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Republican Deborah Flora hires Axiom Strategies, team for 2022 US Senate campaign

Dec 8, 2021

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Ernest Luning

Republican Deborah Flora announced key additions to her 2022 U.S. Senate campaign in Colorado on Wednesday, including strategists fresh off wins in last month’s off-year elections and consultants at national firms with winning records in Senate races. Flora is one of eight Republicans vying for the nomination to challenge Democrat Michael Bennet, who is seeking…
OUT WEST ROUNDUP | Utah lawmaker tries pot ahead of medical marijuana vote

Nov 7, 2018

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Ernest Luning

Lawmaker tries pot ahead of medical marijuana vote SALT LAKE CITY – A Utah lawmaker drove to Las Vegas and tried marijuana for the first time ahead of the statewide vote on a proposition to legalize its use for Utah residents with qualifying medical conditions. Sen. Jim Dabakis wanted to try cannabis before the vote,…
Buoyed by 2016 senate bid that fell short, Darryl Glenn back in the running

Sep 22, 2017

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Ernest Luning

Congressional candidate Darryl Glenn likes to tell a story about a woman he met at a farmer’s market earlier this summer. “She was an older black lady, independent,” he says. “I stopped by and introduced myself, and she was like, ‘You’re a – Republican?’” He scowled like he was sniffing a carton of milk…
Colorado Republicans Mike Coffman, Cory Gardner condemn Trump tweets, call for president to end ‘Twitter tantrums’

Jun 29, 2017

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Ernest Luning

Colorado Republicans U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner and U.S. Rep. Mike Coffman tore into President Donald Trump’s latest Twitter tirade on Thursday after the president targeted two news hosts with insults. Coffman said in his own tweet that the president’s tweets are “beneath the dignity of his office,” while Gardner called Trump’s outburst “wrong” and said…
Colorado, national conservatives reflect at Denver RedState Gathering

Aug 15, 2016

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Michael McGrady The Center Square

In an unorthodox election year, conservative Republicans had something to get pumped up about this last weekend in Denver. While some pollsters claim Colorado has lost its political classification as a battleground state this election cycle, RedState.com, an unabashedly conservative blog, chose Colorado’s biggest city to rally – and in some cases even console –…
If Trump can’t get along with GOP, how will he govern?

Aug 9, 2016

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Steve Peoples

Beyond the immediate fallout from his rocky relationship with party elders, there’s a longer-term reality for Donald Trump: Should he win the presidency, he’ll have to work closely with the same GOP leaders he’s vilified on the campaign trail. He has taken modest steps in recent days to ease tensions, yet a growing chorus of experienced…
Littwin: Cory Gardner opts out of Trump’s coronation

Jul 20, 2016

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Mike Littwin

I have to give Cory Gardner credit. When faced with a choice, he stood up – or actually ducked out, but still pretty much the same thing – for principle. OK, he wouldn’t say what the principle was exactly. And, being Cory Gardner, he didn’t feel the need to explain any of it to voters.…
Trump set to speak among friends, foes at Western Conservative Summit

Jun 30, 2016

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John Tomasic

The Republican Party’s presumptive presidential nominee Donald Trump will kick off the Western Conservative Summit in Denver this Friday as part of a larger effort to shore up support for his candidacy among traditional conservative voters ahead of the party’s July 18-21 national convention in Cleveland. The convention, hosted by the Centennial Institute at Colorado…
Glenn wins Republican nomination for U.S. Senate seat

Jun 29, 2016

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Ernest Luning

Riding a wave of endorsements from some of the nation’s top conservatives, El Paso County Commissioner Darryl Glenn emerged Tuesday from a crowded Republican primary field to face U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet in November. Glenn, who describes himself as an “unapologetic Christian, constitutional conservative, pro-life, Second Amendment-loving American,” jolted the state GOP for the second…