angela giron

Race for Senate President Leroy Garcia’s seat heats up, recalled legislator joins contest

Feb 12, 2022

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Marianne Goodland

Among the seven candidates so far who want to succeed outgoing Senate President Leroy Garcia is a familiar name: former state Sen. Angela Giron of Pueblo, whom voters recalled in 2013. And next Saturday’s election is starting to shape up as a battle between endorsers: in Giron’s corner, Sen. Julie Gonzales of Denver; in Nick…
Pueblo Democrat Leroy Garcia launches reelection bid in Senate District 3

Feb 25, 2018

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Ernest Luning

Assistant Senate Minority Leader Leroy Garcia, the Pueblo Democrat who took back one of the Senate seats lost to Republicans in Colorado’s 2013 recall elections, formally launched his campaign this week for a second term representing Senate District 3. Garcia, a paramedic, community college instructor and Marine Corps veteran, said in a statement he wants…
Q&A with Colorado’s Laura Carno: ‘I, the citizen, am created equal to the politician’

Sep 3, 2017

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DAN NJEGOMIR Colorado Politics

Laura Carno’s political views probably could be summed up in four words: Government ruins nearly everything. In fact, that’s the title of her book. It also says a lot about the campaigns and causes she embraces. The El Paso County-based author, political consultant and all-around activist on the right, who was instrumental in the recall…
Angela Giron returning to the Boys and Girls Club, the foundation of her political rise

Apr 25, 2017

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Joey Bunch

Former state Sen. Angela Giron is returning to the Boys and Girls Club of Pueblo County, the Associated Press, via the Pueblo Chieftain told us the other day. Giron’s rise on the statewide political landscape started with the organization where she worked for 27 years, including as its president and chief executive, until 2007. Giron was…
Complete Colorado: NY’s Bloomberg is back in Colorado’s gun debate

Feb 3, 2017

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DAN NJEGOMIR Colorado Politics

Of interest today as the state Senate heats up with floor debate over two GOP gun bills: Complete Colorado reports that billionaire investor and former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s gun-control advocacy organization has hired Colorado lobbyists to oppose one of the pending proposals. Here’s Complete’s Sherrie Peif: From August through December, the Everytown for Gun Safety…

angela giron

Race for Senate President Leroy Garcia’s seat heats up, recalled legislator joins contest

Pueblo Democrat Leroy Garcia launches reelection bid in Senate District 3

Q&A with Colorado’s Laura Carno: ‘I, the citizen, am created equal to the politician’

Angela Giron returning to the Boys and Girls Club, the foundation of her political rise

Complete Colorado: NY’s Bloomberg is back in Colorado’s gun debate