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Behind tumultuous scenes: The battles of the Douglas County Board of Education

Feb 20, 2022

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Carol McKinley

After a tumultuous two weeks for the Douglas County School Board, an exodus of teachers has begun in the state’s third-largest school district. Thirty Douglas County teachers have resigned from the school district in the two weeks since superintendent Corey Wise was fired by the Douglas County Board of Education, 16 of whom quit the…
Poll finds unaffiliated voters in Colo. don’t like GOP or Trump

Nov 15, 2018

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Ernest Luning

Colorado’s unaffiliated voters turned out for last week’s election in record numbers and turned their backs on Republicans by wide margins, a survey conducted by a GOP polling firm shows. What’s more, President Donald Trump’s low approval rating among unaffiliated voters – who outnumber Colorado’s registered Democrats and Republicans – appears to have dragged down…
Poll: Stapleton tops Republican field for Colo. governor

Jun 11, 2018

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Ernest Luning

Walker Stapleton is leading Colorado’s four-way Republican primary for governor, but businessman Victor Mitchell’s late ad blitz could position him to close the gap in the final weeks of the campaign, according to a poll released Monday by GOP firm Magellan Strategies and made available early to Colorado Politics. The survey of nearly 600 likely…
Polis grows lead among Democrats for governor, says poll

Jun 7, 2018

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Ernest Luning

Jared Polis holds a 13-point lead over Cary Kennedy in Colorado’s four-candidate Democratic gubernatorial primary, according to a survey released Thursday by Magellan Strategies and made available early to Colorado Politics. But the poll shows that nearly four in 10 voters remain undecided with just weeks to go before ballots are counted. The survey of…
Poll: Lamborn, Glenn lead GOP primary field in 5th Congressional District

May 23, 2018

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Ernest Luning

U.S. Rep. Doug Lamborn holds a 10-point lead over Darryl Glenn in the crowded 5th Congressional District’s Republican primary race just two weeks before mail ballots go out, according to a new survey released Wednesday by GOP polling firm Magellan Strategies. Lamborn, seeking his seventh term, tops the field of five Republicans, with 37 percent…
Poll shows Polis with narrow lead over Kennedy in Democratic gubernatorial field

Mar 28, 2018

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Ernest Luning

DENVER – U.S. Rep. Jared Polis holds a slight lead over former State Treasurer Cary Kennedy in Colorado’s Democratic gubernatorial primary, according to a survey released Tuesday by Republican polling firm Magellan Strategies, although more than one-third of voters remain undecided with just over three months to go until votes are counted. Twenty-seven percent of…
Republican gubernatorial candidate George Brauchler announces campaign advisory team

Aug 22, 2017

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Ernest Luning

Republican gubernatorial candidate George Brauchler announced the members of his campaign advisory team Tuesday, and the roster includes some of the leading political operatives in the state. Brauchler’s team includes Kristin Strohm, managing partner and founder of political consulting firm The Starboard Group; Sean Tonner, Colorado president of national marketing and media giant R&R Partners; former state…
The Hot Sheet, August 4, 2016

Aug 4, 2016

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Jared Wright

VOL. 01 NO. 145 | AUGUST 04, 2016 | COLORADOSTATESMAN.COM/THE-HOT-SHEET | © 2016By TCS Editor and Publisher Jared Wright DENVER – Another dawn, a new Hot Sheet prepared just for you. If you’re reading this, you made it through to a new day, presumably healthy and happy. If, however, you are reading this from a hospital…