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Some El Paso County Republicans up in arms over proposal to replace county chair tonight

Sep 18, 2017

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Ernest Luning

Some members of the El Paso County Republican Party’s executive committee are crying foul over a proposal to name a new county chair at a meeting tonight rather than throw the selection to the much larger central committee at a later date. County GOP chairman Trevor Dierdorff, who was elected to the post this spring,…
Republican George Brauchler declares he’s running for governor of Colorado in 2018

Apr 5, 2017

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Ernest Luning

Republican George Brauchler, the district attorney who prosecuted the Aurora theater shooter, officially launched his campaign for governor of Colorado on Wednesday. Declaring that he will be the grassroots conservative in what could be a crowded GOP primary field, Brauchler said he intends to bring leadership to a state that has languished under what’s amounted…
Colorado Republicans elect Jeff Hays as state party chairman

Apr 1, 2017

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Ernest Luning

Colorado Republicans elected former El Paso County chairman Jeff Hays as state party chair at the GOP’s biennial reorganization meeting on Saturday in Englewood. “You know how you spell fun? W-I-N!” Hays said as he accepted the nomination in a packed auditorium at Englewood High School, invoking a catch phrase Hays learned from former Air…
Former lawmakers land county party positions at reorganization meetings

Feb 14, 2017

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Ernest Luning

Three former legislators won election to county party offices on Saturday as state Democrats and Republicans conduct their biennial reorganization meetings. Denver Democrats elected former state Rep. Mike Cerbo, D-Denver, to a two-year term as the county party’s chairman, Adams County Republicans tapped former state Rep. JoAnn Windholz, R-Commerce City, as vice chair, and El…
New slate led by ‘political outsider’ takes the reins in El Paso County GOP

Feb 11, 2017

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DAN NJEGOMIR Colorado Politics

Republicans in Colorado’s conservative mega-hub have new leadership today, electing Colorado Springs business entrepreneur and self-described political outsider Trevor Dierdorff and his slate to the top posts in the El Paso County GOP. In balloting this afternoon, the county party’s Central Committee overwhelmingly voted for Dierdorff as their new chair over Lana Fore, a former state party…
Bad checks, bankruptcies … oh my: Candidate under fire in race to head El Paso GOP

Feb 10, 2017

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DAN NJEGOMIR Colorado Politics

Lana Fore is well known in Colorado Springs Republican circles as a contrarian conservative activist who operates well outside the mainstream of the El Paso County GOP. Just how far outside the mainstream she really is, however, only came to light this week when opponents of her bid to be the next county Republican chair uncovered some eyebrow-raising revelations about her past and shared…
Who’s on deck to take over the El Paso County GOP? Let’s see…

Jan 27, 2017

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DAN NJEGOMIR Colorado Politics

El Paso County long has been the mother lode of the state’s Republican Party. The county’s GOP is the largest of any county’s Republican Party in the state, and the county’s lopsidedly Republican Denver delegation long has played a pivotal role in legislative ranks at the Capitol. You get the idea: As the El Paso County Republican…
Will GOP U.S. Senate candidates catch a national wave?

Apr 9, 2016

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Jennifer Kerns

A vacuum of well-known GOP leaders willing to step up and run for U.S. Senate in Colorado has created one of the largest fields of candidates in state history seeking to oust a sitting Democrat U.S. Senator. More than a dozen GOP candidates including state senators, county commissioners, veterans and entrepreneurs are vying to topple…
Keyser turns in petitions for GOP Senate primary

Mar 31, 2016

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Ernest Luning

Former state Rep. Jon Keyser, R-Morrison, on Thursday afternoon became the second Republican U.S. Senate candidate to submit petitions to the secretary of state’s office in hopes of winning a spot on the June primary ballot. “Our campaign is dedicated to uniting a new generation of conservative activists with those who have been fighting on…
The Hot Sheet, March 30, 2016

Mar 30, 2016

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Jared Wright

VOL. 01 NO. 54 | MARCH 30, 2016 | COLORADOSTATESMAN.COM/THE-HOT-SHEET | © 2016 SAVE THE DATE: The Colorado Statesman cordially invites you to an “End-of-Session Bash,” Thursday, May 12, 4:30 – 6:30 pm at The University Club, 1673 Sherman St., Denver. More information coming soon. By TCS Publisher and Editor in Chief Jared Wright @_JaredWright_ DENVER — Good morning and happy budget caucus Wednesday for…