2018 congressional elections
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Diana DeGette lands endorsement from former primary rival David Sedbrook
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After running against her since last summer, Denver Democrat David Sedbrook this week endorsed U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette in the primary she’s facing against challenger Saira Rao. Sedbrook, who withdrew from the race in March after getting shut out at the Denver Democrats’ county assembly, said he decided to back the 11-term incumbent because of…
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Mike Coffman edges past challenger Jason Crow’s quarterly fundraising in 6th CD
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U.S. Rep. Mike Coffman plans to report raising $464,847 for the just-completed first fundraising quarter of the year – just $3,000 more than his leading Democratic challenger Jason Crow plans to report for the quarter, although the Republican incumbent has nearly $300,000 more cash on hand in the hotly contested race. Coffman will have raised…
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Lamborn will stay on ballot, judge rules; appeal planned
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U.S. Rep. Doug Lamborn will stay on the Republican primary ballot, a Denver District Court judge ordered Tuesday afternoon in a lawsuit that sought to invalidate hundreds of signatures gathered on the six-term incumbent’s nominating petitions. But an attorney for the group of GOP voters who sued to remove Lamborn from the ballot said he…
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Rep. Coffman fends off primary challenge in Colorado’s swing 6th District
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U.S. Rep. Mike Coffman, an Aurora Republican, held off a challenge Saturday at the GOP’s 6th Congressional District assembly from Roger Edwards, a conservative activist who criticized the five-term incumbent’s moderate positions and attempts to distance himself from President Donald Trump. Coffman’s supporters, however, cheered their candidate, who has won an unbroken string of elections…
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Lawsuit alleging petition fraud seeks to keep Lamborn from primary ballot
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DENVER – A lawsuit filed Tuesday by five Republican voters is asking a judge to remove U.S. Rep. Doug Lamborn from the 5th Congressional District’s GOP primary ballot, alleging petition circulators hired by Lamborn didn’t meet legal requirements to gather signatures for his campaign. The lawsuit, filed in Denver District Court, claims Lamborn fell more…
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Republican Owen Hill lands Rand Paul endorsement in 5th Congressional District primary
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Calling him “one of the good Republicans,” Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul this week endorsed congressional candidate Owen Hill, a Colorado Springs state senator and one of U.S. Rep. Doug Lamborn’s primary challengers. “He is a true constitutional conservative,” the libertarian-leaning Paul said in a 1-minute video released Wednesday by Hill’s campaign. “As you’ve seen the…
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DeGette primary challenger Rao tops $250,000 in 1st-quarter fundraising
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DENVER – Saira Rao, the Denver Democrat mounting a primary challenge against 11-term incumbent U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette, will report raising just over $250,000 for the quarter that ended Saturday, her first in the race, Colorado Politics has learned. Rao’s campaign said she received contributions from more than 950 individual donors since launching her campaign in…
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Congressional candidate Crow picks up endorsement from Perlmutter
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DENVER – U.S. Rep. Ed Perlmutter threw his support Monday behind fellow Democrat Jason Crow in the 6th Congressional District primary, saying the Aurora attorney and Army Ranger combat veteran has “already solved problems for the district” with his support for the new Veteran’s Administration hospital scheduled to open this summer. Crow is one of…
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Trail Mix: The road to Colorado’s 2018 election, March 25 edition
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A majority runs through it … Before U.S. Rep. Mike Coffman dropped to the floor at an Aurora restaurant last Sunday for his birthday pushups – 63 of them, one for each of his years on this planet – his fellow Republican George Brauchler ribbed Coffman about his age and whether or not the Marines…
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Maisha Fields named political director of Democrat Levi Tillemann’s congressional campaign
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Seasoned political operative Maisha Fields, the daughter of state Sen. Rhonda Fields, D-Aurora, has joined Democrat Levi Tillemann’s congressional campaign as political director, the campaign announced Thursday. Fields, who held a similar position on Gov. John Hickenlooper’s 2014 gubernatorial campaign, got her start in politics more than a decade ago when her younger brother Javad…