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Colorado Democrats wrap up unresolved vice chair race by naming three winners

May 12, 2017

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Ernest Luning

Nearly two months after party elections, Colorado Democrats this week finally have a full contingent of state officers after members of the central committee overwhelmingly approved a plan to fill the 2nd vice chair position with the top three finalists. The position had gone unfilled since the March 11 reorganization meeting, when none of the…
Colorado Democrats voting on plan to finish unresolved vice chair election by installing three finalists

Apr 14, 2017

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Ernest Luning

Colorado Democrats are conducting a mail-ballot vote this month to decide whether to conclude an unfinished election for a statewide vice chair position by awarding posts to the top three finalists. The post of 2nd vice chair has gone unfilled since last month’s party reorganization meeting when none of the candidates won a majority of…
13-year-old Trump campaign worker Weston Imer calls on state Republicans to consider Generation Z

Apr 3, 2017

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Ernest Luning

Weston Imer, the young Republican who gained international attention last year for co-chairing the Jefferson County Trump for President campaign at 12 years old, was back in the spotlight Saturday when he delivered an urgent plea to Colorado Republicans to get busy safeguarding freedoms and reforming government “back to the basics” until his generation is…
Colorado Republicans elect Jeff Hays as state party chairman

Apr 1, 2017

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Ernest Luning

Colorado Republicans elected former El Paso County chairman Jeff Hays as state party chair at the GOP’s biennial reorganization meeting on Saturday in Englewood. “You know how you spell fun? W-I-N!” Hays said as he accepted the nomination in a packed auditorium at Englewood High School, invoking a catch phrase Hays learned from former Air…
El Paso County’s Jeff Hays elected to lead Colorado Republicans

Apr 1, 2017

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DAN NJEGOMIR Colorado Politics

It was a spirited race that pitted a seasoned party veteran against an upstart who had cast himself as the anti-establishment candidate. In the end, the seasoned veteran won – by a huge margin – becoming the next GOP state party chair. Former El Paso County Republican Chair Jeff Hays, of Colorado Springs, will lead Colorado’s Republicans for the…
Robert Blaha plays Trump card in endorsement of Kevin McCarney for state GOP vice chair

Mar 30, 2017

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Ernest Luning

Scattering Trumpisms throughout, Robert Blaha, chair of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump’s 2016 Colorado campaign, endorsed Grand Junction activist Kevin McCarney for vice chair of the state Republican Party, McCarney’s campaign announced this week. McCarney, who chaired the Mesa County Trump campaign, is running against Colorado Springs organizer and strategist Sherrie Gibson in the state…
Colorado Democrats to elevate top three finalists to vice chair position after unresolved election

Mar 28, 2017

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Ernest Luning

Colorado Democrats plan to name all three finalists to the party’s vice chair position left unfilled earlier this month when none of the candidates surpassed a majority of the vote after multiple rounds of balloting, The Colorado Statesman has learned. As things stand, former Arapahoe County Democratic Party Chair Pat Shaver will become 2nd vice…
Mesa County’s Kevin McCarney switches to Colorado Republican Party vice chair race

Mar 14, 2017

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Ernest Luning

Mesa County Republican Kevin McCarney announced Tuesday he’s switching from the race for Colorado Republican Party state chair to the race for vice chair, saying he believes there is a “competitive void” in the race and a lack of Western Slope representation among state GOP leadership candidates. His announcement leaves two candidates – former congressional…
Former Colorado Republican Party Vice Chair Mark Baisley joins race for state GOP chair

Mar 10, 2017

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Ernest Luning

Cyber-security expert Mark Baisley, a former vice chair of the state GOP, announced Thursday he’s in the running for Colorado Republican chair, joining three other candidates and potentially throwing the election up for grabs just more than three weeks before the vote. Baisley said in a Facebook post that he had recently been recruited –…
Three state Republican chair candidates pitch platforms to Highlands Ranch GOP

Mar 2, 2017

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Ernest Luning

It was all elbows and Spartacus at a spirited forum featuring the candidates for state GOP chairman last Friday at a meeting of the Highlands Ranch Republicans. Former congressional candidate George Athanasopoulos, former El Paso County Republican Party Chairman Jeff Hays and Grand Junction activist Kevin McCarney, who chaired Donald Trump’s presidential campaign in Mesa…