6th congressional district
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Coffman asks Trump to put a general in charge of reuniting families
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Rep. Mike Coffman wants President Trump to put a general in charge of reuniting families separated at the U.S.-Mexico border. Coffman, a veteran, has been critical of Trump before. He called the administration’s zero-tolerance border policy that separated immigrant families “a human rights mess.” Coffman is one of the handful of Colorado politicians who have…
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Crow leads 6th CD field in pre-primary fundraising, but Coffman has more in the bank
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Democrat Jason Crow pulled in nearly $370,000 for the pre-primary fundraising period just ended, outraising U.S. Rep Mike Coffman, the Republican he hopes to unseat, by about 10 percent since April 1. But Coffman finished the period with around $400,000 more on hand than his challenger as total fundraising in the battleground 6th Congressional District…
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Democrat Jason Crow launches first TV ad in 6th CD primary
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Democrat Jason Crow hit the airwaves with his first TV ad Monday in the race for Colorado’s battleground 6th Congressional District. “When you see injustice, you have to lead by example, so I’ve taken a pledge that I’m not going to take a dime of corporate PAC money,” Crow says in the 30-second spot, airing…
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Faced with residency questions, Board of Education candidate says she ‘couch surfed’
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In the wake of questions about where Colorado State Board of Education candidate Debora Scheffel currently lives, the candidate and a Republican Party official tell of many moves over the last few years and point to recently updated voter registration records. Scheffel was appointed in January to fill a vacancy on the state board for…
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Poll results convince Democrat Tillemann to stay in 6th CD race
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Democrat Levi Tillemann on Monday said he plans to stay in the 6th Congressional District primary after a private poll his campaign commissioned shows he’s leading Republican U.S. Rep. Mike Coffman by 5 points – better than the statistical tie the same poll found between Jason Crow, the other Democrat in the race, and the five-term…
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Tillemann says he’ll withdraw from primary if poll shows only Crow can beat Coffman
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Democratic congressional candidate Levi Tilleman said Friday he’ll drop out of the 6th District primary if a poll he has commissioned shows that primary rival Jason Crow is the only Democrat who can unseat five-term Republican Mike Coffman in the suburban swing seat. Tillemann told Colorado Politics he expects to have the results in hand…
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Democrat Jason Crow wins teachers-union endorsement in 6th CD race
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Jason Crow, an attorney and one of two Democrats running in a primary for the 6th Congressional District seat held by Republican U.S. Rep. Mike Coffman, picked up an endorsement from Colorado’s largest teachers union Thursday, his campaign announced. The Colorado Education Association and its national parent, the National Education Association, threw their support behind…
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Pelosi defends party intervention in Colo.’s 6th Congressional District race
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House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi defended her party’s electoral operation on Thursday, referring to an audio recording of Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer urging a candidate in a contested Colorado congressional primary to quit the race. That conversation between Hoyer, D-Maryland, and 6th Congressional District candidate Levi Tillemann in December at a Denver hotel was first…
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Democrats set primary between Jason Crow, Levi Tillemann in battleground 6th District
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Two Democrats will face off in the June 26 primary for the chance to challenge Republican Mike Coffman in the suburban congressional district both sides agree could determine which party controls the House. Delegates awarded spots on the primary ballot to Jason Crow, an attorney and Army combat veteran, and Levi Tillemann, a clean energy…
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Mike Coffman edges past challenger Jason Crow’s quarterly fundraising in 6th CD
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U.S. Rep. Mike Coffman plans to report raising $464,847 for the just-completed first fundraising quarter of the year – just $3,000 more than his leading Democratic challenger Jason Crow plans to report for the quarter, although the Republican incumbent has nearly $300,000 more cash on hand in the hotly contested race. Coffman will have raised…
