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YESTERYEAR: Hickenlooper, others launch project to grapple with climate change

Sep 15, 2016

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Ernest Luning

Ten Years Ago this week in The Colorado Statesman … Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper was joined by Lakewood Mayor Steve Burkholder, Fort Collins Mayor Doug Hutchinson, Colorado Forum director Gail Klapper, former Colorado State University president Al Yates and others to unveil the Colorado Climate Project, aimed at developing a plan to reduce the state’s…
YESTERYEAR: Democrats defend Hillary Clinton as Bill nominated for second term

Sep 1, 2016

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Ernest Luning

Twenty Years Ago this week in The Colorado Statesman … Democrats dispelled any preconceptions that their 1996 national convention would mirror “the GOP’s tightly controlled production” that relied on “cheerleading youth to generate enthusiasm and whips to silence dissenters,” The Statesman reported from Chicago, where delegates nominated Bill Clinton and Al Gore for a second…
YESTERYEAR: Bush clears brush, raises big bucks during Colorado visit

Aug 25, 2016

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Ernest Luning

Fifteen Years Ago this week in The Colorado Statesman … More than a year before the midterm elections, President George W. Bush made a stop in Colorado – his first since assuming the presidency – as part of his “Heartland” tour, signaling the start of the political season. Before attending an enormous fundraiser for U.S.…
YESTERYEAR: Dole, Kemp make first campaign stop in Denver after boisterous GOP convention

Aug 17, 2016

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Ernest Luning

Twenty Years Ago this week in The Colorado Statesman … Republican presidential nominee Bob Dole and his running mate Jack Kemp – the “American Dream team” – would make their first post-convention campaign appearance in Denver, underlining the importance of Colorado as a crucial swing state in the 1996 election. The Kansas senator gave a…
Western Slope Dems look down ballot in post-Bernie world

Aug 2, 2016

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David O. Williams Special to Colorado Politics

With the official nomination of Hillary Clinton as the Democratic Party’s presidential candidate, longtime Democrats and progressive political activists on Colorado’s Western Slope are grappling with the impacts on down-ballot races in a post-Bernie Sanders world. Some candidates and party officials are predicting a Democratic exodus of disaffected Bernie backers to the Green Party, while…
YESTERYEAR: Denver grapples with economic challenges in wake of oil price plunge

Jun 30, 2016

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Ernest Luning

Thirty Years Ago this week in The Colorado Statesman … Cities across the country were facing challenges in the face of economic pressures – a recent study showed that 60 percent of 660 American cities surveyed were anticipating budget deficits in 1986 – but Denver was not demoralized, said Mayor Federico Peña in his State of the…
Yesteryear: Webb blasts new stadium name, school funding fights loom

Feb 4, 2016

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Ernest Luning

Fifteen Years Ago this week in The Colorado Statesman … Denver Mayor Wellington Webb lamented a vote by the Metropolitan Football Stadium District board naming the new stadium “Invesco Field at Mile High,” saying “a piece of Denver history and tradition was lost despite the overwhelming public sentiment to keep ‘Mile High Stadium’ as the…
Wadhams: GOP Senate candidate Graham’s Democratic past not that unusual

Feb 1, 2016

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Ernest Luning

Republican U.S. Senate candidate Jack Graham was registered as a Democrat until January 2015, his campaign manager confirmed Monday, but he also pointed out that it isn’t at all unusual for a former Democrat to be elected as a Republican senator from Colorado. “There’s a guy named Cory Gardner, who was a Democrat when he…