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Republican candidates pass on signing Colorado gubernatorial nominee Victor Marx’s ‘unity compact’
A spokesperson for Republican gubernatorial nominee Victor Marx said his campaign is “extremely encouraged” by responses to a document the campaign circulated late last week, asking fellow GOP nominees how they want to collaborate in the months ahead before Colorado’s November election. Two of the four other statewide Republican candidates, however, told Colorado Politics that…
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Turnout surges and winning margins stretch as final returns post in Colorado’s 2026 primary
County clerks finished posting unofficial results in Colorado’s primary election on Friday, drawing a line under a series of nominating contests that witnessed upsets, surprises and outright shockers by the time the votes were tallied. While the outcome changed in only one major, top-ticket race after the initial returns were reported on June 30, several…
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Victor Marx defeats Barb Kirkmeyer as Colorado’s Republican gubernatorial primary crosses finish line
Republican Victor Marx won Colorado’s Republican gubernatorial nomination on Thursday after maintaining a razor-thin lead over state Sen. Barb Kirkmeyer for more than a week as county clerks finished reporting final, unofficial vote totals. Marx, a missionary leader and first-time candidate, will face Democratic nominee Attorney General Phil Weiser in November for the office held…
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Republican Victor Marx maintains slim lead over Barb Kirkmeyer in Colorado gubernatorial primary
Republican Victor Marx held on to a narrow lead Monday over state Sen. Barb Kirkmeyer as county clerks continued to count ballots in Colorado’s gubernatorial primary. Following an update posted at 3:30 p.m. by the Colorado Secretary of State’s Office, Marx had 206,477 votes to Kirkmeyer’s 204,527, for a lead of 1,950, or about 0.38%…
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Barb Kirkmeyer takes lead over Marx, Bottoms in Colorado’s Republican gubernatorial primary
State Sen. Barb Kirkmeyer jumped out to an early lead over ministry leader Victor Marx and state lawmaker Scott Bottoms in Colorado’s Republican gubernatorial primary as initial returns posted Tuesday night. In returns posted shortly after polls closed, Kirkmeyer secured 44%, Marx got 37.5% and Bottoms had 18.5%. The margin tightened as the night wore…
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Phil Weiser defeats Michael Bennet in Colorado’s Democratic gubernatorial primary
Attorney General Phil Weiser took an early lead over three-term U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet in Colorado’s Democratic gubernatorial primary and held onto it, defeating the state’s longest-serving senator in more than 50 years to win a nomination that’s likely to land him in the governor’s office. Weiser led Bennet 55% to 45% just before 8…
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Colorado’s 3 Republican gubernatorial candidates face off in heated primary debate
The three Colorado Republicans running for governor defended their qualifications, described their visions for the state and traded jabs over each other’s character at an often contentious televised debate that routinely veered into unusual territory Tuesday night in Denver. The 60-minute debate at the University of Denver, sponsored by 9News, The Denver Gazette and Colorado…
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Republicans Kirkmeyer, Bottoms say they won’t back Marx if he wins Colorado’s gubernatorial primary
Two of the Republicans running for governor of Colorado said Tuesday night in a debate that they won’t support the third candidate if he wins next month’s primary election. State Sen. Barb Kirkmeyer and state Rep. Scott Bottoms said that Colorado Springs-based ministry leader Victor Marx, the race’s fundraising leader, won’t have their backing if…
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Victor Marx, Phil Weiser lead Colorado gubernatorial fundraising, as all campaigns’ hauls top $20 million
Colorado gubernatorial candidates and the independent expenditure committees backing them hauled in more than $20 million between them by the end of April, as the primary election approaches, according to campaign finance reports filed this week. Republican Victor Marx and Democrat Phil Weiser, the state’s term-limited attorney general, each raised over $1 million in the…
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Colorado candidates square off up and down the ballot ahead of primary election
With just over two months to go until ballots are counted in Colorado’s primary, candidates are squaring off in high-stakes contests for their party’s nominations in statewide and congressional races approaching the midterm election. For the first time in memory, state voters will have the chance to elect an entire new slate of state-level executive…