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Joe O’Dea makes Colorado’s Republican US Senate primary ballot by petition
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Construction company owner Joe O’Dea has qualified for the Republican primary for the nomination to challenge Democratic U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet, election officials said Monday. O’Dea is the first Republican to secure a spot on Colorado’s June 28 primary ballot for the seat. Seven other Republicans are vying to make the ballot at Saturday’s state…
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Republican delegates advance Lamborn challenger Dave Williams to 5th CD primary ballot
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State Rep. Dave Williams won top-line designation Saturday on Colorado’s Republican primary ballot in the 5th Congressional District, guaranteeing that U.S. Rep. Doug Lamborn will face at least two GOP challengers in his bid for a ninth term. Williams, a three-term state lawmaker from Colorado Springs, was the only candidate to emerge from the Republicans’…
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El Paso GOP chair attacks Lamborn after he cites ‘troubling irregularities’ in assembly process
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Long-simmering tension between competing factions in the local Republican Party spilled into public view on March 31 when El Paso County GOP Chairwoman Vickie Tonkins tore into U.S. Rep. Doug Lamborn in a combative email denouncing the Colorado Springs Republican as dishonest and corrupt after Lamborn accused Tonkins and her allies of rigging the nomination…
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Bennet challenger Joe O’Dea hits airwaves with Spanish-language radio ad
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Republican U.S. Senate candidate Joe O’Dea has released a Spanish-language radio ad narrated by his wife, whose grandparents immigrated to the United States from Mexico in the early part of the last century, his campaign said. O’Dea, a wealthy construction company owner and one of seven GOP candidates running against Democratic U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet,…
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Republican congressional candidate Barb Kirkmeyer qualifies for 8th CD primary ballot by petition
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State Sen. Barb Kirkmeyer on Friday became the third Republican to qualify for the June primary ballot in Colorado’s newly created 8th Congressional District by submitting enough valid signatures on nominating petitions, the Colorado Secretary of State’s Office said. Kirkmeyer, a former Weld County commissioner, is one of five GOP candidates running in the evenly…
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Republican Erik Aadland switches to assembly after petitions fall short for 7th CD primary
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Republican congressional candidate Erik Aadland will try to win a spot on the June primary primary ballot at next month’s 7th Congressional District assembly after failing to qualify by petition, his campaign said. Petitions submitted by Aadland, a former oil and gas executive and first-time candidate, fell short of the required 1,500 signatures from fellow…
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Boebert challenger Alex Walker qualifies for Democratic primary ballot by petition
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Congressional candidate Alex Walker, one of eight Democrats hoping to challenge Republican U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert in Colorado’s 3rd Congressional District, has qualified for the June primary ballot, the secretary of state’s office said late Friday in a statement declaring Walker submitted enough valid signatures on his nominating petitions. The 31-year-old Eagle County resident and first-time candidate…
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Republican Jan Kulmann 1st to qualify for primary ballot in Colorado’s new congressional district
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Republican Jan Kulmann, the mayor of Thornton, on Friday became the first candidate to qualify for the primary ballot in Colorado’s newly created 8th Congressional District after election officials determined she submitted a sufficient number of valid signatures on nominating petitions. Kulmann, an oil and gas engineer, is one of five Republicans seeking the nomination…
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Law enforcement groups withhold support for Polis’ public safety pitch, although they back other parts
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Three of the state’s largest law enforcement groups told Gov. Jared Polis in a letter Thursday that proposals pushed by Democrats in the legislature – which he has signed into law – have contributed to soaring criminality in Colorado and made prevention more difficult. The new laws, the coalition said, have collectively prioritized offenders “over victims and…
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Colorado PUC report highlights benefits, downside to new state law on wholesale electric market
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A state law requiring Colorado’s electric power producers to participate in “an organized wholesale market” for electricity could negatively impact the state’s “nationally recognized success with robust competition for generation development,” a report issued by the Colorado Public Utilities Commission warns. Joining one particular wholesale market could, for example, subordinate Colorado’s power needs to another state’s…
