5th congressional district
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Democrat Matt Cavanaugh ends campaign in Colorado’s 5th CD, says petition firm came up short
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Democratic congressional candidate Matt Cavanaugh said Wednesday that he was ending his bid to challenge Republican U.S. Rep. Jeff Crank in Colorado’s 5th District because the firm his campaign hired to gather petition signatures failed to deliver. Cavanaugh, an Army combat veteran and author, registered as a Democrat in late December after launching an independent…
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Army veterans Jessica Killin, Joe Reagan qualify for Democratic primary ballot in Colorado’s 5th CD
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Democratic congressional candidates Jessica Killin and Joe Reagan secured spots Saturday in Colorado’s June primary to decide who will run against Republican U.S. Rep. Jeff Crank in a district that’s only ever sent GOP lawmakers to Congress. The two Democrats, however, told delegates at the party’s nominating assembly in Colorado Springs that the 5th Congressional…
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Republican Jeff Crank, Democrat Jessica Killin qualify by petition for Colorado’s 5th CD primary
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Republican U.S. Rep. Jeff Crank and Jessica Killin, one of the Democrats challenging the first-term incumbent, have both qualified for the primary ballot in Colorado’s 5th Congressional District after turning in a sufficient number of petition signatures, state election officials said this week. Crank is seeking the GOP nomination without opposition in the Republican-leaning district,…
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Independent Crank challenger Matt Cavanaugh joins Democratic primary in Colorado’s 5th CD
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Matt Cavanaugh, the Army combat veteran and author who has been running an independent campaign to unseat first-term Republican U.S. Rep. Jeff Crank in Colorado’s 5th Congressional District, registered this week as a Democrat and will seek the party’s nomination for the seat. Cavanaugh told Colorado Politics that his principles haven’t changed, but the former…
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Crank challenger Jessica Killin racks up endorsements from all of Colorado’s congressional Democrats
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U.S. Sen. John Hickenlooper has endorsed fellow Democrat Jessica Killin’s bid to oust Republican U.S. Rep. Jeff Crank in Colorado’s 5th Congressional District, giving the first-time candidate a clean sweep of support from the state’s six-member Democratic delegation. Killin, an Army veteran and former chief of staff to second gentleman Doug Emhoff, is one of…
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Combat veteran, author Matt Cavanaugh launches independent challenge to Jeff Crank in Colorado’s 5th CD
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Army combat veteran and author Matt Cavanaugh on Tuesday launched an independent bid to challenge first-term Republican U.S. Rep. Jeff Crank in Colorado’s 5th Congressional District, predicting that its voters are hungry for an alternative to what he termed the “broken two-party system.” “I’m as unhappy with this same old, broken Washington as everybody else…
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Donald Trump endorses Colorado Republican Jeff Crank’s bid for reelection
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President Donald Trump formally endorsed U.S. Rep. Jeff Crank’s bid for reelection on Tuesday, calling the Colorado Springs Republican a “Fierce Advocate for our America First Agenda.” Crank, a staunch Trump ally, is seeking a second term in the reliably Republican 5th Congressional District, whose border roughly coincides with that of El Paso County. The…
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In likely Gassen-Crank matchup, voters in Colorado’s 5th CD have ‘real choice’
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Two candidates vying to become the newest face in nearly two decades to represent Colorado’s 5th Congressional District will likely present starkly dissimilar views on the issues as voters prepare to head back to the ballot box this fall. Republican Jeff Crank, a former talk radio host and executive with the Koch network-backed Americans For…
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Gassen overtakes Reagan in Dem primary for Colorado’s 5th Congressional District
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Overnight, educator River Gassen overtook her opponent Joe Reagan, a military veteran, in Tuesday’s 5th Congressional District Democratic primary election. Unofficial returns from the Secretary of State’s Office last updated just before 1:15 a.m. showed Gassen leading Reagan by 459 votes, earning 20,639 votes, or 50.6%, to Reagan’s 20,180, or 49.4%. Reagan had maintained a…
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Boebert unveils first TV ad in 4th CD, GOP candidate alleges Dave Williams, Vickie Tonkins withheld delegate list, DougCo to challenge Colorado ‘sanctuary’ laws | WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
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Today is March 19, 2024, and here’s what you need to know: U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert hit the airwaves Monday with a TV ad touting Donald Trump’s backing in the first salvo of the Republican primary election in her new congressional district. “Lauren, you’re going to do fantastically in your district,” says Trump in the…
