campaign finance reform
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Crow pushing US House Democrats’ election, campaign finance reform package
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After making campaign finance reform a central issue in his winning congressional run, Democratic U.S. Rep. Jason Crow says he anticipates taking a leadership role pushing proposals House Democrats have put at the center of their legislative agenda Meanwhile, a group dedicated to getting dark money out of politics credited Crow with helping lay the…
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Denver would match candidate contributions under campaign-finance measure
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Sweeping campaign finance reform is in the works in Denver with legislation proposing the creation of a public fund to match contributions, significant new limits on donations, and a ban corporate contributions to candidates. Under the proposed Denver City Council measure, the city would create the Fair Elections Fund, which would match campaign donations with…
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Colo. campaign-spending initiative sets signature record
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Signatures for the last of seven measures that proponents hope to make it to the November ballot were turned in to the secretary of state just after 2:30 p.m. Monday. The last one turned out to be the biggest in terms of petition signatures, with more than 212,000 names – a new state record for…
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BIDLACK: Marco Rubio was right
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You have no idea how hard it was for me to write that headline. In the wake of the horrific events in Parkland, Florida, Senator Marco Rubio appeared at a Town Hall event, and got pretty well slammed on the issue of guns. Now, first off, there is a certain irony that some in the…
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Out West Roundup: Huskers’ message to white nationalist: ‘Hate Will Never Win’
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Nebraska Huskers’ message to white nationalist: ‘Hate Will Never Win’ OMAHA – The Nebraska men’s basketball team plans to take a public stand opposing the views of a university student who calls himself a white nationalist in a widely distributed online video. Coach Tim Miles said Friday the team planned to wear T-shirts reading “Hate…
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Campaign finance reform group hammers Mike Coffman on tax bill vote with six-figure ad buy
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A political action committee devoted to driving big money out of politics on Tuesday launched a six-figure digital ad campaign targeting U.S. Rep. Mike Coffman for the Aurora Republican’s vote in favor of the tax reform bill passed by Congress last month. “Congressman Coffman represents the worst of Washington’s pay-to-play system, and he’s proven time…
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Denver gets sued over its new disclosure requirement for nonprofits
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Denver’s attempt to rein in the “dark money” that drives, and sometimes distorts, a lot of campaign messaging has landed the city in court. A lawsuit filed in Denver District Court Wednesday by a public-interest litigation foundation out of Arizona – the libertarian-leaning, Phoenix-based Goldwater Institute – contends that provisions of the campaign-reform ordinance enacted…
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For DPS to serve Denver’s kids, reform campaign finance
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Over the last several years, a massive influx of funding from individuals and groups outside of Colorado has transformed the school board, restricting parents and teachers from having a reasonable say in which direction the Denver Public Schools board goes. Oftentimes, these organizations prioritize advancing a national “reform” ideology over the needs of Denver’s students.…
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Campaign finance reform group End Citizens United endorses Democratic congressional candidate Jason Crow
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End Citizens United, a group dedicated to overturning the decision that opened the floodgates to campaign cash, endorsed Democratic congressional candidate Jason Crow on Thursday. At the same time, Crow pledged he won’t accept corporate PAC money in his bid to unseat five-term Republican U.S. Rep. Mike Coffman in the 6th Congressional District. “By taking…
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Colorado candidates will get a chance to fix errors on campaign filings
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Lynn Bartels at the Secretary of State’s Office blogs about an obscure but far-reaching campaign-finance reform signed into law this week by Gov. John Hickenlooper, giving candidates for office “… a chance to correct errors on campaign-finance reports and avoid what could be absurd fines.” As we’ve noted before, the bipartisan House Bill 1155 aims to curb the abuse…
