2016 presidential election
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Bianchi: Is Colorado still a swing state?
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The quick answer: yes. The real answer: it’s complicated. Helped by an influx of transplants drawn to Colorado’s liberal marijuana laws, high-tech economy and overall high quality of life, the state, by most metrics, is in a considerable economic boom. That same associated population growth, by the way, likely means that the upcoming 2020 census…
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Brexit leader Nigel Farage urges Trump to combat ‘pure obstructionism’ with national speech
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Nigel Farage, co-founder of the UK Independence Party and leader of the Brexit movement to withdraw the United Kingdom from the European Union, told Colorado Politics it could be time for President Donald Trump to address the American people in order to counteract what he called “pure obstructionism” by establishment forces in the wake of…
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Officials: Colorado’s election infrastructure not among 39 states’ reportedly hit by Russian cyber attack
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Colorado’s computerized voter system doesn’t appear to have been targeted by Russian hackers who penetrated systems in two states last summer and reportedly tried to access files in dozens of other states before last year’s election, officials with the Colorado secretary of state’s office said Tuesday. While the Colorado system is subject to hundreds of…
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Attorney General Coffman, Democratic challengers sound alarm over Comey memo
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Colorado Attorney General Cynthia Coffman on Wednesday called for an independent investigation into allegations that President Donald Trump asked former FBI Director James Comey to shut down a federal probe into Michael Flynn, Trump’s former national security advisor, according to accounts of a memo Comey wrote after a meeting with the president. Coffman, a Republican…
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Coffman, Democratic challenger agree it’s time for independent probe into Trump-Russia ties
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Republican U.S. Rep. Mike Coffman on Thursday called for an independent investigation into allegations of collusion between Russia and Donald Trump’s presidential campaign. Coffman’s Democratic challenger Jason Crow issued a similar call on Wednesday in the wake of Trump’s firing of FBI Director James Comey. “The American people deserve the truth about any involvement Russia…
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Wayne Williams not so keen on state bill to require presidential candidates to release tax returns
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Secretary of State Wayne Williams says his office can comply with proposed legislation to require that presidential candidates release their tax returns in order to appear on Colorado’s ballot, but he doesn’t think the bill is needed. House Bill 1328 would require presidential and vice presidential candidates to release their federal income tax returns for…
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Democratic bill would force Trump to release tax returns to appear on Colorado’s 2020 ballot
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Presidential candidates – including President Donald Trump – would have to release their tax returns if they want a spot on Colorado’s ballot and a shot at winning the state’s nine electoral votes under legislation introduced Friday by Democratic lawmakers. The sponsors of House Bill 1328 say the bill was inspired by Trump’s refusal to…
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Political veteran Dick Wadhams outlines ‘redprint’ for Republican victory in Colorado elections
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Dick Wadhams, who chaired the state Republican Party for two terms and had a hand in electing the statewide officials who set the tone for the Colorado GOP across three decades, has a message for the party: Republicans have never had it easy in Colorado. “This has always been a competitive state; this has never…
