2016 u.s. senate race

Republican congressional candidate Darryl Glenn first to submit nominating petitions

Feb 14, 2018

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Ernest Luning

Republican congressional candidate Darryl Glenn this week became the first candidate in Colorado to submit petitions signatures for the June primary ballot, ahead of the three other Republicans petitioning in the 5th Congressional District and dozens of other candidates circulating petitions to qualify for the primary. “We like to lead from the front,” Glenn, an…
Cynthia Coffman ditches petitions, says she’ll seek ballot through assembly process

Feb 14, 2018

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Ernest Luning

With three weeks to go until precinct caucuses, Attorney General Cynthia Coffman announced Tuesday she’s dropping her plans to petition onto the Republican gubernatorial primary ballot and will instead go through the caucus and assembly process. In a telephone town hall conducted by her campaign, Coffman, one of nine GOP candidates for governor, told listeners…
Democrat Jared Polis says he’ll go through caucuses and circulate petitions to get on primary ballot for governor

Jan 4, 2018

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Ernest Luning

Democratic gubernatorial candidate Jared Polis said Thursday he plans to take two approaches to getting on Colorado’s June primary ballot – by going through the caucus and assembly process and by gathering petition signatures. He’s one of five leading Democrats running for the office held by term-limited Gov. John Hickenlooper. Two of the others –…
Democratic attorney general candidate Phil Weiser plans to petition, keep caucus option open

Dec 21, 2017

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Ernest Luning

Phil Weiser, one of five Democrats running for attorney general, told supporters Wednesday to plan on helping him petition onto the primary ballot starting next month, but he also encouraged them to attend precinct caucuses and higher assemblies, potentially another route to the primary. A spokesman for Weiser told Colorado Politics the candidate intends to…
Perennial candidate Gary Swing joins Unity Party, plans run in 1st Congressional District

Dec 8, 2017

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Ernest Luning

He once sought swing voters in the swingiest of swing seats and ran for president of Arizona as the favorite son candidate – according to his mom, at least – but Gary Swing is trying on a different party for next year’s election. After several congressional runs on the Green Party ticket and a Boiling…
‘You are the swamp’: Conservative leaders demand Mitch McConnell step aside, cite failure to support Darryl Glenn

Oct 12, 2017

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Ernest Luning

A group of nationally prominent conservative organizers on Wednesday called on Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and other Republican Senate leaders to resign, charging they’ve failed to pass any substantive legislation even as the GOP controls every branch of government. “Republicans were given full control of the federal government,” the leading conservatives wrote in a…
Buoyed by 2016 senate bid that fell short, Darryl Glenn back in the running

Sep 22, 2017

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Ernest Luning

Congressional candidate Darryl Glenn likes to tell a story about a woman he met at a farmer’s market earlier this summer. “She was an older black lady, independent,” he says. “I stopped by and introduced myself, and she was like, ‘You’re a – Republican?’” He scowled like he was sniffing a carton of milk…
Republicans Jerry Natividad, Mark Barrington weigh run against U.S. Rep. Ed Perlmutter

Sep 14, 2017

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Ernest Luning

Two Lakewood Republicans are considering whether to challenge U.S. Rep. Ed Perlmutter’s bid for a seventh term in the 7th Congressional District, Colorado Politics has learned. Jerry Natividad, who mounted a brief campaign last year for the U.S. Senate seat held by Democrat Michael Bennet, and Mark Barrington, who has run for legislative and city…
Republican Darryl Glenn declares he’s challenging Colorado U.S. Rep. Doug Lamborn: ‘Our country is in the balance’

Jul 17, 2017

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Ernest Luning

Declaring that the 5th Congressional District needs someone who will “fight for what he knows is right” and not just vote the right way, Darryl Glenn, the GOP nominee for the U.S. Senate in Colorado last year, announced on Monday that he’s running for the seat held by incumbent U.S. Rep. Doug Lamborn, another Colorado…
Colorado Republican Doug Lamborn raises more than $70,000 for congressional reelection campaign

Jul 15, 2017

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Ernest Luning

U.S. Rep. Doug Lamborn, a Colorado Springs Republican facing at least two primary challengers next year, raised $72,766 in the most recent fundraising quarter, according to a finance report his campaign filed Friday. He finished with $378,553 on hand at the end of June. The six-term incumbent brought in nearly twice what he raised in…