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Mitsch Bush launches TV ad in 3rd CD Democratic primary
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Diane Mitsch Bush joined primary rival Karl Hanlon on the 3rd Congressional District’s airwaves and cable wires Monday as the Democrat unveiled a TV ad touting her stance on issues and several prominent endorsements. Mitsch Bush, a former state lawmaker from Steamboat Springs, is facing Hanlon, a Carbondale rancher and water attorney, as well as…
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ENDORSEMENT WATCH: Teachers union backs Neguse in 2nd CD Dem primary
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There isn’t much time left for politicians and organizations to announce their endorsements in Colorado’s primary races. Ballots will be arriving in mailboxes within a few weeks and voters will be soon be voting, so expect a flood of announcements by early June from the big enchiladas who want to help their favored candidates win.…
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Ritter throws support behind Mitsch Bush in 3rd CD Democratic primary
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Former Gov. Bill Ritter on Tuesday endorsed Diane Mitsch Bush, one of three Democrats running for the 3rd Congressional District seat held by four-term U.S. Rep. Scott Tipton, maintaining that the former state representative is the only candidate who can oust the incumbent Republican. Noting that he first met Mitsch Bush in 2006, when he…
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Bill Ritter throws support behind Weiser in Democrats’ attorney general primary
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Democratic state attorney general candidate Phil Weiser has won an endorsement from former Colorado Gov. Bill Ritter, his campaign announced Tuesday. Weiser will help lead the state’s fight against climate change, said Ritter, director of Colorado State University’s Center for the New Energy Economy and the man who coined the phrase “new energy economy” while governor. “Phil…
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LOMAX | ‘Raise the Bar’ restored as court lowers the boom on anti-biz groups
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Talk about a short-lived victory. Anti-growth and single-payer healthcare activists barely had a chance to celebrate a single judge’s ruling against Amendment 71, passed overwhelmingly by voters in 2016, before the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals in Denver restored the constitutional provision in full. All told, it took just over two weeks for the 10th…
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A onetime Lt. Gov. hopeful wants to haul a judge before the ‘court of common decency’
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Former Mesa County Commissioner Janet Rowland wants to take down one of the judges who released a convicted serial child molester from his 324-year prison sentence in February. Reports the Daily Sentinel in Grand Junction, Rowland – who now leads the county’s program advocating for abused and neglected children – is spearheading a campaign to…
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Bill Ritter endorses Democrat Joe Neguse to ‘lead the fight against climate change’
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Former Colorado Gov. Bill Ritter, a leader in the push for clean energy, on Monday endorsed Joe Neguse, one of three Democrats running for the 2nd Congressional District seat, saying the former University of Colorado regent will lead the fight against climate change. “I’ve known and worked with Joe for over a decade – he…
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Democrat Mike Johnston hauls in more than $1.5 million, sets off-year gubernatorial fundraising record
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Democrat Mike Johnston plans to report his campaign for governor has taken in more than $1.5 million through the end of 2017, breaking the modern Colorado record for off-year fundraising for any gubernatorial candidate, Colorado Politics has learned. The former two-term state senator from Denver raised $255,640 in the 4th Quarter, which ended Dec. 31,…
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THE PODIUM: It’s time to make transportation a priority for our tax dollars
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In the 20-year period since 1997 spanning three governorships – those of Bill Owens, Bill Ritter and John Hickenlooper – one governor stands out as proposing starvation budgets for Colorado’s state highways and roadways. That governor is John Hickenlooper. We are talking about each governor’s priorities for spending taxpayer dollars through the General Fund budget,…
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Democratic state treasurer candidate Dave Young racks up endorsements from Ed Perlmutter, Bill Ritter and others
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Some big-name Democrats, including U.S. Rep. Ed Perlmutter and former Gov. Bill Ritter, are endorsing state Rep. Dave Young in his campaign for Colorado state treasurer, Young’s campaign announced Tuesday. He was also endorsed by former U.S. Rep. Betsy Markey, the Democrat who made an unsuccessful bid for state treasurer in the last election, as…
