2016 u.s. senate race
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Democrats celebrate Colorado as ‘pocket of sanity’ amid national election results
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Colorado Democrats celebrated sweeping wins across the state on Tuesday night at a hotel in downtown Denver, but the election-night watch party felt more like a wake as the national map on large-screen televisions slowly turned more and more red, depicting Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump’s win over Democrat Hillary Clinton. Clinton carried the state’s…
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Bennet beating Glenn by 16 points in race for Colorado Senate seat
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U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet is “swamping” his Republican challenger Darryl Glenn by 16 points Colorado, according to a Quinnipiac University Swing State Poll released on Thursday. Bennet leads Glenn 54-38 percent in the poll of likely Colorado voters, which was conducted Aug. 9-16. The Democratic incumbent, who is seeking his second full term in the…
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Poll: Clinton, Bennet lead by double digits in Colorado
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Democrats Hillary Clinton and Michael Bennet are leading their Republican opponents by wide margins in Colorado, according to a new NBC News/Wall Street Journal/Marist poll of battleground states released Friday. Clinton leads Donald Trump by 14 points, 46 percent to 32 percent, among registered voters in Colorado in a two-way race, the poll says. Her…
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McConnell: GOP chances to keep Senate are ‘very dicey’
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Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Thursday that GOP prospects for keeping control of the Senate after the November elections are “very dicey,” sounding an alarm amid mounting Republican concerns about presidential nominee Donald Trump, Speaking to a Louisville-area civic group in his home state, McConnell said Senate Republicans were going to be “on defense” in…
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Dems, industry advocates slam Glenn for opposition to renewable energy tax credits
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Leading Democrats and representatives of the wind and solar energy industry are criticizing Republican U.S. Senate candidate Darryl Glenn for his opposition to popular tax credits supporters say contribute billions of dollars to the Colorado economy. Citing studies that show Colorado at or near the top of states whose economies benefit from the renewable energy…
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Clinton ahead of Trump, Bennet beating Glenn in four Colorado polls
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Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton and Democratic U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet are leading their Republican opponents – in some cases by double-digit margins – in Colorado, according to four public opinion surveys released in the last week. Clinton’s average lead in Colorado over Republican nominee Donald Trump is 9.5 points, according to polls conducted in…
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Glenn rejects ‘pivoting toward center’ as he moves past GOP Senate primary
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In an unpredictable political year and on the heels of his upset win in last month’s primary, Republican Darryl Glenn is counting on the same mix of straight talk and shoe leather that propelled him from underdog status to U.S. Senate nominee to help him topple Democratic U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet. It’ll be a tough…
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Poll: Gary Johnson leads Trump among Colorado independents
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Democrat Hillary Clinton is sitting on a 10-point lead over Republican Donald Trump in a head-to-head race for swing-state Colorado’s nine electoral votes, according to a poll of registered voters conducted this week by Fox News. The same poll shows Democratic U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet beating Republican challenger Darryl Glenn by 15 points. In perhaps…
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Bennet, Clinton hold wide leads in new Colorado poll
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Democratic candidates U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton hold identical 13-point leads over their Republican opponents in Colorado, according to a Monmouth University poll released Wednesday. It’s the second poll in as many days to show top-ticket Republicans trailing in the swing state, although the margins were closer in the…