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Colorado’s Unity Party sets inaugural state assembly, readies slate of candidates
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Fresh off its designation last year as Colorado’s newest minor political party, the Unity Party of Colorado has set the date of its inaugural state assembly, where party members – they call themselves “Uniters” – plan to nominate candidates for the fall ballot. So far, the party has candidates lined up for governor, Congress, the…
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‘It’s a long haul’: Gubernatorial candidate Bill Hammons likes Unity Party’s upward trend
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Alexa knows Bill Hammons. A few months back, when Hammons was sitting around the table at Thanksgiving in Austin, Texas, chewing the fat with family, the topic turned to what Uncle Bill was doing. Addressing the Amazon device in the room, his sister asked, “Alexa, who is Bill Hammons?” Almost immediately, Alexa spit back, “Bill…
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Perennial candidate Gary Swing joins Unity Party, plans run in 1st Congressional District
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He once sought swing voters in the swingiest of swing seats and ran for president of Arizona as the favorite son candidate – according to his mom, at least – but Gary Swing is trying on a different party for next year’s election. After several congressional runs on the Green Party ticket and a Boiling…
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Colorado GOP chair predicts effort to scrap primary will fail
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Colorado Republicans will decide in September whether to cancel next year’s primary election rather than allow unaffiliated voters to participate, party officials said this week, although the state GOP chairman says he’s confident the proposal will go down in flames. State voters approved Proposition 108 last year, allowing unaffiliated voters – a smidgeon over one-third…
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Unity Party fields two more candidates, declares its primaries will be open to unaffiliated voters
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The Unity Party of Colorado decided at its first meeting as an official minor political party that it wants unaffiliated voters to have the chance to vote in its primaries – and the party’s founder welcomes a primary challenger in his run for governor next year. The party also tripled the number of candidates running…
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Unity Party sets inaugural state convention as Colorado’s newest official minor party
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Now that the Unity Party has been elevated to minor party status in Colorado, its organizers say it’s time for a state convention to adopt bylaws, elect officers and approve a platform. And nachos. Anyone affiliated with the party – there were 1,002 as of last Monday, the secretary of state’s office said – can…
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Unity Party gains official status as minor political party in Colorado
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After logging more than 1,000 members earlier this week, the Unity Party officially became a minor party in Colorado, Secretary of State Wayne Williams announced, and its founder couldn’t be happier. “This is very exciting,” said Bill Hammons, who has appeared on the ballot four times on the ticket and is running for governor in…
