2022
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Colorado GOP files complaint against Polis over governor’s letter touting TABOR refund
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The Colorado Republican Party on Thursday filed a complaint against Gov. Jared Polis, alleging the Democrat violated campaign finance law by enclosing a letter with tax refund checks going in the mail this week to 3.1 million state residents. Calling the move a “political stunt,” state GOP chair Kristi Burton Brown said in a statement…
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Lauren Boebert challenger Adam Frisch wins Democratic primary by 290 votes over Sol Sandoval
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Although his advantage narrowed to only a few hundred votes by the time all the ballots were counted, former Aspen City Councilman Adam Frisch maintained the lead he had over Pueblo activist Sol Sandoval on primary night, winning the Democratic nomination to challenge Republican U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert, according to final, unofficial vote totals posted…
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2022 SESSION: CONFRONTING CRISES | Actions of the 2022 General Assembly
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2022 offered legislators the first real opportunity to set an ambitious agenda after two years of limping through the global pandemic, but Colorado’s emergence out of the COVID-19 crisis also unleashed a torrent of challenges. There were many familiar problems, such as housing, behavioral health and wildfires, as well as new ones, notably soaring inflation…
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Democrat Jena Griswold raises $850K for reelection as secretary of state, smashing Colorado records
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Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold raised more than $850,000 for her reelection bid during the first fundraising period of 2022, the Democrat’s campaign told Colorado Politics on Friday. The sum dwarfs receipts reported in any previous quarter by down-ballot, statewide Colorado candidates, including candidates for attorney general, secretary of state or state treasurer. Her…
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Garnett’s gambit: House speaker fights for legacy-defining fentanyl bill in final year as legislator
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When House Speaker Alec Garnett sat down with Colorado Politics in January to reflect on his last year in office, he said he always prefers taking on “one tough one than a bunch of consensus-driven ideas.” “I always tell Emily that I’m going to focus on one big thing,” said Garnett, one of the youngest to…
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SONDERMANN | A feverish, chill-producing GOP assembly
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Eric Sondermann For a collection of pandemic deniers and public health resisters, those attending the Colorado Republican Party’s state assembly a week ago showed every sign of still being in the grasp of a dangerous fever, spiking to scary heights and producing the usual delusions. The fun and games were set to begin promptly at…
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Republican US Rep. Doug Lamborn qualifies for June primary ballot in bid for 9th term
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U.S. Rep. Doug Lamborn has qualified for the Republican ballot in the 5th Congressional District after turning in a sufficient number of petition signatures, state officials said Wednesday, making the eight-term incumbent the first congressional candidate to secure a spot in Colorado’s June primary election. “We had way more names than we actually needed,” Lamborn…
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‘Lies, lies and damn lies’: Boebert’s GOP challenger swings back at ads alleging hemp scheme
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The gloves came off quickly in the Republican primary for the Colorado congressional seat held by U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert. Boebert’s campaign announced on Thursday that it was launching a barrage of attack ads aimed at state Sen. Don Coram, the Montrose Republican who made it official last week that he’s challenging the incumbent. The…
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Officials in both parties eye bids to replace Ed Perlmutter in Colorado’s 7th District
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Several Jefferson County politicians tell Colorado Politics they’re deciding whether to jump in the race for the 7th Congressional District after eight-term Democratic U.S. Rep. Ed Perlmutter’s surprise announcement on Monday that he won’t run for re-election. The potential candidates include two state lawmakers and a county commissioner whose husband narrowly lost a bid for…
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Polis vows to lift economic burden on Coloradans, Republicans say it’s a crisis of Democrats’ own making
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Soaring prices of commodities and spiking criminality took center stage at the state Capitol in Denver on Thursday, when Gov. Jared Polis outlined an ambitious agenda to lift the economic burden on Coloradans, keep them safe from violence and signaled the start of the campaign to pass what could become the state’s most expensive spending…
