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EMILY’s List endorses Democrat Brittany Pettersen in Colorado’s 7th Congressional District race
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A national group that backs Democratic women candidates endorsed state Rep. Brittany Pettersen in Colorado’s 7th Congressional District race on Thursday. “EMILY’s List is excited to announce our endorsement of Brittany Pettersen, a passionate young leader who will bring a much-needed perspective to Washington for Colorado’s 7th Congressional District,” said EMILY’s List President Stephanie Schriock…
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Letter: Gardner behind closed doors on ACA repeal
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Editor: Republicans in the U.S. Senate are secretly crafting a repeal of the Affordable Care Act. What has Sen. Cory Gardner told the citizens of Colorado about this bill? Nothing! Why the secrecy? Why no open hearings? The ACA had 100 open hearings. Currently in Colorado, 175,964 citizens enrolled in ACA health insurance plans for…
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Hickenlooper: ‘Kind of crazy’ to expect health care solutions from small, partisan group
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Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper, a Democrat, and Ohio Gov. John Kasich, a Republican, on Monday called on Senate Republicans to invite Democrats to the table and bring negotiations over health care legislation into the open. “I’ve never had a good idea in my life that, the moment I started talking about it with staff or…
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Colorado’s Hickenlooper, Bennet, Lynne to hold private talk on secret Republican health care plan
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U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet, Gov. John Hickenlooper and Lt. Gov. Donna Lynne will hold a private meeting Friday to talk about the Republican health care plan, which itself is shrouded in secrecy awaiting an unveiling and a vote in the Senate. Democratic activists across the country, including in Denver, have staged marches and publicity around…
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Report highlights impact GOP health care plan would have on kids in rural Colorado
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In arguing against a rollback of Medicaid expansion, the Colorado Children’s Campaign on Wednesday pointed to a recent study that shows that kids in rural communities would be impacted. The report, released by the Georgetown University Center for Children and Families and the Rural Health Research Project of the University of North Carolina, found that…
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Levi Tillemann rejects call to declare candidacy in 6th District, says he’s still considering run
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A local conservative organization is charging that Democrat Levi Tillemann is only pretending to be weighing a bid for Congress and has demanded the Aurora resident make his campaign official. But the former Obama administration official insists he’s staying “well within the boundaries” of federal election law and plans to decide soon whether or not…
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Election forecaster calls Mike Coffman’s race against Democrat Jason Crow a toss-up
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Mike Coffman has a race on his hands, according to the venerable Cook Political Report. In the wake of last week’s vote by House Republicans to approve a replacement for the Affordable Care Act, known as Obamacare, the election forecaster shifted the contest for the Aurora Republican’s 6th Congressional District seat from “Lean Republican” to…