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Missouri’s Jason Kander to headline fundraiser for Democratic secretary of state candidate Jena Griswold
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Former Missouri Secretary of State Jason Kander, the president of Let America Vote and a 2016 Democratic nominee for the U.S. Senate, will be the featured guest at a March fundraiser for Colorado secretary of state candidate Jena Griswold, her campaign announced Wednesday. Kander and Griswold, who is challenging Republican Secretary of State Wayne Williams’…
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Progressive Democrats of America chapter endorses Democrat Levi Tillemann in 6th District primary
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Calling him “a true progressive who will fight for everyone,” the Denver chapter of the Progressive Democrats of America this week endorsed congressional candidate Levi Tillemann, one of four Democrats running for the 6th Congressional District held by Republican U.S. Rep. Mike Coffman. Chapter leader Susan Gilbert, who lives in the suburban 6th District, said Tillemann, a…
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Trail Mix: The road to Colorado’s 2018 election, Feb. 18 edition
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THEY GRABBED A CLIPBOARD … It looks like a lot of Coloradans took the advice of a certain soon-to-be-former president. In his farewell address, delivered just over a week before leaving office, President Barack Obama said an oft-quoted line – “If you’re disappointed by your elected officials, grab a clipboard, get some signatures, and run…
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BIDLACK: Someone tell Donald Trump opposition is not treason
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My poor and long-suffering editor here at Colorado Politics is Diligent, Awesome, and Nice, so I call him “Dan.” And poor Dan often has to remind me that the name of the site is “Colorado Politics” and not “DC Politics.” And I really, really do try to write about Colorado. After all, there is lots…
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U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette endorses Democrat Jena Griswold for secretary of state
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U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette and her husband, attorney Lino Lipinsky, on Monday endorsed Democrat Jena Griswold in her campaign for Colorado secretary of state. “Jena Griswold has the experience and tenacity to safeguard our democracy while making a mark as Colorado’s next secretary of state. Jena will be the first Democratic woman in Colorado’s history…
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‘Another positive step forward’: U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner lauds expanded North Korea sanctions
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Colorado’s Sen. Cory Gardner, a Yuma Republican, cheered a new round of sanctions imposed by the Trump administration Wednesday on North Korean business and financial operations, calling it “another positive step forward in this administration’s efforts to hold bad actors responsible for aiding North Korea and their rogue regime.” The increased sanctions are an attempt to…
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Colorado Democrats already fundraising off chance Gordon Klingenschmitt could run for office again
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No sooner had word gotten out that former state Rep. Gordon Klingenschmitt was considering mounting a political comeback than the Colorado Democrats were sounding the alarm – and passing the hat. In a fundraising email blasted out Wednesday, the director of the state Democrats’ House Majority Project warned supporters that Klingenschmitt, a Colorado Springs Republican,…
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The return of Dr. Chaps? Gordon Klingenschmitt weighs run against Tony Exum
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Former state Rep. Gordon Klingenschmitt, the Colorado Springs Republican and former Navy chaplain known as “Dr. Chaps,” said Tuesday night he’s forming an exploratory committee to weigh a bid against state Rep. Tony Exum, the Colorado Springs Democrat who holds one of the state’s swingiest of swing seats. Klingenschmitt told a group of Republican activists…
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Congressional candidate Levi Tillemann says top House Democrat Steny Hoyer urged him to end primary campaign
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Minority Whip Steny Hoyer of Maryland, the No. 2 Democrat in House leadership, encouraged Democrat Levi Tillemann to end his primary campaign in Colorado’s 6th Congressional District during a December meeting at a Denver hotel, saying that state and national congressional and party leaders had decided “very early on” to consolidate their resources behind another…
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THE PODIUM: Donald Trump scored an impressive conservative record in 2017
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A great many, even among those who voted for Donald Trump, openly questioned his conservative bona fides during the 2016 campaign. Some of his most ardent supporters (see Sean Hannity and Laura Ingraham) quickly migrated from being the self-appointed enforcers of “Principled Conservatism” within the Republican Party to an unqualified endorsement of the new “Trumpian…
