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CIRULI | Will a wave from D.C. wash over Colorado?
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The ever controversial Nancy Pelosi now only needs 23 more Democrats to win control of the House after the victory in Pennsylvania’s 18th District. Although it is clear that her time as head of the Democratic caucus is nearing a conclusion, she remains a powerful force. Democratic candidates in swing districts can get political mileage…
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Republican Cynthia Coffman announces campaign team for Colorado gubernatorial run
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Attorney General Cynthia Coffman, a Republican candidate for governor of Colorado, announced her campaign team Monday, with less than a month to go before the April 14 GOP state assembly. In addition to political and fundraising consultants with national profiles, Coffman is relying on advisors from her 2014 attorney general campaign and her time in…
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Cynthia Coffman ditches petitions, says she’ll seek ballot through assembly process
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With three weeks to go until precinct caucuses, Attorney General Cynthia Coffman announced Tuesday she’s dropping her plans to petition onto the Republican gubernatorial primary ballot and will instead go through the caucus and assembly process. In a telephone town hall conducted by her campaign, Coffman, one of nine GOP candidates for governor, told listeners…
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PHOTOS: Colorado Politics hosts party to celebrate launch of legislative session
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More than 150 politicos of all stripes packed the historic Carriage House at the Governor’s Residence at Boettcher Mansion in Denver Wednesday night for a session-opening shindig thrown by Colorado Politics. Republicans rubbed shoulders with Democrats, toasting the young political news website and the nearly 120-year-old publication it incorporated last year. Vince Bzdek, editor of…
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Libertarian candidate for Colorado governor Scott Helker has eye on future races
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Scott HelkerParty: LibertarianHometown: GoldenAge: 62Occupation: lawyerPolitical experience: Former Republican and bipartisan campaign volunteer, including for U.S. Rep. Ed PerlmutterFamily: Wife, Lisa; daughter, Eleanor This is a weekly series of personal interviews Colorado Politics is doing on all the candidates, so we can learn who they are as people before we tear into their political positions.…
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Colorado Republicans unveil plans to hold 2018 state assembly at Coors Event Center in Boulder
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Colorado Republicans will convene this year’s state assembly at the Coors Event Center on the University of Colorado campus in Boulder on Saturday, April 14, returning to the same hall where the GOP assembled four years ago, party officials said Friday. “We looked for a venue in Colorado, but they were all booked,” said state party…
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CIRULI: A new congressional seat for Colorado in 2020?
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Colorado’s political parties will be fully engaged in the 2018 election, and not least among the issues of concern is the possibility that Colorado could get another congressional seat. As of now, congressional redistricting is directed by the governor and legislature, and control of both is at stake. Distribution of 435 congressional districts is governed…
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THE PODIUM: Donald Trump scored an impressive conservative record in 2017
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A great many, even among those who voted for Donald Trump, openly questioned his conservative bona fides during the 2016 campaign. Some of his most ardent supporters (see Sean Hannity and Laura Ingraham) quickly migrated from being the self-appointed enforcers of “Principled Conservatism” within the Republican Party to an unqualified endorsement of the new “Trumpian…
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Colorado Hispanic Republicans brush off Tancredo request to join gubernatorial forum
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Tom Tancredo wants to participate in an upcoming gubernatorial candidate forum sponsored by the Colorado Hispanic Republicans, a campaign spokesman says, but the organization has said the event lineup is set and there’s no room for the former five-term congressman known for his hard-line positions on illegal immigration. In response, the Tancredo campaign is reminding…
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Doug Friednash departing as Hickenlooper chief of staff, will be replaced by fast food maven Patrick Meyers
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Gov. John Hickenlooper’s chief of staff, attorney and former state lawmaker Doug Friednash, is leaving the administration and will be replaced by Patrick Meyers, an attorney and former owner of two Colorado-based fast food chains, the governor’s office announced Monday. It’s the latest prominent departure as Hickenlooper, who faces term limits, prepares to leave office…
