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Phil Weiser wins top spot in Colorado’s Democratic gubernatorial primary at party’s state assembly
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Attorney General Phil Weiser’s name will appear first on Colorado’s Democratic gubernatorial primary ballot after his overwhelming win Saturday at the party’s state assembly in Pueblo. Weiser joins U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet in the June 30 primary for the office held by term-limited Gov. Jared Polis. Bennet, who successfully petitioned onto the ballot, didn’t participate…
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Seligman, Bridges, Gonzales lead downballot races heading into Colorado Democrats’ state assembly
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As Colorado Democrats prepare to designate candidates to the June primary ballot at the party’s state assembly in Pueblo on Saturday, three candidates appear poised to win top-line designation in downballot statewide races, according to data compiled by the state party. There isn’t much suspense about the outcome in the two top-ticket races — for…
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Roasts, get yer roasts, here: Capitol M | Week of March 14, 2026
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The lighter side of the Capitol, especially in the past week Apparently, the pending and eventual switch to daylight stupid time has put people in some pretty funny moods. And thank goodness! On March 4, the Senate approved the appointments of three trustees to the Colorado School of Mines. Two of the appointees were on…
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Officials in both parties eye bids to replace Ed Perlmutter in Colorado’s 7th District
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Several Jefferson County politicians tell Colorado Politics they’re deciding whether to jump in the race for the 7th Congressional District after eight-term Democratic U.S. Rep. Ed Perlmutter’s surprise announcement on Monday that he won’t run for re-election. The potential candidates include two state lawmakers and a county commissioner whose husband narrowly lost a bid for…
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Meet Brianna Titone, Colorado’s first transgender lawmaker
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Brianna Titone (courtesy of her) When one door closes, another opens. That might well describe the path state Rep.-elect Brianna Titone of Arvada took to become Colorado’s first transgender lawmaker. In an interview with Colorado Politics, Titone described running for office as “the toughest job interview I’ve ever had.” But it allowed her to put…
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Brianna Titone’s opponent concedes; Colo.’s first transgender legislator elected
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Brianna Titone’s opponent in her race for the Colorado House of Representatives has conceded after Titone’s lead rose to 368 votes in results posted Saturday night. Titone, an Arvada Democrat, becomes the first known transgender person to be elected to the Colorado General Assembly. As of Saturday night, the Colorado Secretary of State’s Office posted…
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Some Colorado House races may be headed to an automatic recount
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Just when you thought the election was over. At least two races for seats in the Colorado House of Representatives appear likely to head to an automatic recount, based on the latest results released Wednesday night by the Secretary of State’s office. And a third contest could join that list. As of 8:30 a.m. Thursday,…
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Sias’ bid for lieutenant governor moves race for House seat to competitive
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Wednesday’s announcement that Colorado state Rep. Lang Sias of Arvada is Republican gubernatorial candidate Walker Stapleton’s pick for running mate changes the dynamics of the House District 27 race that, until Wednesday, might not have been that competitive. It is now. Sias was appointed to his north Jefferson County seat in 2015 and won his…
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Stapleton picks Rep. Lang Sias as GOP running mate
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With a backdrop of military aircraft and heroic leadership as a setting, Republican gubernatorial nominee Walker Stapleton announced a state legislator and former Navy Top Gun pilot, Rep. Lang Sias, as his running mate. Stapleton revealed his choice at the Wings Over the Rockies Air & Space Museum in Denver on July 11, honoring Sias,…
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PRIMARY 2018: Colorado’s winners and losers
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Winners Jared Polis and Walker Stapleton: Presumed frontrunners from the beginning lived up to their billing, turning back the largest field of primary challengers in either party since at least World War II. And they both played to their bases, the hard left and hard right. Both survived runs at their integrity in negative ads,…
