campaign finance
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Democrat Amie Baca-Oehlert ends campaign to challenge Republican Gabe Evans in Colorado’s 8th CD
Calling the political system “rigged against working-class people,” Democrat Amie Baca-Oehlert, a former president of Colorado’s largest teachers union, on Friday ended her bid to challenge Republican U.S. Rep. Gabe Evans in the state’s most competitive congressional district. Baca-Oehlert’s exit from the Democratic primary leaves four prominent Democrats running for the chance to take on…
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Denver’s $1 billion bond campaign faces ethics complaint
A group that is seeking to push back on government debt argued that big dollars are rolling in from funders supporting Mayor Mike Johnston’s $1 billion debt package and alleged some of those contributions may be legally prohibited. The group said the contributors included entities that receive taxpayer funding, questioning whether public money is going…
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Colorado Supreme Court accepts cases on campaign transparency, crime victim restitution
The Colorado Supreme Court announced on Monday that it will review whether the state’s requirement that ballot issue advocacy groups disclose the name of their legal representative on their election communications violates the First Amendment. At least three of the court’s seven members must agree to hear an appeal. The justices also accepted a case implicating Colorado’s crime…
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Appeals court says state campaign finance enforcement framework is constitutional
Colorado’s second-highest court agreed last week that the state’s current method of adjudicating campaign finance complaints is constitutional and is not the “very definition of tyranny.” For several years, state law has allowed any person to file a complaint alleging a campaign finance violation, which the Colorado Secretary of State’s Office then screens, decides whether to dismiss…
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Colorado Supreme Court to hear appeals on campaign disclosures, right to jury trial in child neglect cases
The Colorado Supreme Court announced on Monday it will consider when groups that advocate on ballot initiatives were required to register and disclose their election spending under a pre-2022 version of state law. At least three of the court’s seven members must agree to hear a case. The justices will also evaluate whether a father…
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Colorado Supreme Court to hear appeal claiming race-based prosecution
The Colorado Supreme Court announced on Monday it will review whether a juvenile defendant who was tried and convicted of murder as an adult was entitled to have the case dismissed because the government allegedly engaged in selective, race-based prosecution. At least three of the court’s seven members must agree to take up a case…
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Divided appeals court strikes down campaign disclosure requirement in Colorado law
Colorado’s second-highest court on Thursday concluded the state’s requirement that ballot issue advocacy groups disclose the name of their legal representative on their election communications violates the First Amendment. By 2-1, a three-judge panel of the Court of Appeals believed there was no material benefit to the public from knowing who the registered agents are…
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Trump’s campaign said it raised $50.5 million at a high-dollar Florida fundraiser
NEW YORK (AP) – Donald Trump’s campaign said it raised $50.5 million on Saturday. The reported haul from the event with major donors at the Palm Beach, Florida, home of billionaire investor John Paulson sets a new single-event fundraising record and is almost double the $26 million that Biden’s campaign said it raised recently at…
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Biden and Democrats report raising $90 million-plus in March
WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) – President Joe Biden’s reelection campaign and the Democratic National Committee said Saturday that they raised more than $90 million in March and ended the year’s first quarter with $192 million-plus in cash on hand, further stretching their money advantage over Donald Trump and the Republicans. The Biden campaign and its affiliated…
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President Joe Biden is lapping Donald Trump when it comes to campaign cash — and he’ll need it
WASHINGTON (AP) – President Joe Biden’s reelection campaign is raising gobs of cash. And it has an election-year strategy that, in a nutshell, aims to spend more – and spend faster. Not only has Biden aimed to show himself off as a fundraising juggernaut this month, but his campaign is also making significant early investments…