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Bernie Sanders endorses DeGette challenger Melat Kiros in Colorado’s 1st CD Democratic primary
U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders on Friday endorsed congressional candidate Melat Kiros, one of two Democrats challenging 15-term U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette in Colorado’s June primary. Sanders, a Vermont independent who caucuses with the Democrats, called the 29-year-old Kiros “exactly the kind of bold leader we need in Congress” and said he is “excited” to endorse…
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Combat veteran, author Matt Cavanaugh launches independent challenge to Jeff Crank in Colorado’s 5th CD
Army combat veteran and author Matt Cavanaugh on Tuesday launched an independent bid to challenge first-term Republican U.S. Rep. Jeff Crank in Colorado’s 5th Congressional District, predicting that its voters are hungry for an alternative to what he termed the “broken two-party system.” “I’m as unhappy with this same old, broken Washington as everybody else…
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CNN cites Polis among Democrats who refuse to challenge Biden
Colorado Gov. Jared Polis made it to CNN’s list of potential primary challengers to President Joe Biden — though Polis and the other Democrats ruled out running against their party’s leader, according to the article published on Monday. The article said some have talked about Polis as a potential contender in the Democratic primary for…
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ENDORSEMENT WATCH | Bernie Sanders, Al Gore back measure to restrict drilling
Fresh off last week’s visit to rally Colorado voters behind gubernatorial nominee Jared Polis and other Democratic candidates, Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders has released his positions on a few of the state’s ballot questions, including support for an initiative that opponents warn could grind oil and gas production to a halt. Sanders, who describes himself…
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Bernie Sanders follows rallies with Denver fundraiser for state House candidates
Bernie Sanders urged supporters Wednesday night at a Denver fundraiser to work hard until the midterms to elect “courageous people” who can implement progressive policies. “We can win a sweeping victory all across this country, but – but we won’t do it simply by dreaming of a blue wave,” said Sanders, the independent senator from…
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Bernie Sanders stumps in Colorado for Polis, Democrats
U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders stumped for Democratic gubernatorial nominee Jared Polis in front of college kids at the University of Colorado Boulder on Wednesday before heading north to Fort Collins to do the same at Colorado State University. Sanders calls himself a democratic socialist, but the independent senator from Vermont caucuses with the Democrats in…
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Bernie Sanders to campaign for Polis in Colorado on 9-state tour
By Ken Thomas, Associated Press U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders is embarking on a nine-state battleground tour on behalf of Democratic candidates competing in the November elections, including Colorado governor hopeful Jared Polis. Sanders will attend rallies in Boulder and Fort Collins on Oct. 24, state Democrats said Tuesday. The party said details would be announced…
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Congressional candidate Diane Mitsch Bush defends socialist reading
A socialist for Congress from Colorado? Let those with an untarnished search history cast the first stone. If you were to pluck a given journalist out of the bunch and examine their internet search history, you’d find some pretty odd stuff, guaranteed. For example, when I was a crime reporter, my search history would have…
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TRAIL MIX: Tom Tancredo, Bernie Sanders will flavor Colorado’s fall campaign
Elsewhere at ColoradoPolitics.com, we take a look at the just-completed June primary and consider the winners and losers left in its wake. Two towering and political figures, Tom Tancredo and Bernie Sanders, don’t fit neatly into either category – they appear to have won some and lost some – but have done as much as…
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PRIMARY 2018: DeGette, Crow, Neguse win congressional primaries
With decisive votes, Coloradans set the table in the June primary that ended Tuesday for seven fall congressional elections, settling most key races not long after voting ended by wide margins. Less than an hour after the 7 p.m. voting deadline, three of the state’s most interesting congressional races were already decided, and a fourth…