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Club 20 debates kick off general election campaign season in Grand Junction
GRAND JUNCTION – Viewed as the unofficial start to the campaign season, the Club 20 debates in Grand Junction Saturday drew heat and humor, but without the marquis matchup hoped for between gubernatorial candidates Walker Stapleton, the Republican state treasurer, and Democratic U.S. Rep. Jared Polis of Boulder. (Polis declined to participate.) The debates –…
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Money flowing into governor’s race tops $21M
More than $27.7 million has flowed into campaign coffers of all kinds in Colorado in the most recent reporting period, from July 28 to Aug. 29, according to the secretary of state’s campaign finance system, TRACER. GOVERNOR’S RACE Campaign contributions to the two major party candidates in the race for governor have reached $21.37 million.…
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Brian Watson, Dave Young talk treasurer’s race on TV Sunday
Colorado voters get precious few chances to see down-ticket candidates for statewide office in the same setting. On Sunday, “The Aaron Harber Show” will provide a full hour with two major party candidates for state treasurer: Republican Brian Watson and Democrat Dave Young of Greeley. The pair sits together on “The Aaron Harber Show” on…
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Democrats call out Stapleton on money for roads, rural Colorado
Democrats in the Colorado House of Representatives are accusing State Treasurer Walker Stapleton of dragging his feet on paperwork to greenlight millions of dollars for transportation and rural Colorado. Stapleton also is the Republican nominee for governor. The legislature passed Senate Bill 267 in 2017 to raise $1.8 billion over the next 20 years by…
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ENDORSEMENT WATCH | Weiser, Brauchler divvy up AG backers
With the primary in the rear view mirror, organizations and individuals are handing out endorsements for the general election. The Colorado AFL-CIO, representing 180 affiliate unions, voted unanimously to endorse Democratic gubernatorial nominee U.S. Rep. Jared Polis and the party’s attorney general candidate, Phil Weiser, the union’s political arm announced this week. In an earlier round…
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Colo. Republicans hit the road on a unity tour
They quarreled like politicians on the campaign trail before Tuesday’s primary. On Thursday, Republican candidates for governor applauded nominee Walker Stapleton in a series of small rallies up the Front Range. To try to gum up the GOP unity, the state Democratic Party emailed reporters a list of quotes his GOP primary rivals said about…
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ENDORSEMENT WATCH | Colorado candidates notch support as primary looms
Politicians and organizations are bestowing last-minute endorsements as candidate scramble to motivate voters in the days before the June 26 primary. Here are some of the Colorado candidate endorsements announced in recent days, including some going to candidates who aren’t in contested primaries and have already won their party’s nomination: ? Former U.S. Sen. Tim…
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Colo. state treasurer candidate seeks records on PERA contracts
Bernard Douthit, a Democratic candidate for Colorado state treasurer, filed two open-records requests Thursday to get a look at more than 200 contracts between the state pension plan and fund management firms that he claims are paid about $130 million per year. Douthit’s request seeks access to the contracts, whether they can be terminated and…
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PRIMARY PREVIEW: Races for treasurer, AG play out across parties’ fault lines
The top-of-the-ticket primaries for Colorado governor have been hogging the spotlight, but Democrats and Republicans are also angling for nominations for state treasurer and attorney general. While the down-ballot primaries differ from each other in several ways, they all feature a battle between the parties’ mainstream and more hard-core versions, and strategists say the outcomes…
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Colorado teachers rally for more money for schools, less for corporations
Hundreds of Colorado teachers left their classrooms and descended on the state Capitol Monday morning to demand lawmakers protect public pensions and put millions of dollars more into K-12 education each year. “You left me no choice, I have to use my teacher voice,” the chanted as they made a loop around the statehouse before…