2016 presidential election
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Hickenlooper says recusal might not be enough if Sessions committed perjury
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Gov. John Hickenlooper said Thursday he wants to know whether Attorney General Jeff Sessions broke any laws before deciding if the former Republican senator should do more than simply recuse himself from an investigation into allegations of Russian tampering with the 2016 election. “I’m not sure if recusal is sufficient,” Hickenlooper, a Democrat, said in a…
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Indivisible founder tells Denver crowd how a movement was born: ‘It’s a tidal wave’
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They hadn’t intended to spark a movement, much less inspire one of the more ubiquitous hashtags of the past several months. But that’s what happened when Leah Greenberg, her husband and two friends wrote a declaration filled with advice called “Indivisible: A Practical Guide for Resisting the Trump Agenda,” and posted it online in mid-December.…
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Republican legislative leaders see opportunity, challenges courting Trump voters
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Leading Republican lawmakers told a group of GOP donors that the party is poised to capture the Colorado voters who swung to Donald Trump last fall but cautioned against assuming they’re in the bag just yet. “No one can be Trump,” Senate President Kevin Grantham, R-Cañon City, told Republicans gathered for a fundraiser at Maggiano’s…
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PHOTOS: Colorado Republicans toast Trump inauguration at glittering gala
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Former Colorado state Senate President John Andrews welcomed “fellow Americans, fellow patriots, fellow deplorables” to a glittering celebration of President Donald Trump’s inauguration on Friday night at the Marriott Denver Tech Center in Denver, promising a “rip-roaring celebration of making America great again.” The sold-out black-tie gala event – one of only a handful held…
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Highlight reel: Colorado’s wild and woolly 2016 election season
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Symbolic of the divisiveness of our politics, many Coloradans will look back at the 2016 election with violent contempt, reflecting on a political year that saw the rise of President-elect Donald Trump, while others will reminisce with sublime glee over a cycle where voters bucked the political establishment. In a year full of tectonic shifts…
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Nicolais: North Carolina to skew checks and balances? Does it even matter?
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The political drama unfolding in North Carolina recently trumped even the transition of the new president-elect for many political junkies. An acrimonious gubernatorial election between incumbent Republican Patrick McCrory and Democrat Roy Cooper led to a nearly month-long standoff as Cooper won with a razor-thin margin. Now that acrimony has spilled into sweeping new laws…