2018 congressional elections
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Colorado Springs City Councilman Tom Strand abandons primary challenge to U.S. Rep. Doug Lamborn
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Colorado Springs City Councilman Tom Strand is ending his bid to unseat incumbent Republican Congressman Doug Lamborn before it began. “The pieces for ’18 just didn’t roll together. … It seemed like I was trying to put a square peg in a round hole to make this happen,” Strand said Friday of his decision not…
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League of Conservation Voters endorses Joe Neguse in 2nd Congressional District race
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The political arm of leading environmentalist advocacy group League of Conservation Voters on Tuesday got behind congressional candidate Joe Neguse, one of three Democrats running in a primary for Colorado’s 2nd Congressional District seat being vacated by U.S. Rep. Jared Polis, who is running for governor. Neguse, a former University of Colorado regent from the…
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Mother of Aurora theater shooting victim hammers Mike Coffman for concealed carry vote in radio ad
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The mother of one of the victims of the Aurora theater shooting tears into U.S. Rep. Mike Coffman for his recent vote on gun legislation in a radio ad that began airing in the Republican’s suburban district this week. The Everytown for Gun Safety Action Fund, the political arm of one of the country’s largest gun control…
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Perennial candidate Gary Swing joins Unity Party, plans run in 1st Congressional District
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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…
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Democratic congressional candidate Jason Crow named to DCCC’s ‘Red to Blue’ program
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Jason Crow, one of three Democrats running for the chance to take on Republican U.S. Rep. Mike Coffman in the 6th Congressional District, was one of 11 candidates nationwide named this week to the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee’s “Red to Blue” program, which provides fundraising and organizational support in districts the party organization hopes to flip…
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Republican U.S. Rep. Mike Coffman sets telephone town hall Wednesday
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U.S. Rep. Mike Coffman, an Aurora Republican, is holding an hour-long telephone town hall this week as the GOP-controlled Congress enters the year’s home stretch, his office announced. The massive conference call is scheduled for 6:30-7:30 p.m. Wednesday. Register here to receive a call at the beginning of the discussion. Coffman said on his congressional…
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Democratic congressional candidate Jason Crow picks up Pipefitters endorsement
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One of the state’s more politically engaged unions weighed in this week in the 6th Congressional District Democratic primary as Pipefitters Local 208 announced it’s endorsing Democrat Jason Crow for the seat held by U.S. Rep. Mike Coffman, an Aurora Republican. “Jason Crow knows what it’s like to do an honest days work for an…
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Democrat Levi Tillemann plans to report raising $166,800 in 6th Congressional District primary
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Levi Tillemann, one of three Democrats trying to unseat Republican U.S. Rep. Mike Coffman in Colorado’s 6th Congressional District, will report raising $166,800 in the most recent fundraising period, he told Colorado Politics. Tillemann received contributions from 615 individual donors and didn’t accept money from political action committees, he said. His campaign plans to report…
