sep 18, 2017

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Ernest Luning

Democratic Senators Michael Bennet of Colorado and Cory Booker of New Jersey introduced legislation Friday to require a government audit of the White House commission on election fraud, calling the controversial panel a “sham” and charging it was wasting taxpayer money. “There is simply no evidence of widespread voter fraud in the United States,” Bennet said…
Hillary Clinton sells out December appearance in Denver to sign her new book

Sep 13, 2017

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Ernest Luning

Tickets to a December appearance by Hillary Clinton to promote her latest memoir, “What Happened,” at a Denver bookstore sold out within hours Tuesday. The former first lady, U.S. senator, secretary of state and Democratic presidential nominee explores the 2016 presidential election and her surprise loss to Republican Donald Trump in the 491-page book, which also published…
Colorado Springs City Councilman Tom Strand juggling obligations to run for Congress

Aug 27, 2017

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Ernest Luning

Tom Strand isn’t planning on giving up his seat on the Colorado Springs City Council to run for Congress against Republican Doug Lamborn, the entrenched 5th Congressional District incumbent up for election next year. Strand said his obligations to the council – he was elected as an at-large member in 2015, and as chairman of…
Colorado Springs Councilman Tom Strand says he plans to mount GOP run in 5th Congressional District

Aug 24, 2017

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Ernest Luning

Colorado Springs City Councilman Tom Strand plans to enter the crowded Republican primary for the 5th Congressional District seat held by five-term incumbent U.S. Rep. Doug Lamborn, he told Colorado Politics Thursday. The retired Air Force colonel and former member of the Colorado Springs School District 11 board said he’s been considering a run for…
Colorado Clinton director Emmy Ruiz among Hillary’s first hires to run grassroots PAC

Aug 6, 2017

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Ernest Luning

Hillary Clinton has hired Emmy Ruiz, Colorado state director for Clinton’s 2016 presidential campaign, to help organize Onward Together, a nonprofit and super-PAC Clinton and former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean founded earlier this year. Ruiz and fellow long-time Clinton operative Adam Parkhomenko are among the first hires for the project, which is aimed at backing grassroots…
Colorado Republican gubernatorial candidate Victor Mitchell says he’d refuse to campaign with Donald Trump

Aug 1, 2017

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Ernest Luning

Republican gubernatorial candiate Victor Mitchell says he’s often called the “nice Donald Trump” in a video interview posted online Monday, but also says he’ll decline to campaign with Trump in Colorado if he wins the GOP nomination next year. “No,” Mitchell tells host Jason Bane of the Colorado Pols political website. “No thanks. Donald Trump…
Republican George Brauchler wins Western Conservative Summit’s Colorado gubernatorial straw poll

Jul 23, 2017

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Ernest Luning

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZyJ5CRU8U4 Republican George Brauchler won the Western Conservative Summit’s straw poll for next year’s gubernatorial election in Colorado with nearly twice the vote of his nearest competitor, organizers announced Sunday. Brauchler, the 18th Judicial District attorney, led the vote with 39 percent of the vote in the highly unscientific poll. Entrepreneur and former state lawmaker…
‘The face of the Trump campaign in Colorado’: Weston Imer talks about life as one of the president’s most visible supporters

Jul 21, 2017

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Ernest Luning

When people think of the Trump campaign in Colorado, they might think of Weston Imer. And he has this on good authority. “Eric Trump told me that I am the kid of the Trump campaign, I am the face of the Trump campaign in Colorado,” the 13-year-old Imer told Colorado Politics. “And they wanted me…
VIDEO: Colorado Sen. Michael Bennet says ‘Putin couldn’t ask for a better friend’ than Donald Trump

Jul 14, 2017

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Ernest Luning

U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet said Russian President Vladimir Putin “couldn’t ask for a better friend” than President Donald Trump on Thursday during a discussion with a bipartisan group of lawmakers sponsored by CBS News. After a Republican congressman from Texas said Russia should face consequences for “interfering in our democracy,” Bennet, a Colorado Democrat, said…
Democrat Seth Moulton endorses fellow veteran Jason Crow in 6th Congressional District

Jun 25, 2017

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Ernest Luning

Massachusetts Rep. Seth Moulton, a rising star in the Democratic Party, this week endorsed 6th Congressional District candidate Jason Crow, calling the Denver attorney and Army Ranger veteran “an outspoken and results-oriented advocate for his fellow veterans in Colorado and across the country.” Moulton, who served four tours in Iraq as a Marine, threw his support…