colorado democrats
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Lorena Garcia picked to replace Rep. Adrienne Benavidez in Colorado House
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Former U.S. Senate candidate Lorena Garcia is coming to the Colorado House of Representatives after a vacancy committee elected her to replace resigning Rep. Adrienne Benavidez. Garcia is a progressive Democrat and community organizer who unsuccessfully ran for Congress in 2020. She will finish Benavidez’s term representing House District 35, which runs through 2024. The Colorado Democratic Party announced Garcia’s…
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3 Democrat lawmakers win state award for combating climate change
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Three Democrat lawmakers received awards for their work passing bills to combat climate change in the Colorado legislature. Sen. Faith Winter of Westminster, Rep. Lisa Cutter of Littleton and Rep. Tracey Bernett of Louisville all received the 2022 Courage Award from the Colorado Renewable Energy Society for enacting “key structural reforms that combat the adverse…
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2022 SESSION: Democrats secure legislative agenda – but not without hang-ups
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Armed with the majority in the House and Senate, as well as the governor’s seat, the Colorado Democratic Party pulled off its legislative agenda this session – though not without some complications. Democrats listed their 2022 policy priorities as saving Coloradans money, increasing public safety and boosting education, goals that they said constitute the core…
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Morgan Carroll elected chair of Colorado Democrats as party rebuilds
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Former state Sen. Morgan Carroll of Aurora was elected Saturday to be the next leader of Colorado Democrats. Surrounded by dozens of supporters on a stage in a downtown Denver hotel conference room, Carroll appeared to bridge progressive and establishment ends of the party. She spoke on a gloomy Saturday morning as a light rain…
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Democrats celebrate Colorado as ‘pocket of sanity’ amid national election results
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Colorado Democrats celebrated sweeping wins across the state on Tuesday night at a hotel in downtown Denver, but the election-night watch party felt more like a wake as the national map on large-screen televisions slowly turned more and more red, depicting Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump’s win over Democrat Hillary Clinton. Clinton carried the state’s…
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Sanders to hold campaign rally in Denver this weekend
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Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders will speak at a rally for supporters Saturday afternoon at the Colorado Convention Center in Denver, his campaign announced Thursday morning. Sanders and his rival for the nomination, Hillary Clinton, are both speaking at the Colorado Democrats’ annual fundraising dinner Saturday night a few blocks away from the rally, at…
