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Former Interior Secretary Ken Salazar, state Sen. Irene Aguilar endorse Crow in 6th Congressional District

Aug 17, 2017

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Peter Marcus

Jason Crow, who is seeking to replace Colorado’s Republican U.S. Rep. Mike Coffman in the 6th Congressional District, received impressive endorsements from top Democrats Thursday. Former U.S. senator and Interior Secretary Ken Salazar – one of the state’s highest profile and most respected Colorado Democrats – threw his support behind Crow. State Sen. Irene Aguilar…
Primary opponent, GOP strategist warn past clients could haunt Democrat Jason Crow

Aug 7, 2017

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Ernest Luning

Will voters care if Democratic congressional candidate Jason Crow represented some unsavory characters early in his career as an attorney? It’s a serious vulnerability, says one of his primary opponents, and a veteran Republican strategist who won two statewide races in Colorado thanks to similar attacks on another Democrat agrees. Crow’s campaign team, however, says…
National Republicans launch ads tying 6th District Democrats to single-payer health care system

Aug 3, 2017

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Ernest Luning

A national Republican group is attempting to link congressional candidate Jason Crow and other Colorado Democrats to a single-payer health care proposal with a six-figure digital ad campaign that kicks off Thursday. Featuring scary negative images of House and Senate Democratic leaders Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer, the National Republican Congressional Committee’s Facebook ad should…
Taste of Ethiopia festival in Denver is about food, culture with politics on the side

Aug 2, 2017

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JOEY BUNCH

Good food and community spirit can’t help but attract politics, and that will be the case Saturday in East Denver at the fifth annual Taste of Ethiopia Festival at Parkfield Lake Park. The event that draws heavily from metro Denver’s immigrant community – as well as international food and entertainment fans – has also become…
Former Gov. Bill Ritter gets on board with 6th CD Dem contender Crow

Aug 1, 2017

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DAN NJEGOMIR Colorado Politics

Jason Crow, one of three Democrats angling to unseat five-term Republican U.S. Rep. Mike Coffman in metro Denver’s perennially hotly contested 6th Congressional District, picked up the endorsement today of Democratic former Colorado Gov. Bill Ritter. In a news release issued by Crow’s campaign, Ritter, who served one term as governor from 2007 to 2011,…
EMILY’s List targets Colorado Republicans Mike Coffman, Scott Tipton in 2018 election

Jul 27, 2017

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Ernest Luning

EMILY’s List, a national group that recruits and helps fund Democratic women candidates, put two Colorado Republicans “on notice” Thursday, naming U.S. Reps. Mike Coffman and Scott Tipton to its list of top GOP targets in next year’s election. The group charged that Coffman and Tipton have poor records on issues important to women –…
Colorado officials tear into Trump’s tweets announcing ban on transgender military service

Jul 26, 2017

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Ernest Luning

Members of Colorado’s congressional delegation from both parties took issue with President Trump’s tweets Wednesday morning announcing a ban on transgender military service “in any capacity,” although U.S. Rep. Doug Lamborn, a Colorado Springs Republican, said he supported the new policy. “America needs a military comprised of patriots willing to sacrifice for this country,” U.S.…
Democrat Gabriel McArthur withdraws from Colorado’s 6th Congressional District primary, endorses Levi Tillemann

Jul 24, 2017

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Ernest Luning

Gabriel McArthur, a Bernie Sanders delegate to last year’s Democratic National Convention, has withdrawn from Colorado’s 6th Congressional District primary and on Sunday threw his support behind Levi Tillemann, one of three Democrats vying for the chance to take on U.S. Rep. Mike Coffman, the Republican incumbent, in the battleground seat. “I’ve considered which Democratic…
Complaint charges Democrat Levi Tillemann went beyond ‘testing the waters’ while exploring congressional run

Jul 21, 2017

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Ernest Luning

A former Democratic elected official is accusing Levi Tillemann, an Aurora Democrat, of acting as a congressional candidate when he was operating an exploratory committee to determine whether to challenge U.S. Rep. Mike Coffman, a five-term Republican, in Colorado’s 6th Congressional District. But Tillemann, one of three Democrats running for the swing seat, said his…
U.S. Rep. Mike Coffman surpasses challenger Jason Crow’s quarterly fundraising in Colorado’s 6th District

Jul 14, 2017

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Ernest Luning

U.S. Rep. Mike Coffman, an Aurora Republican, hauled in roughly $364,000 in the most recent fundraising quarter, his campaign said Thursday, outpacing the $300,000 his Democratic challenger Jason Crow plans to report in contributions in the battleground race for Colorado’s 6th Congressional District. Coffman increased his fundraising slightly over the previous quarter when he raised…