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Rep.-elect Jarvis Caldwell calls out Colorado Republican leadership for lack of support
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Updated 11/14/24 Not long after winning District 20 in the state House, Republican Rep.-elect Jarvis Caldwell took to social media to call out party leadership for what he described as its failure to support GOP candidates in this year’s election. Caldwell won the June El Paso County House District 20 primary by a 30-point margin.…
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Colorado Republicans vote to oust Dave Williams as state party chair, but he rejects meeting as ‘illegal’
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A group of Colorado Republicans voted Saturday to remove Dave Williams as chairman of the state party at a meeting denounced by Williams and his allies as “fraudulent” and “illegal.” Republicans cheered when results were announced at a church in Brighton, where Williams’ opponents gathered in defiance of state GOP warnings that the proceedings lacked…
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Democrats push 3 bills to bolster abortion rights in Colorado
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Democratic lawmakers moved closer toward making Colorado a sanctuary state for abortion access on Thursday, announcing the introduction of three bills that seek to bolster abortion-right laws. If passed, the bills would shield abortion patients and providers from interstate investigations, expand insurance coverage for abortion care, and prohibit what supporters claim to be deceptive advertising…
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Colorado’s Catholic bishops defend crisis pregnancy centers, abortion ‘reversal’
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Colorado Catholic bishops pushed back against a slew of abortion-rights legislation Democrats introduced at the state Capitol this week, arguing the proposals “eliminate choice” for women. In particular, the Archdiocese of Denver and Colorado Catholic Conference contended that Senate Bill 190, which seeks to ban “abortion reversal,” removes “the choice of a woman to sustain her…
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Q&A with Rose Pugliese | House GOP’s assistant minority leader on starting conversations
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Rep. Rose Pugliese is the most powerful freshman lawmaker in a near powerless party. Pugliese, R-Colorado Springs, is assistant minority leader for the GOP caucus in the state House of Representatives – making her the only first-year legislator to hold party leadership in both the state House and Senate. She was elected to represent House…
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Republican leaders vow to keep fighting as new legislative session begins
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Only 31 Republicans filled the seats of the Colorado General Assembly on opening day for the 2023 legislative session – the fewest the state has seen in more than 80 years. Republican leaders, however, remained optimistic. After Democrats flipped seven seats from red to blue in November, Democrats are set to dominate the state Capitol this…
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Kristi Burton Brown won’t seek reelection as chair of Colorado Republican Party
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Weeks after Republicans suffered widespread defeat during Colorado’s midterm election, Kristi Burton Brown announced that she will not run for reelection as chair of the Colorado Republican Party. In an email, Burton Brown announced she plans to shift to policy work and remain heavily involved in the Colorado GOP, but she will not seek another two years…
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Republican Marc Catlin reappointed vice chair of Colorado House ag, water panel
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For the third legislative session in a row, Rep. Marc Catlin will be the only Colorado Republican to hold a committee leadership position. Rep. Marc Catlin, R-Montrosecourtesy Colorado General Assembly The Montrose Republican was this week reappointed to again serve as vice chair of the House Agriculture, Water and Natural Resources Committee. The appointment comes after the November election increased…
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Republicans lose ground in more than half of state legislative committees
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Republicans in the Colorado legislature lost influence in more than half of the General Assembly’s committees for the upcoming legislative session after Democrats dominated in the November election. Democrats flipped seven seats from red to blue in November – two in the Senate and five in the House – creating a 69-31 Democrat-Republican split in…
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El Paso County GOP mulls punishing Republicans deemed insufficiently Republican
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El Paso County Republicans plan to decide whether the local party can censure its members for violating its platforms or getting crosswise with GOP leaders. The county GOP’s central committee – made up of precinct leaders, party officers and elected officials – is scheduled to weigh a proposed bylaws amendment to establish a formal censure procedure…
