2018 primary races
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Trail Mix: Can’t keep track? Follow the string
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You know the familiar creepy scene in crime dramas when we discover the culprit’s lair and get a glimpse into the twisted mind behind the mayhem we’ve been witnessing? There’s usually a wall covered with photos and newspaper clips – though, to be fair, those might brand it as a period piece these days –…
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Lamborn stays on primary ballot after courts deny last-ditch appeals
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After a pair of lawsuits finally finished working their way through state and federal courts on Wednesday, U.S. Rep. Doug Lamborn has found himself back where he was a month ago: On the June primary ballot, running for a seventh term. Those lawsuits yielded a mountain of documents, a blizzard of insults, as many close…
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Federal judge orders Lamborn onto primary ballot
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A federal judge on Tuesday ordered Colorado Secretary of State Wayne Williams to add U.S. Rep. Doug Lamborn to June’s Republican primary ballot and said Williams can’t enforce a state law requiring candidates’ petition circulators to be Colorado residents. The ruling by U.S. District Court Judge Philip Brimmer means Lamborn, a Colorado Springs Republican serving his sixth term…
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Ken Salazar throws support behind Cary Kennedy in Democratic gubernatorial primary
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Democratic gubernatorial candidate Cary Kennedy on Tuesday won an endorsement from former Interior Secretary Ken Salazar, who said it’s time Colorado elects a woman governor. “Cary Kennedy is the best person to lead Colorado in the years ahead. She has a vision to protect our land, water and people,” Salazar said, invoking a campaign slogan…
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ENDORSEMENT WATCH: Kamala Harris throws support behind Joe Neguse
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With just five weeks remaining until Colorado voters start to receive primary ballots in the mail, candidate endorsements are falling as thick as crabapple blossoms on a blustery spring day. Here are some of the endorsements that have been announced over the past week: U.S. Sen. Kamala Harris, the California Democrat high on lists of…
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Judge denies Hill’s bid to intervene in Lamborn’s lawsuit over ouster from primary
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A federal judge ruled over the weekend that state Sen. Owen Hill and a group of fellow Republicans won’t be allowed to intervene in a lawsuit filed by U.S. Rep. Doug Lamborn in the six-term GOP incumbent’s bid to get back on the primary ballot after the Colorado Supreme Court removed him. It’s the latest…
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Lamborn lawsuit over spot on primary ballot headed to federal court
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U.S. Rep. Doug Lamborn has his day in court Monday in Denver, when a federal judge has scheduled a hearing over a lawsuit that could determine whether the six-term Republican can appear on the June primary ballot. Lamborn sued Secretary of State Wayne Williams in U.S. District Court this week in response to a unanimous…
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Bernie Sanders endorses Joe Salazar in Democratic attorney general’s race
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U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont on Friday endorsed state Rep. Joe Salazar, one of two Democrats running for attorney general in Colorado’s June primary. Sanders, who carried Colorado’s 2016 Democratic caucuses by a wide margin as a presidential candidate, said he endorsed Salazar based on his “record of progressive achievements” as a lawmaker. “I…
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Owen Hill wants to intervene in federal lawsuit that could keep Doug Lamborn off ballot
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Owen Hill, a Republican challenging U.S. Rep. Doug Lamborn, wants to oppose Lamborn in federal court in a case that could keep the six-term incumbent off the June primary ballot. Hill, a Colorado Springs state senator and one of four Republicans trying to unseat Lamborn, plans to file a motion to intervene in the U.S.…
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Lamborn files federal lawsuit to secure spot on GOP primary ballot
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U.S. Rep. Doug Lamborn filed a lawsuit in federal court late Wednesday asking a judge to overturn a Colorado law that could keep the Colorado Springs Republican off the ballot in his bid for a seventh term in Congress. The move follows a unanimous ruling Monday by the Colorado Supreme Court that ordered Secretary of…
