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CARY KENNEDY: Fewer trips, lower emissions, more transportation options
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We are all spending too much time sitting in traffic. When my husband and I were raising our kids, we both worked full time. It was maddening when we could not have dinner together, or one of us missed bedtime, because we were stuck in traffic. And the congestion is even worse today. Colorado can…
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Polis, Kennedy complain to state Democrats about dirty campaigning
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The gubernatorial campaigns of Cary Kennedy and Jared Polis have filed complaints with the state Democratic Party alleging the other violated the Clean Campaign Promise, signed last year by all the candidates. Polis’ complaint Wednesday evening came after Kennedy filed one that morning – and just a few hours after Kennedy’s camp sent an email trying…
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PRIMARY PREVIEW: Races for treasurer, AG play out across parties’ fault lines
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The top-of-the-ticket primaries for Colorado governor have been hogging the spotlight, but Democrats and Republicans are also angling for nominations for state treasurer and attorney general. While the down-ballot primaries differ from each other in several ways, they all feature a battle between the parties’ mainstream and more hard-core versions, and strategists say the outcomes…
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Independent expenditure committees take campaign spending to new level
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Raising Colorado. Prosperity Through Property Rights. Colorado Working Families Party. These are some of the names that are showing up on campaign fliers and other materials designed to sway votes for major party candidates in the June 26 primary. They’re “independent expenditure committees,” or IECs – groups that spend money to back candidates but don’t…
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NOONAN | Now’s the time to see who’s getting — and spending — in the guv’s race
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The Colorado governor’s race illustrates the new normal in campaign finance. Candidates need millions to win a primary. Six of eight candidates in the GOP and Democratic primaries have raised more than a million dollars. Victor Mitchell and U.S. Rep. Jared Polis have multiple millions through self-funding as of the most recent reports. Former state Sen. Michael…
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Democratic candidates for governor to participate in One Colorado debate
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One Colorado, the state’s leading advocacy organization for LGBTQ Coloradans, will host a debate with the four candidates for governor from the Democratic Party on Thursday, June 7. The debate, which will focus on LGBTQ issues, will be moderated by Colorado Politics’ own Joey Bunch and is to be held at the EXDO Event Center, 1399…
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Polis comes out strong for universal health care in ad
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Jared Polis has a new ad touting his strong support for universal health care. The 2016 election might suggest it’s a lost cause as far as the Colorado electorate goes. The Democratic gubernatorial candidate and sitting congressman touts Medicare-for-All, a load-bearing pillar of universal health care. A similarly purposed Amendment 69, the so-called ColoradoCare single-payer plan,…
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‘Aaron Harber Show’ to air Colorado Politics gubernatorial debate
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“The Aaron Harber Show” is set to air Republican and Democratic gubernatorial candidates’ debate in Colorado Springs starting this Sunday. Harber and yours truly asked the questions in the Colorado Civic Barbecue May 19, presented by the El Pomar Foundation’s Forum for Civic Advancement, The Gazette and Colorado Politics. Harber will air the Republicans –…
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TRAIL MIX: Mud slinging makes a last-minute start
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It should come as no surprise that sparks are finally flying in the Democratic gubernatorial primary after the candidates finally landed on one of the state party’s most charged third rails – education reform. After more than a full year of polite and relatively friendly campaigning, and four weeks before ballots are due in, a…
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Voters to quiz Democratic gubernatorial candidates
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With the June 26 primary fast approaching, gubernatorial candidates are on a tour of forums to get their message out, fielding questions usually put forward by activists and reporters. Saturday, voters get a chance. Democratic gubernatorial candidates Michael Johnston, Cary Kennedy, Lt. Gov. Donna Lynne and U.S. Rep. Jared Polis will field questions from an…
