2018 gubernatorial race
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Democrats’ campaign bus tour sets stops in Denver metro area Monday
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The Colorado Democratic Party’s big blue campaign bus is back in the Denver metro area after making more than a dozen stops across the Western Slope and in Southern Colorado. The tour – meant to encourage voters to turn in ballots while drumming up publicity for Democratic candidates – includes six stops Monday in Denver,…
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Poll: Polis maintains lead over Stapleton in Colorado governor’s race
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Jared Polis holds a lead of seven percentage points over Walker Stapleton in Colorado’s race for governor, according to pollsters who found the same margin in late September. The poll, by Republican firm Magellan Strategies, shows Democrat Polis leading Republican Stapleton by double digits among women and unaffiliated voters. The poll’s results have Polis ahead…
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WATCH: Polis, Stapleton spar in 1st televised debate in governor’s race
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Democrat Jared Polis and Republican Walker Stapleton clashed over nearly everything but kombucha Friday night in the first televised gubernatorial debate of the general election, held just 10 days before ballots go out to Colorado voters. While the two candidates affirmed their mutual support for the zesty, fermented beverage in the final moments of the…
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WATCH: Stapleton, Polis debate at Denver chamber event
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Colorado gubernatorial candidates Jared Polis and Walker Stapleton sparred about business issues and the state’s economy Friday morning at a forum sponsored by the Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce and more than a dozen other business organizations. Denver Business Journal Ed Sealover moderated the 90-minute debate at the Hyatt Regency Denver at Colorado Convention Center.…
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Debate update: Stapleton, Polis to square off 8 times in Colo. governor’s race
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The debate schedule for Colorado’s governor candidates has gotten crowded. Republican Walker Stapleton and Democrat Jared Polis are set to face off in eight more debates across Colorado – starting Friday and continuing through Oct. 23, when voters will have ballots in hand. That’s up from the five debates the candidates had both agreed to…
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Poll finds Polis leading Stapleton by 7 points in Colorado governor’s race
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Democrat Jared Polis holds a 7-point lead over Republican Walker Stapleton in the race to be Colorado’s next governor, according to a new survey of likely voters by a bipartisan team of Colorado-based pollsters. The survey – jointly conducted by Democratic firm Keating Research and Republican firm Magellan Strategies – was commissioned by the nonpartisan…
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Polis fires back at GOP attack over income taxes, calls on Stapleton to release tax records
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U.S. Rep. Jared Polis said Tuesday he’ll be glad to discuss releasing more of his tax returns once Walker Stapleton, his Republican opponent in the Colorado gubernatorial race, matches the seven years of tax records that Polis released a decade ago when he first ran for Congress. Meanwhile, his campaign is firing back at a…
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Gubernatorial candidates talk mental health, substance abuse at bipartisan forum
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DENVER – A stage full of gubernatorial candidates agreed on the importance of addressing issues surrounding mental health and substance abuse, but some differed sharply on their approaches at a bipartisan forum devoted to the topics on Friday in Denver. “This issue is literally a matter of life and death,” said Andrew Romanoff, president of…
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‘It’s a long haul’: Gubernatorial candidate Bill Hammons likes Unity Party’s upward trend
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Alexa knows Bill Hammons. A few months back, when Hammons was sitting around the table at Thanksgiving in Austin, Texas, chewing the fat with family, the topic turned to what Uncle Bill was doing. Addressing the Amazon device in the room, his sister asked, “Alexa, who is Bill Hammons?” Almost immediately, Alexa spit back, “Bill…
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Democrat Phil Weiser to petition and go through caucus to get on primary ballot for attorney general
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After reporting earlier this week he’s raised more than $1 million, Democratic attorney general candidate Phil Weiser said Thursday he intends to take an “all-of-the-above” approach to get on the June primary ballot – by gathering petition signatures and by going through the caucus and assembly process. By taking both routes, Weiser risks knocking himself…
