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YESTERYEAR: Howard Dean attempts to quell Denver DNC union rebellion; Buckley mired
Twenty Years Ago This Week in the Colorado Statesman … When she was elected in 1994, Secretary of State Vikki Buckley became the first African-American woman to take statewide office in Colorado. She had spent 22 years working her way up through the ranks of the secretary of state’s office, and eventually became second in command…
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Republican George Brauchler declares he’s running for governor of Colorado in 2018
Republican George Brauchler, the district attorney who prosecuted the Aurora theater shooter, officially launched his campaign for governor of Colorado on Wednesday. Declaring that he will be the grassroots conservative in what could be a crowded GOP primary field, Brauchler said he intends to bring leadership to a state that has languished under what’s amounted…
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Democrat Mike Johnston reports record fundraising in gubernatorial campaign’s first quarter
Democratic gubernatorial candidate Mike Johnston plans to report that his first-quarter fundraising topped $625,000, a sum his campaign says sets a modern record. The former state senator from Denver said Monday he raised more campaign cash in a quarter than any other state candidate has in a non-election year since the advent of strict campaign…
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Colorado escapes transgender politics battle, for now
Colorado law passed nearly a decade ago protects the right of transgender and queer students to choose to use the bathrooms and locker rooms that match their gender identities. Democratic Governor Bill Ritter in 2008 signed the Anti-Discrimination Act that outlawed discrimination against LGBTQ Coloradans in “places of public accommodations.” That means the Trump administration’s…
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YESTERYEAR: Legislature’s Dem minority presses hot-button Medicaid funding issue
… Twenty Years Ago This Week in the Colorado Statesman … Democrat state legislators were making their opinions known on what they contended was a poor handling of Medicaid funding by the Republican majority. The minority party in both chambers had kicked off the 1997 legislative session clashing early and often with GOP leadership over Medicaid. One Senate…