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Perlmutter is back in congressional race, Moreno and Pettersen suspend campaigns

Aug 21, 2017

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JOEY BUNCH

U.S. Rep. Ed Perlmutter announced Monday morning he’s back in the race for his old seat in Congress from the 7th Congressional District. The Democrat from Arvada said in April he would run for governor but in June he said had lost the competitive fire and dropped out of that race. The Colorado Pols website…
Democrat Dan Baer raises more than $300,000 in two weeks in race to replace U.S. Rep. Ed Perlmutter

Aug 16, 2017

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Peter Marcus

Former Obama administration U.S. Ambassador Dan Baer raised more than $300,000 in two weeks since entering the race to replace U.S. Rep. Ed Perlmutter, Colorado Politics has learned. The Baer campaign confirmed the impressive fundraising haul, though it said that it has not yet analyzed where the money is coming from. Baer said only a…
News that Colorado’s U.S. Rep. Ed Perlmutter is reconsidering re-election sends ripple

Aug 15, 2017

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Peter Marcus

News reported by Colorado Politics on Friday that U.S. Rep. Ed Perlmutter is reconsidering a run for re-election has sent a ripple across the state’s political world. Four Democrats already in the 7th Congressional District primary race scrambed in the aftermath of the story, just as their fundraising efforts were starting to kick into a…
Colorado U.S. Rep. Ed Perlmutter is reconsidering a re-election bid

Aug 11, 2017

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Peter Marcus

U.S. Rep. Ed Perlmutter may not have “fire in the belly” to run for governor, but he has not ruled out running for re-election to Congress, Colorado Politics has learned. Multiple sources confirmed that after Perlmutter was approached by constituents and fellow colleagues in Congress about a re-election campaign, he began reconsidering running for re-election.…
#Retweets of the Week: The best from the feed of Colorado Politics

Aug 7, 2017

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JOEY BUNCH
Democrat Andy Kerr names Shad Murib to manage 7th Congressional District campaign

Aug 4, 2017

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Ernest Luning

State Sen. Andy Kerr, a Lakewood Democrat, announced Thursday that Shad Murib, the former chief of staff of the Colorado Senate Democrats, will be managing his campaign in the 7th Congressional District. Kerr is one of four Democrats running in the suburban district represented by six-term U.S. Rep. Ed Perlmutter, an Arvada Democrat. Perlmutter declined…
Colorado Senate Democrats’ campaign organization names Michael Whitehorn as executive director

Aug 1, 2017

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Ernest Luning

The campaign organization that works to elect Democrats to the Colorado Senate has named political veteran Michael Whitehorn as its executive director, it announced Monday. Whitehorn, who was most recently U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette’s campaign manager and senior counsel to the Denver Democrat’s congressional office, takes over from Andrew Short, who helmed the Democratic Senate…
Anti-Devos rally makes no secret of rift within Dem ranks over education reform

Jul 20, 2017

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DAN NJEGOMIR Colorado Politics

A mass-email from the Colorado Education Association Wednesday included a play-by-play account of that morning’s protest and rally at the Capitol denouncing Trump Education Secretary Betsy DeVos’s visit to Denver. So, even those who weren’t able to attend still got a feel for the event. And one of the feelings that was easy to pick up was…
Democrat Andy Kerr raises more than $104,000 in bid to replace Colorado U.S. Rep. Ed Perlmutter

Jul 14, 2017

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Peter Marcus

Colorado State Sen. Andy Kerr, a Democrat hoping to replace U.S. Rep. Ed Perlmutter in Colorado’s 7th Congressional District, will report raising more than $104,000 in his first fundraising period, Colorado Politics has learned. The campaign says fundraising was driven by grassroots and in-state donations, with 536 donors. More than 85 percent came from within…
Democrat Dominick Moreno raises nearly $85,000 in bid to replace Colorado U.S. Rep. Ed Perlmutter

Jul 14, 2017

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Peter Marcus

Colorado State Sen. Dominick Moreno, a Democrat hoping to replace U.S. Rep. Ed Perlmutter in Colorado’s 7th Congressional District, will report raising nearly $85,000 in his first fundraising period, Colorado Politics has learned. Moreno, who announced his campaign at the end of May and had just five weeks left in the fundraising quarter, received financial…