2018 congressional elections
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Major Republican funding group cuts off support for Mike Coffman
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The campaign arm of Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives is dropping its financial support for U.S. Rep. Mike Coffman, the GOP incumbent who has represented Colorado’s battleground 6th Congressional District for five terms, Colorado Politics has confirmed. The National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) is canceling $1 million in TV advertising and redirecting the…
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Republican PAC launches ad attacking Army vet Jason Crow for ‘turning his back on veterans’
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A Republican super PAC released its second TV ad Friday attacking Democrat Jason Crow for the attorney and decorated Army veteran’s record on veterans issues. The 30-second ad, paid for by the House GOP-aligned Congressional Leadership Fund, repeats charges from the group’s first ad – that Crow missed meetings of a state veterans board…
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GOP super PAC takes aim at Army vet Jason Crow’s record as advocate for veterans
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The leading House Republican super PAC is launching an attack ad Friday targeting Democratic congressional candidate Jason Crow, a decorated Army combat veteran, for missing meetings of a state board while the VA scandal brewed. The hard-hitting 30-second ad, set to air in the Denver market and on digital platforms, is the Congressional Leadership Fund’s…
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Former U.S. House Speaker John Boehner to headline Denver fundraising dinner for Tipton
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Former U.S. House of Representatives Speaker John Boehner will headline a fundraising dinner to help U.S. Rep. Scott Tipton, R-Cortez, defend his seat in the 3rd Congressional District. The $250-per-person dinner will be held Thursday at The Halcyon Hotel, 245 Columbine Street in Denver, beginning at 5 p.m. The event is not open to the…
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HUD Secretary Ben Carson plans visit to Aurora affordable housing complex
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U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Ben Carson is scheduled to tour an affordable housing site in Aurora Monday afternoon with U.S. Rep. Mike Coffman and the city’s new mayor, Bob LeGare. The officials plan to visit the $53 million Village at Westerly Creek complex on East Kentucky Avenue and talk about Aurora’s Opportunity…
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TRAIL MIX | Positive polls like Jason Crow’s are often shrouded in mystery
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Jason Crow’s campaign is touting the results of a poll showing the Democrat with a slim lead over five-term Republican Mike Coffman in Colorado’s battleground 6th Congressional District. The survey, commissioned by the Crow campaign, found the first-time candidate had the support of 47 percent of the district’s likely general election voters, edging out Coffman’s…
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ENDORSEMENT WATCH | Peg Perl unveils backers in Denver clerk race
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The municipal election isn’t for another 10 months, and she has yet to draw an opponent, but Denver clerk and recorder candidate Peg Perl is already racking up support for her bid, the attorney and former senior counsel for Colorado Ethics Watch announced this week. The current and former officials supporting Perl include House House Majority…
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OUT WEST ROUNDUP | Pruitt’s political future uncertain back home in Oklahoma
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Oklahoma Pruitt’s political future uncertain back home OKLAHOMA CITY – Scott Pruitt’s tenure as the head of the Environmental Protection Agency ended with his resignation, but political experts in his home state of Oklahoma say he could continue his career in public office. The path could lead him back to Washington. Pruitt, a former Oklahoma…
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Crow sets 6th CD record, tops $1 million in quarterly fundraising
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Democrat Jason Crow plans to report raising more than $1 million for the just-completed second fundraising quarter of the year, more than any candidate in the battleground 6th Congressional District has raised for the same period in previous elections, including five-term Republican incumbent U.S. Rep. Mike Coffman. Crow, who isn’t taking contributions from corporate political…
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PRIMARY 2018: DeGette, Crow, Neguse win congressional primaries
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With decisive votes, Coloradans set the table in the June primary that ended Tuesday for seven fall congressional elections, settling most key races not long after voting ended by wide margins. Less than an hour after the 7 p.m. voting deadline, three of the state’s most interesting congressional races were already decided, and a fourth…
