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Tom Sullivan to challenge Cole Wist in House District 37 race
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Democrat Tom Sullivan of Centennial plans to take on House Assistant Minority Leader Cole Wist, R-Centennial, in November, he announced Monday. Sullivan, the only Democrat in the House District 37 race so far, ran for state Senate against incumbent Jack Tate in 2016, losing by about 7 percentage points. The south-metro Denver district includes Centennial,…
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Colorado lawmakers want answers on prison system’s inmate math
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Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper and a legislative working group that will convene for the first time Wednesday are scrutinizing how the Department of Corrections estimates how many beds – and ultimately how much money – the state needs for inmates. Lawmakers, Republicans and Democrats, are holding up a budget request from the prison system, questioning…
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Colorado House Republicans offer amendments to remake civil rights commission
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The House Judiciary Committee Tuesday voted 10-1 to draft a bill to extend the Colorado Division of Civil Rights and the civil rights commission for nine more years. House Republicans offered six amendments that attempted to make sweeping changes to the commission, without success. All of the Republican amendments failed on a 4-7 party-line vote. The…
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Rep. Leslie Herod named lawmaker of the year by Colorado library group
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Rep. Leslie Herod received the legislator of the year award from the Colorado Association of Libraries last weekend. Rosemary Marshall, president of the Denver Public Library Commission, presented the award to Herod at the Juanita Gray Community Service and biennial Blacks in Colorado Hall of Fame induction ceremony at the Blair-Caldwell African American Research Library…
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PHOTOS: Colorado Politics hosts party to celebrate launch of legislative session
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More than 150 politicos of all stripes packed the historic Carriage House at the Governor’s Residence at Boettcher Mansion in Denver Wednesday night for a session-opening shindig thrown by Colorado Politics. Republicans rubbed shoulders with Democrats, toasting the young political news website and the nearly 120-year-old publication it incorporated last year. Vince Bzdek, editor of…
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Colorado lawmakers look to protect personal information under 3 new bills
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Finding out your identity and your personal information are under attack is a nightmare. And it’s one that Republican state Rep. Cole Wist of Centennial has experienced – twice. A couple of years ago, Wist found out someone was trying to file false tax returns using his Social Security number, and false returns using his…
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Reactions to Hickenlooper’s State of the State fall along party lines
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Reactions to Gov. John Hickenlooper’s final State of the State speech Wednesday fell predictably along party-lines, with rah-rahs from Democrats and less enthusiasm from Republicans. The governor took 49 minutes to talk about his agenda for the 2018 legislative session and his final year in office. “We have a lot to accomplish in the next 119 days”…
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Legislature could hear bills based on Douglas County and Aurora theater shooters
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Rep. Cole Wist doesn’t know the answer, but he’d like the legislature to probe the questions on whether our laws go far enough when threats are made. He is concerned about whether enough was done about threats Matthew Riehl made far in advance of ambushing four Douglas County deputies, a Castle Rock police officer and…
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How George Brauchler became the lone Republican candidate for AG
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Ruling out a long-shot candidate with name recognition and a truckload of campaign cash, George Brauchler, ladies and gentlemen, is your Republican nominee for Colorado attorney general next year. Unless Congressman Ken Buck changes his mind, then maybe it’s a horse race. And if that’s the case, history gives him the edge on winning…
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Former congressional candidate George Leing won’t run for Colorado attorney general
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There won’t be two Georges running for Colorado attorney general after all. Saying he believes it’s important for the GOP to “consolidate behind one candidate” for attorney general, George Leing, Colorado’s Republican National Committeeman and a former congressional candidate, announced Monday that he won’t be joining one-time gubernatorial candidate George Brauchler in the race. Brauchler, the…