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Bob Schaffer endorses Republican Gino Campana in Colorado’s US Senate primary
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Former Republican congressman and 2008 U.S. Senate nominee Bob Schaffer on Tuesday endorsed Republican Gino Campana in the GOP primary for the seat held by Democratic U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet. Schaffer, headmaster of Liberty Common charter schools in Fort Collins and a former chairman of the Colorado State Board of Education, cited Campana’s views on education and…
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Activists protest Polis’ choices for education transition team
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A small but vocal group of public-education activists protested outside the Boulder office of U.S. Rep. Jared Polis Friday in opposition to choices the governor-elect made for his transition team on education. According to a Facebook Live feed of the event, about 20 showed up to “call out” Polis’ inclusion of education reformers on the…
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Polis’ 1st controversy as governor-elect: His picks for education transition team
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Friday’s announcement by Gov.-elect Jared Polis of who would work on his education transition team is generating controversy among some Colorado public education advocates. The team will be chaired by former Colorado State University President Al Yates and Elaine Gantz Berman, a member of the Colorado State Board of Education. But it’s other members…
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Millennial Policy Center adds advisers Walter E. Williams and Sam H. Zakhem
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The Denver-based Millennial Policy Center has added economist Walter E. Williams and former ambassador Sam H. Zakhem to the Advisory Council for the conservative-leaning think tank for politically engaged young people. Williams is the John M. Olin Distinguished Professor of Economics at George Mason University and a syndicated columnist. He is the author of more…
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Republican Nic Morse, a former congressional nominee, drops primary bid in Larimer County’s Senate District 15
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Larimer County Republican Nic Morse is withdrawing from the race for the Senate District 15 seat held by term-limited state Sen. Kevin Lundberg, R-Berthoud, who is seeking the GOP nomination for state treasurer, Colorado Politics has learned. Morse, a marketing executive and the 2016 Republican nominee for the congressional seat held by U.S. Rep. Jared…
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Q&A w/Jimmy Sengenberger: ‘Most likely to become president’? He’ll settle for being the next Rush Limbaugh
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Jimmy Sengenberger was that way-older-than-his-years, way-ahead-of-the-pack kind of kid you sort of admired and sort of envied – and, admit it, sort of resented – back in middle school. He began listening to Rush on the radio at 12 and was attending Arapahoe County Republican Men’s Club breakfasts by 13. He was putting together high…
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State senator, congressman, political Renaissance man — and now, headmaster
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He began his political career at 25, in 1987, as the youngest Coloradan ever to serve in the state Senate. A Republican and unflinching conservative, he went from the legislature to three terms in the U.S. House, representing Colorado’s 4th Congressional District. After a stint in the private sector, it was back to the campaign trail…
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Ken and Perry Buck among slew of GOP officials backing state Senate candidate Rob Woodward
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U.S. Rep. Ken Buck and his wife, state Rep. Perry Buck, are among a number of prominent northern Colorado Republicans throwing their support behind restauranteur Rob Woodward in the GOP primary for Larimer County’s open Senate District 15 seat, his campaign announced Monday. Others Woodward backers include former U.S. Rep. Bob Schaffer, state Rep. Hugh McKean, Larimer…
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Q&A w/Brad Jones: ColoradoPolitics.com reconnects with a onetime political pot stirrer
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Remember Brad Jones? Not all that long ago, he was the enfant terrible of conservative-libertarian politics in Colorado. You may recall his tenure as the young man behind the upstart blog Face The State, which among other things exposed an email exchange between two Democratic state lawmakers bashing school choice; it led to the virtual…
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Chance Hill picks up big endorsement from former Colorado congressman in CU regent race
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Chance Hill, a candidate for University of Colorado regent from Colorado Springs, picked up a big endorsement Tuesday. Former U.S. Rep. Bob Schaffer is backing his fellow Republican. “Chance is a patriot and a strong constitutional conservative,” Schaffer wrote in a letter of endorsement. “He understands that education is critical in maintaining the ideals that have informed…
