2016 u.s. senate race
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Bennet ahead of Glenn, Clinton leads Trump in Colorado poll
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Democratic U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet leads his Republican challenger, Darryl Glenn, by 6 points in the first publicly available polling released since the El Paso County commissioner won the nomination in a crowded primary at the end of June. In the race for Colorado’s nine electoral votes, presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton holds a…
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Glenn: Today is a day to grieve, hug our neighbors, think about healing
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I am deeply grieved about what we have seen this past week. Words are hard to find. What happened in Minnesota, Dallas, and Baton Rouge was unspeakably evil. It is impossible to watch what has taken place in these three cities without feeling a mixture of grief and anger. With tragedy like this unfolding around…
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Glenn wins Republican nomination for U.S. Senate seat
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Riding a wave of endorsements from some of the nation’s top conservatives, El Paso County Commissioner Darryl Glenn emerged Tuesday from a crowded Republican primary field to face U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet in November. Glenn, who describes himself as an “unapologetic Christian, constitutional conservative, pro-life, Second Amendment-loving American,” jolted the state GOP for the second…
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Bennet swamps GOP Senate hopefuls in pre-primary fundraising
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THIS STORY HAS BEEN UPDATED U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet raised $1.65 million – more than 10 times as much as any of the Republicans hoping to unseat him – in the most recent reporting period, pre-primary finance reports show, although GOP candidate Jack Graham wrote his campaign a check for $500,000, bringing his self-funding total…
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Cruz backs Glenn in Republican U.S. Senate primary
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In his first endorsement since suspending his presidential campaign, Texas Sen. Ted Cruz got behind Republican Darryl Glenn, one of five GOP candidates in the U.S. Senate primary, and plans to headline a rally for the El Paso County commissioner Monday morning near Denver International Airport, the Glenn campaign announced Friday. “Darryl earned the support…
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Frazier joins Keyser calling on Glenn to apologize for Bronze Star attack
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The battle over Republican U.S. Senate candidate Jon Keyser’s combat record got more crowded Saturday when primary rival Ryan Frazier joined calls for Darryl Glenn to apologize for questioning how Keyser earned a Bronze Star for his service in Iraq a decade ago. But Glenn isn’t backing down. Noting that Glenn had declined the opportunity…
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Keyser demands outside group revoke Glenn nod after rival questions Bronze Star stories
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Republican U.S. Senate candidate Jon Keyser called on a powerful conservative organization to rescind its endorsement of a primary opponent on Thursday after El Paso County Commissioner Darryl Glenn questioned whether Keyser has been straight with voters about the activities that led to the Air Force intelligence officer winning a Bronze Star. Glenn, for his…
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Republicans lash news health insurance rates could soar, companies dropping coverage
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Republicans reacted angrily to news that 92,000 Coloradans could have to shop around for new health insurance plans and others could face rate increases as high as 40 percent, while U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet said Congress has to do more to curb rising health care costs. The Division of Insurance announced Tuesday that some health…
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Sarah Palin endorses Glenn in GOP Senate primary
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Calling him a “proven warrior,” former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin endorsed Republican U.S. Senate candidate Darryl Glenn on Tuesday in posts on social media. “Darryl Glenn is a conservative outsider needed to take Washington by storm,” Palin wrote in her endorsement. Citing Glenn’s military service – he’s a retired lieutenant colonel in the Air Force –…
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‘Zombie hunter’ Ryan Frazier hits airwaves in Senate race
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Republican U.S. Senate candidate – and, apparently, zombie hunter – Ryan Frazier hits the airwaves today with an ad aimed at setting the former Aurora city councilman apart from a crowded primary field of five candidates as mail ballots are set to drop statewide. “They just keep coming at us, devouring our freedoms and tax…