caucus
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Colorado judges cannot serve as temporary election workers, ethics panel says
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The Colorado Supreme Court’s ethics panel advised members of the judiciary last month that they cannot serve as temporary election workers. The Colorado Judicial Ethics Advisory Board, which consists of judges, lawyers and a non-attorney, cited two reasons why appointed judges should refrain from serving as elections judges. First, with the exception of nonpartisan elections,…
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Republican Jan Kulmann 1st to qualify for primary ballot in Colorado’s new congressional district
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Republican Jan Kulmann, the mayor of Thornton, on Friday became the first candidate to qualify for the primary ballot in Colorado’s newly created 8th Congressional District after election officials determined she submitted a sufficient number of valid signatures on nominating petitions. Kulmann, an oil and gas engineer, is one of five Republicans seeking the nomination…
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State Supreme Court decides political caucuses are off-limits for judges
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Although state judges have been allowed to participate in political caucuses since 2010 without running afoul of the rules of judicial conduct, the Colorado Supreme Court has now decided to prohibit them from doing so. In a change effective Jan. 21, involvement in a “caucus-type election” now violates the prohibition against judges making political speeches…
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Gino Campana unloads on rival Joe O’Dea’s decision to petition into Colorado’s US Senate primary
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Colorado Republican U.S. Senate candidate Gino Campana blasted primary rival Joe O’Dea on Friday after the latter announced plans to seek a spot on the June primary ballot by petition, suggesting O’Dea is too liberal to win support from GOP delegates at the state assembly. In turn, O’Dea, the owner of a Denver-based construction company,…
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Noel Ginsburg to petition, Cary Kennedy to go through caucus to get on Democratic primary ballot
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Democratic gubernatorial candidates Cary Kennedy and Noel Ginsburg said this week they’re taking different routes to try to get on the primary ballot, with Kennedy planning to go through the caucus and assembly process and Ginsburg telling Colorado Politics he intends to get on by petition. Kennedy, a former state treasurer, and Ginsburg, a business…
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Hullinghorst before Dem state convention: By all means feel the Bern, but learn the rules
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State Speaker of the House Dickey Lee Hullinghorst, D-Gunbarrel, who will attend this weekend’s Democratic state convention as a Hillary Clinton delegate, said she appreciates the energy and ideas Sen. Bernie Sanders has brought to the Democratic presidential primary race, but she added that, in light of the tensions around the state’s caucus and delegate-appointing…
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Everett: Blessed to live in Colorado, blessed to have the caucus system
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We are truly blessed to live in Colorado. No, it’s not the mountains, skiing, 300+ days of sunshine; it’s that we are a “Swing Caucus State”, that allows for the most localized activism and participation in politics. Once every two years, you can choose to meet with your neighbors, discuss politics, find like-minded folks, and…
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Marble: The Senate Republicans’ ‘Hateful, Dissident Eight’
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According to a recent front-page story in The Denver Post, there are eight Republican state senators among the slim 18-17 Republican majority who have been obstructing the Republican Party leadership’s legislative agenda. We are told this presents a “threat” to the Republican Party and a crisis that had gone undetected until The Post crunched some…
