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NOONAN | Does Colorado tilt toward grass roots or establishment? Primaries will tell
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The state attorney general and state treasurer primary races will reveal the most about the left and right forces on Democrats and Republicans. These primary races, even with independents voting, will give the sharpest snapshots of how progressive/moderate Democrat or establishment Republican/Trump Republican the parties are. State Democratic Rep. Joe Salazar, running for attorney general,…
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ENDORSEMENT WATCH | Colorado candidates notch support as primary looms
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Politicians and organizations are bestowing last-minute endorsements as candidate scramble to motivate voters in the days before the June 26 primary. Here are some of the Colorado candidate endorsements announced in recent days, including some going to candidates who aren’t in contested primaries and have already won their party’s nomination: ? Former U.S. Sen. Tim…
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Colo. state treasurer candidate seeks records on PERA contracts
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Bernard Douthit, a Democratic candidate for Colorado state treasurer, filed two open-records requests Thursday to get a look at more than 200 contracts between the state pension plan and fund management firms that he claims are paid about $130 million per year. Douthit’s request seeks access to the contracts, whether they can be terminated and…
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PRIMARY PREVIEW: Races for treasurer, AG play out across parties’ fault lines
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The top-of-the-ticket primaries for Colorado governor have been hogging the spotlight, but Democrats and Republicans are also angling for nominations for state treasurer and attorney general. While the down-ballot primaries differ from each other in several ways, they all feature a battle between the parties’ mainstream and more hard-core versions, and strategists say the outcomes…
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Kennedy wins top line, Polis will join Dems’ gubernatorial primary ballot
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BROOMFIELD – The Colorado Democratic Party’s state assembly has given former state treasurer Cary Kennedy the top line on its June 26 primary ballot. Kennedy, of Denver, received 61.65 percent of the vote. U.S. Rep. Jared Polis of Boulder also made the ballot with 32.85 percent. A third candidate, Erik Underwood, failed to gain the…
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Dems gather in Broomfield for Colo. state assembly
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The Colorado Democratic Party is meeting Saturday at the 1stBank Center in Broomfield for a full day of nominations and speeches for governor, treasurer, attorney general and secretary of state. The assembly started at 10 a.m. with brief remarks from state party Chair Morgan Carroll, who called on delegates to be positive. She exhorted them…
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Democrat Dave Young pulls in CEA endorsement in state treasurer’s race
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Dave Young, a state representative from Greeley and one of three Democrats running for state treasurer, notched an endorsement from Colorado’s largest teachers union Thursday. Colorado Education Association President Kerrie Dallman said the union, which counts 35,000 members, voted unanimously to throw its support behind Young in the three-way primary because of the former teacher’s…
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Trail Mix: The road to Colorado’s 2018 election, March 18 edition
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TREASURER HUNT … There are six Republicans running for state treasurer, and if current trends continue, primary voters could have nearly that many to choose from in June. Two of the candidates – Denver businessman Brian Watson and state Rep. Polly Lawrence of Roxborough Park – have turned in petitions, which are awaiting verification but…
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Republican Brian Watson first to turn in nominating petitions for state treasurer’s race
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Republican Brian Watson, a candidate for Colorado state treasurer, on Monday turned in petition signatures to the secretary of state’s office in hopes of securing a spot on the June primary ballot. The real estate CEO is one of six Republicans running for the office held by term-limited Walker Stapleton, a GOP candidate for governor.…
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Ken Salazar, state lawmakers endorse Democrat Dave Young for state treasurer
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State Rep. Dave Young, a Greeley Democrat, announced Wednesday that his campaign for state treasurer has won endorsements from former Interior Secretary Ken Salazar and three current and former state lawmakers. Young is one of four Democrats running to replace term-limited State Treasurer Walker Stapleton, a Republican candidate for governor. “I am supporting Dave Young…
