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Only Democratic candidates answered Healthier Colorado questions
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Health care is a major issue in politics, but Healthier Colorado could only get half of the eight candidates running for governor to respond to a questionnaire about their policies. The left-leaning advocacy organization is the same one that pushed a tax on sugary soft drinks in Boulder in 2016, with a big assist from former…
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TRAIL MIX: Primary’s zingers and stingers
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The competition for the most outrageous occurrence on the campaign trail has been fierce in recent days, as politicians careen toward the finish line – at 7 p.m. June 26. That’s when Colorado’s primary election campaign turns, in an instant, into its slimmed-down, more expensive and, truth be told, less jocular successor, the general election…
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Hickenlooper frowns at Polis ads attacking Kennedy, says one hits ‘below the belt’
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Gov. John Hickenlooper said Wednesday he’s disappointed Democratic gubernatorial candidate Jared Polis and his supporters are running ads attacking Cary Kennedy, one of Polis’ primary rivals. The term-limited Democrat, who famously took a shower with his clothes on in a campaign ad decrying negative campaign ads, said he was particularly bothered that Bold Colorado, a…
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FEEDBACK | Three hot buttons: education, abortion and global warming
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Cary Kennedy is the real leader on education Having seen Jared Polis’s misleading campaign ad attacking Cary Kennedy for the umpteenth time, I am sharing some direct insight about his claim that he “led” the effort to increase funding for every school in Colorado – and from where the actual leadership came. I was the…
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Poll: Polis leading Kennedy, but both best Stapleton
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Jared Polis holds a lead over Cary Kennedy atop the four-way Democratic primary to be Colorado’s next governor, but both would defeat Republican frontrunner Walker Stapleton by the same margin, according to a new survey. The survey was conducted by polling and communications firm Strategies 360 for the Service Employees International Union’s Colorado Small Donor Committee and…
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PRIMARY PREVIEW: Money matters in the governor’s race
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In the void of policy differences and clear, consistent polling on gubernatorial primary candidates, money is the next best measure. Spending in the race has soared past $25 million, fueled by two wealthy candidates – Republican Victor Mitchell and Democrat Jared Polis – and a slew of super PACs that have already doled out millions.…
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Democrat Donna Lynne launches $100K ad buy in gubernatorial primary
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Democratic gubernatorial candidate Donna Lynne hits the airwaves Tuesday with a $100,000 TV ad buy touting the two years she’s served as lieutenant governor and Colorado’s first chief operating officer. “She would be a great governor,” says Gov. John Hickenlooper in the ad. The term-limited Democrat appointed Lynne, a former top health care executive, to be his…
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Poll: Stapleton tops Republican field for Colo. governor
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Walker Stapleton is leading Colorado’s four-way Republican primary for governor, but businessman Victor Mitchell’s late ad blitz could position him to close the gap in the final weeks of the campaign, according to a poll released Monday by GOP firm Magellan Strategies and made available early to Colorado Politics. The survey of nearly 600 likely…
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INSIGHTS: A clean campaign is an empty promise
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All four Democrats on Colorado’s primary ballot for governor signed a clean-campaign pledge last year, promising a mud-free zone on the trail and on the airwaves. That’s the spirit that can bind a party together. But with about two weeks to go before June 26 primary and a race perceived to be taking shape, the…
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Polis grows lead among Democrats for governor, says poll
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Jared Polis holds a 13-point lead over Cary Kennedy in Colorado’s four-candidate Democratic gubernatorial primary, according to a survey released Thursday by Magellan Strategies and made available early to Colorado Politics. But the poll shows that nearly four in 10 voters remain undecided with just weeks to go before ballots are counted. The survey of…
