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Denver mayoral candidates spar over urban camping ban
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The signs on the lawn leading up to Denver’s South High School on Tuesday night suggested the mayoral debate inside would be dominated by issues of growth and development. They read like a series of the old roadside Burma Shave signs. “What is Denver?” “Not Sprawling Houston.” “Not over-built New York.” “Not smoggy Los Angeles.”…
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Denver mayoral candidates debate growth, development
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Development and growth dominated the latest debate of Denver mayoral candidates, much as it has through the entire campaign. The four leading candidates also talked about taxes, improving poorer neighborhoods and who their favorite former Denver mayor was during the forum at the Denver Field House events venue on Federal Boulevard, sponsored by The Denver…
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Pueblo debate: Polis lays out agenda; Stapleton demands to see the price
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By Peter Roper, The Pueblo Chieftain PUEBLO – Republican Colorado state Treasurer Walker Stapleton’s clear goal was to call U.S. Rep. Jared Polis “radical and extreme” as many times as possible in their hour-long gubernatorial debate Monday night at Colorado State University-Pueblo. It was the candidates’ fourth debate since Friday in a series of eight…
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WATCH: Stapleton, Polis debate at Denver chamber event
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Colorado gubernatorial candidates Jared Polis and Walker Stapleton sparred about business issues and the state’s economy Friday morning at a forum sponsored by the Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce and more than a dozen other business organizations. Denver Business Journal Ed Sealover moderated the 90-minute debate at the Hyatt Regency Denver at Colorado Convention Center.…
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State Debate: Your chance to give candidates for all Colo.’s major offices a piece of your mind
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In a month, ballots will begin arriving in mailboxes around Colorado, asking you to help pick the handful of people who will lead our state through the next four years. Who can best deal with Colorado’s runaway growth, its exploding demand for skilled workers, its knotty traffic problems and needy schools? How about the surging…
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Democratic candidates for governor to participate in One Colorado debate
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One Colorado, the state’s leading advocacy organization for LGBTQ Coloradans, will host a debate with the four candidates for governor from the Democratic Party on Thursday, June 7. The debate, which will focus on LGBTQ issues, will be moderated by Colorado Politics’ own Joey Bunch and is to be held at the EXDO Event Center, 1399…
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Democrats in public TV debate squabble over pro-Kennedy attack ad
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With just 27 days left until the gubernatorial primaries, Democratic candidates Mike Johnston, Donna Lynne, Cary Kennedy and Jared Polis went head-to-head during the taping of the debate series “Colorado Decides” Wednesday. The discussion covered everything from Bernie Sanders’ influence in the Democratic party to Colorado facing a forthcoming economic recession, as well as the…
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The race for governor: 9News to host debates
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The candidates who’ll appear on the June 26 primary ballot in the race to become Colorado’s next governor are set, and the next round of 9News debates is just two weeks away. The Democratic candidates appearing on the primary ballot will join us for a debate on Monday, June 4, at 7 p.m. on Denver…
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The Colorado Civic Barbecue — let’s make politics fun again
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On the first Sunday in May, Swiss citizens throughout that mountainous, cow-happy country merrily gather in their town squares to drink beer, show off their swords and practice democracy. They call it the Landsgemeinde, and they’ve been doing it since about 1294. Essentially the Swiss have turned election day into a party, with sausages, pastries,…
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Glenn, Bennet spar over Trump remarks; Glenn suspends endorsement
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During their first and last televised debate Tuesday night, Democrat U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet and his Republican challenger, Republican Darryl Glenn, faced off over a variety of issues, but Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump came up as a cornerstone topic in the conversation. For anyone awake during this election – no surprises. Trying to distance himself from…
