alan salazar

In State of the State, Hickenlooper digs back into fiscal thicket

Jan 13, 2017

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John Tomasic

Gov. John Hickenlooper likely had to rewrite the State of the State speech he delivered Thursday, or at least rethink it. He surely thought he would be addressing a Legislature controlled by Democrats working in concert with a Clinton administration in Washington. Things didn’t turn out that way. Instead, the governor as speaking to the…
No silver bullets: Jim Carpenter stresses fundamentals, agility

Nov 3, 2016

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Ernest Luning

Jim Carpenter likes to tell a story about a campaign stop more than two decades ago in a small town on the Eastern Plains. It’s no coincidence the story stars former three-term Colorado Gov. Roy Romer, a man Carpenter describes as the master of quick thinking and innovative approaches to the surprises any politician is…
YESTERYEAR: Clinton, Dole storm swing-state Colorado as election looms

Oct 13, 2016

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Ernest Luning

Twenty Years Ago in The Colorado Statesman … With just a month until the November election, crucial swing-state Colorado was in the spotlight and was turning into a crossroads for presidential candidates and other national politicians. President Bill Clinton packed the Red Rocks amphitheater for a rally put together by Alan Salazar, the Clinton-Gore campaign’s…
Hancock names Alan Salazar chief of staff

Oct 12, 2016

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Mike McKibbin

A senior adviser to the Hillary Clinton campaign for president and a nearly three-decade veteran of public policy work at the state, federal and local levels was appointed chief of staff by Denver Mayor Michael Hancock Wednesday, Oct. 12. Alan Salazar will play a key role in managing the daily operations of the mayor’s office…
YESTERYEAR: Democrats defend Hillary Clinton as Bill nominated for second term

Sep 1, 2016

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Ernest Luning

Twenty Years Ago this week in The Colorado Statesman … Democrats dispelled any preconceptions that their 1996 national convention would mirror “the GOP’s tightly controlled production” that relied on “cheerleading youth to generate enthusiasm and whips to silence dissenters,” The Statesman reported from Chicago, where delegates nominated Bill Clinton and Al Gore for a second…
In Colorado, Hillary campaign so Hillary, Trump campaign so Trump

Jun 17, 2016

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John Tomasic

After winning wild-ride party primaries, Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump are now pivoting to the general election, looking ahead to the swing-state contests where the White House will be won or lost. In Colorado, the candidates are extending the distinct approaches they followed in the primary contests, and they are wildly different tacks. Indeed, it’s…
The Hot Sheet, April 1, 2016

Apr 1, 2016

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Jared Wright

VOL. 01 NO. 56 | APRIL 1, 2016 | COLORADOSTATESMAN.COM/THE-HOT-SHEET | © 2016 SAVE THE DATE: The Colorado Statesman cordially invites you to an “End-of-Session Bash,” Thursday, May 12, 4:30 – 6:30 pm at The University Club, 1673 Sherman St., Denver. More information coming soon. By TCS Publisher and Editor in Chief Jared Wright @_JaredWright_ “April 1. This is the day upon which we are…
The Hot Sheet, February 12, 2016

Feb 12, 2016

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Jared Wright

By TCS Publisher & Editor-in-Chief Jared Wright @_JaredWright_ Friday, February 12, 2016 DENVER – Well, you made it to Friday. Ahead for you are two days of not having to wander underneath the Gold Dome. Congrats. If you’re working campaigns … my condolences. “It’s always difficult to keep Fridays confined within themselves … they tend to spill over …” —…