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HUDSON | Is the California boogeyman really so scary for Colorado?
“All the leaves are brown and the sky is grayI’ve been for a walk on a winter’s dayI’d be safe and warm if I was in L.A.California Dreamin’ on such a winter’s day” It’s been more than half a century since the Mamas and Papas vaulted to the top of the music charts with their…
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Hickenlooper names 32 civic and business leaders as Governor’s Fellows
The Quarterly Forum inducted 32 executives and community leaders on Friday who will make up the next class of Colorado Governor’s Fellows from across the state. The nonpartisan fellowship started in 2016 under Gov. John Hickenlooper with endorsements from former Govs. Bill Ritter and Bill Owens. The idea is to train leaders and cultivate their ideas…
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Mitsch Bush launches TV ad in 3rd CD Democratic primary
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
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
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
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
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’
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’
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
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,…