colorado governor’s race
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Michael Bennet, Democratic candidate for Colorado governor
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U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet has joined a crowded field of candidates vying for the state’s top spot as governor with Gov. Jared Polis reaching term limits in 2026. Bennet is a longtime Colorado public servant and attorney, having served more than 16 years in the U.S. Senate, representing the state. He was first appointed to…
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Scott Bottoms, Republican candidate for Colorado governor
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Scott Bottoms joins a crowded field of Republican candidates for governor. With Gov. Jared Polis being term-limited, Colorado will elect a new leader in 2026. Bottoms is a state representative serving Colorado House District 15, which includes much of eastern Colorado Springs and Cimarron Hills in El Paso County. A U.S. Navy veteran and lead…
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Joshua Giffin, Republican candidate for Colorado governor
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Joshua Griffin joins a crowded field of Republican candidates for governor. With Gov. Jared Polis being term-limited, Colorado will elect a new leader in 2026. Griffin is a U.S. Army combat veteran with roughly two decades of military service, including deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan. After his military career, Griffin returned to Colorado and became…
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Barb Kirkmeyer, Republican candidate for Colorado governor
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Barb Kirkmeyer joins a crowded field of Republican candidates for governor. With Gov. Jared Polis being term-limited, Colorado will elect a new leader in 2026. Kirkmeyer is a Republican leader and current Colorado state Senator representing District 23, which includes parts of Weld and Larimer counties. A fourth-generation Coloradan and longtime resident of Weld County,…
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Greg Lopez, Republican candidate for Colorado governor
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Former congressman Greg Lopez joins a crowded field of Republican candidates for governor. With Gov. Jared Polis being term-limited, Colorado will elect a new leader in 2026. Lopez, a veteran, started his political career at age 27 as mayor of Parker. He later served as Colorado’s state director for the U.S. Small Business Administration. In…
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Victor Marx, Republican candidate for Colorado governor
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A veteran, Victor Marx joins a crowded field of Republican candidates for governor. With Gov. Jared Polis being term-limited, Colorado will elect a new leader in 2026. Marx is based in the Colorado Springs area. He is the founder and president of All Things Possible Ministries, a nonprofit focused on combating human trafficking and supporting at-risk…
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Jason Mikesell, Republican candidate for Colorado governor
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Jason Mikesell joins a crowded field of Republican candidates for governor. With Gov. Jared Polis being term-limited, Colorado will elect a new leader in 2026. Mikesell is a veteran law enforcement leader and the elected Sheriff of Teller County, bringing over two decades of public safety experience. A third-generation Colorado native, Mikesell began his career…
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Phil Weiser, Democratic candidate for Colorado governor
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Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser has joined a crowded field of candidates vying for the state’s top spot as governor with Gov. Jared Polis reaching term limits in 2026. Weiser, the 39th Attorney General of Colorado, was elected the state’s chief legal officer in 2018 and re-elected in 2022. Before state service, Weiser was Dean of…
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COVER STORY | Stapleton fields a campaign team with deep Colorado ties
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Michael Fortney hunkered over a laptop computer screen at a standing desk in his sixth-floor office, perched near Colorado Boulevard and Interstate 25, the Denver hub of Republican Walker Stapleton’s campaign for governor. With stark lighting from the wall-sized window at his back, a white board covers much of the wall to his right, filled…
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Thud: Polis just dropped $3 million into TV ads in the governor’s race
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Jared Polis is demonstrating the perks of being rich. The Democratic gubernatorial nominee and tech millionaire on Wednesday announced a jaw-dropped television ad buy: $3 million for October. For perspective: In 2014, Democratic Gov. John Hickenlooper raised a total war chest of $5.4 million for his tougher-than-expected re-election campaign. Republican Bob Beauprez raised a total…
