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Nearly a dozen Republicans pack primary to replace Colorado’s Ken Buck | COVER STORY
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With just weeks until precinct caucuses and less than a month to go before nominating petitions are due, it’s crunch time in the Republican primary for Colorado’s safest GOP-held congressional seat. At last count, 11 candidates are vying for the chance to replace Republican Ken Buck, the former state GOP chairman who said in early…
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Lauren Boebert finishes in middle of the pack in straw poll at inaugural GOP primary debate
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U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert’s middling finish in a straw poll Thursday night drew gasps from the crowd that had just witnessed the Colorado lawmaker face off against eight other Republicans in a congressional primary debate at a rec center in Fort Lupton. The headline-grabbing incumbent’s performance in the decidedly non-scientific survey – Boebert landed in…
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M. Michael Cooke to serve as interim chief of Early Childhood department
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M. Michael Cooke, formerly executive director of the Department of Revenue and previous head of the Department of Regulatory Agencies under Gov. Bill Owens, will become the “transition” director for the Department of Early Childhood. Gov. Jared Polis announced Thursday Cooke will serve in that role for about two years and focus on the “transition and change management associated with the…
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Colorado redistricting commissioners deliberated outside public view — after promise of transparency
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Colorado’s new independent redistricting commission came with a promise of transparency and public inclusion, but in the days leading up to their adoption of a set of legislative maps, commissioners spent significant time working outside of public meetings, potentially violating the state’s transparency rules. In the final two weeks of the legislative redistricting commission’s work,…
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Newly revealed interactions added to redistricting lobbying complaint
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A complaint filed against a group of Republican political consultants and lobbyists, accusing them of failing to file proper redistricting lobbying disclosure, grew larger Monday, when the complainant added new interactions between the complaint targets and Colorado’s redistricting commissioners. The complaint, initially filed with the Colorado Secretary of State in August, accused Republican political consultant…
