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Bob Beauprez endorses economist Tim Reichert in 7th CD Republican primary
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The Republican who represented Colorado’s suburban 7th Congressional District for two terms after the seat was established two decades ago has endorsed economist Tim Reichert in the district’s GOP primary. Former U.S. Rep. Bob Beauprez, a former chairman of the state Republican Party and two-time gubernatorial nominee, said on Friday that Reichert’s economic expertise prompted…
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Republicans O’Dea, Ganahl cry foul over Democratic-funded ads branding primary rivals ‘too conservative’
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Democratic-aligned committees began flooding Colorado airwaves on Wednesday with ads calling a pair of Republican candidates for governor and U.S. senator “too conservative” for the state, drawing swift condemnation from the targeted candidates’ primary opponents, who described the move as a meddling attempt to yield weaker GOP nominees. While Democrats say they’re simply giving voters…
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BEST OF COPO 2018 | Bob Beauprez: Colo.’s partisan past should bend toward the middle
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Colorado Politics is taking a look back at some of our most significant and compelling stories of 2018. This story originally was published June 22. COALMONT- The high country air chops like the beating of helicopter blades next to Bob Beauprez’s farmhouse in the heart of his 1,300-acre ranch in Colorado’s North Park. He doesn’t notice…
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COVER STORY | Bob Beauprez: Colo.’s partisan past should bend toward the middle
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COALMONT- The high country air chops like the beating of helicopter blades next to Bob Beauprez’s farmhouse in the heart of his 1,300-acre ranch in Colorado’s North Park. He doesn’t notice until a visitor points it out. “Isn’t that great?” he replied about the sound of wind energy helping power his family business in Jackson County.…
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Q&A with Sandra Hagen Solin | A Capitol insider talks transportation, #MeToo
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Sandra Hagen Solin is among those lobbyists who are pretty much at the top of their game at the Capitol and beyond – having recently brought the 25-year-old firm she founded and owns, Capitol Solutions, under the umbrella of the national law firm Kutak Rock to head up and build its government-relations practice. “I have the…
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INSIGHTS: Public loses authority to police campaign finance
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On “The Andy Griffith Show,” Gomer Pyle took the law into his own hands. After Barney Fife wrote Gomer a ticket for an illegal U-turn, the deputy made the same mistake. Gomer leaped from the cab of his truck and into law enforcement. “Citizen’s arrest, citizen’s arrest, citizen’s arrest,” he called out until Barney stopped…
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INSIGHTS: A clean campaign is an empty promise
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All four Democrats on Colorado’s primary ballot for governor signed a clean-campaign pledge last year, promising a mud-free zone on the trail and on the airwaves. That’s the spirit that can bind a party together. But with about two weeks to go before June 26 primary and a race perceived to be taking shape, the…
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Colorado Sierra Club endorses Jared Polis in governor’s race
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The Colorado Sierra Club threw its weight behind Democrat Jared Polis in the four-way gubernatorial primary on Thursday, citing the five-term congressman’s record on environmental and climate change policy and his pledge to move the state toward 100-percent renewable energy sources over the next two decades. The environmental group, which counts more than 100,000 members…
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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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Trail Mix: The road to Colorado’s 2018 election, April 8 edition
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STEP BY STEP … When Democratic gubernatorial candidate Donna Lynne, Colorado’s lieutenant governor and chief operating officer, announced plans to walk the entire 26-mile length of Colfax Avenue on April 8, the stratagem echoed a pair of signature campaign exploits that propelled a couple of Colorado’s most successful politicians in decades past, as well as…
