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A LOOK BACK | Webb victory advances climb in Denver city politics
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Thirty-Five Years Ago This Week: Wellington Webb’s election to Denver auditor, defeating opponent Bill Schroeder, came as a shock to few. The candidate had long been considered the favorite for victory and after claiming nearly 64% of the vote, Webb said his hopefulness had been rewarded. “I was always optimistic that I had a great…
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Ex-Republican Danielle Neuschwanger launches gubernatorial run on third-party ticket
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Danielle Neuschwanger, the Elbert County rancher who lost her bid earlier this month for a spot in Colorado’s Republican gubernatorial primary, said on Saturday that she is running on a third-party ticket – despite objections by some Republicans that her campaign will split the conservative vote and boost chances of Democratic Gov. Jared Polis winning…
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BEST OF COPO 2018 | Colorado’s dark horses: What makes non-major-party candidates run?
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Colorado Politics is taking a look back at some of our most significant and compelling stories of 2018. This story originally was published Nov. 5, just before the general election. For some minor-party and unaffiliated candidates, running for office is a labor of love. Others run to advance their party’s name recognition to the point…
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COVER STORY | Colorado’s dark horses: What makes non-major-party candidates run?
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For some minor-party and unaffiliated candidates, running for office is a labor of love. Others run to advance their party’s name recognition to the point where their candidates will someday be viable. But don’t suggest to any of them that a vote for a candidate who doesn’t have a “D” or “R” by their name…
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Perennial candidate Gary Swing joins Unity Party, plans run in 1st Congressional District
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He once sought swing voters in the swingiest of swing seats and ran for president of Arizona as the favorite son candidate – according to his mom, at least – but Gary Swing is trying on a different party for next year’s election. After several congressional runs on the Green Party ticket and a Boiling…
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Unity Party fields two more candidates, declares its primaries will be open to unaffiliated voters
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The Unity Party of Colorado decided at its first meeting as an official minor political party that it wants unaffiliated voters to have the chance to vote in its primaries – and the party’s founder welcomes a primary challenger in his run for governor next year. The party also tripled the number of candidates running…
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Unity Party sets inaugural state convention as Colorado’s newest official minor party
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Now that the Unity Party has been elevated to minor party status in Colorado, its organizers say it’s time for a state convention to adopt bylaws, elect officers and approve a platform. And nachos. Anyone affiliated with the party – there were 1,002 as of last Monday, the secretary of state’s office said – can…
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Unity Party gains official status as minor political party in Colorado
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After logging more than 1,000 members earlier this week, the Unity Party officially became a minor party in Colorado, Secretary of State Wayne Williams announced, and its founder couldn’t be happier. “This is very exciting,” said Bill Hammons, who has appeared on the ballot four times on the ticket and is running for governor in…
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YESTERYEAR: Nicholson draws fire from pro-lifers
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Twenty Years Ago this Week in The Colorado Statesman … Republican National Committee Chairman Jim Nicholson came under fire by an unlikely group of pro-life Republicans who compared his actions to those of Adolf Hitler. Nicholson, who considered himself pro-life, came under attack in early May 1997 by the American Constitution Party, the Colorado affiliate of the…
