2018 election
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Centrist Project releases survey to help attract independent candidates
Colorado is open to the idea of voting for candidates who don’t have a party, according to a survey released Thursday by the Centrist Project Institute. The survey indicates 85 percent of Coloradans would consider candidates who don’t belong to a party, and 53 percent don’t like the way Democrats and Republicans are running the…
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Stapleton donates $250k to his campaign for Colorado governor
Aha, Colorado voters got their first official look at Walker Stapleton’s direct and immediate donors Thursday, if they have no life and they were reading the Colorado Secretary of State’s website at 6:45 p.m., when it showed up. And there’s $250,000 that the state treasurer is putting into his own race for governor, even…
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Former legislator Claire Levy endorses Democrat Michael Dougherty in attorney general race
Claire Levy, executive director of the Colorado Center on Law and Policy and a former state legislator, endorsed Democrat Michael Dougherty in his run for attorney general Thursday. Dougherty, the assistant district attorney for Jefferson and Gilpin counties, is one of five Democrats running in a primary for the office held by Republican Cynthia Coffman, who…
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Commissioner Stan VanderWerf endorses Republican Chance Hill in CU regent’s race
Republican Chance Hill announced Tuesday that he’s won the endorsement of El Paso County Commissioner Stan VanderWerf for University of Colorado regent in the 5th Congressional District. Hill, an employment law attorney and political newcomer, is the lone declared candidate for the seat in next year’s election, when incumbent Kyle Hybl, who has also endorsed…
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EMILY’s List targets Secretary of State Wayne Williams, Colorado Senate’s Republican majority
EMILY’s List, a national group that recruits and helps fund Democratic women candidates, said Thursday it’s putting Colorado’s Republican Secretary of State Wayne Williams and GOP state senators “on notice,” naming them to its list of top targets for defeat in next year’s election. The group charged that Williams has “failed to defend” Coloradans against…