compass colorado
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Amendment 74, Prop 112 spending likely sets Colo. record
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Spending on a pair of ballot measures that would have a sweeping impact on Colorado oil and gas development appears to have set a Colorado state record. The last campaign finance reports before Election Day show that spending for Amendment 74 and against Proposition 112 has now topped at least $38.2 million combined. The two…
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Adam Johnson joins Compass Colorado’s conservative cause
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The Denver-based conservative nonprofit Compass Colorado has added a new blade to its liberal meat grinder. Adam Johnson, a politico who’s been around the Colorado block, this week became the communications director for the firm led by well-known political commentator Kelly Maher, its executive director. “AJ has been a friend and colleague for over 15…
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Polis’ plan to skip Club 20 debate kicks up a fuss on the Western Slope
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A gubernatorial candidate hasn’t bypassed the Club 20 debate for decades, if ever, and folks on the Western Slope aren’t taking Jared Polis’ decision lightly. Monday Colorado Politics reported the debates that Polis, the Democratic nominee, and Republican Walker Stapleton were willing to do between now and Election Day. Polis is sending Lt. Gov. Donna…
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Q&A with Kelly Maher: Politics needs ‘more than a tweet and a bullhorn’ — and a little more humor, too
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It’s easy enough to find someone who can get you hoppin’ mad over politics; easier still to find someone who’ll bore you into a coma. Just invite your least favorite uncle over for a beer, tell him you missed Rush today, and ask him to fill you in. But to find someone who can talk…
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Conservative provocateur Jonathan Lockwood launches communication shop
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Conservative operative Jonathan Lockwood, whose advocacy work in Colorado was once labeled “flat-out deranged” by The Denver Post editorial board, launched his own political communications firm this week after a boisterous year as spokesman for the Oregon Senate Republicans. Lockwood said he wants Jonathan Lockwood & Associates to “help people tell their stories, and ignite…
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Trail Mix: The road to Colorado’s 2018 election, Feb. 11 edition
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I’LL SEE YOUR BERNIE AND RAISE A JOYCE FOSTER … The battle of the bold-faced names is on in the House District 9 Democratic primary, where three-term incumbent state Rep. Paul Rosenthal is facing two candidates seeking to dislodge him from the southeast Denver seat. Less than a week had passed since Bernie Sanders –…
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Republicans scold Perlmutter for switch back into congressional race, still lack candidate for seat
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National and Colorado Republicans and their conservative allies piled on U.S. Rep. Ed Perlmutter after the Arvada Democrat announced Monday he’s changed his mind and plans to seek reelection in the 7th Congressional District, although the GOP doesn’t appear to have a candidate ready to challenge the six-term incumbent for the suburban seat. And while…
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Conservative communications maven Jonathan Lockwood shakes up Oregon statehouse with pugnacious approach
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After cutting a provocative path though Colorado’s political scene for half a decade, conservative spinmeister Jonathan Lockwood pulled up stakes and decamped for a strange land with strange customs, a place unaccustomed to his rapid-fire, unrelenting attacks on liberals and his take-no-prisoners approach to making a point – a place called Oregon. Unlike swing-state Colorado,…
