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Colorado GOP calls on Tina Peters to suspend campaign for secretary of state in wake of felony indictments
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The Colorado Republican Party’s statewide officers on Wednesday called on Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters to suspend her campaign for secretary of state while under indictment on multiple felony charges related to allegations the Grand Junction Republican tampered with voting equipment. In an extraordinary joint statement issued hours after prosecutors released the 13-count grand jury…
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Wayne Williams wins endorsements from Democratic clerks, other officials
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Five Democratic clerk and recorders are crossing the aisle to endorse Republican Secretary of State Wayne Williams, who is running for re-election against Democratic challenger Jena Griswold. In addition, several current and former elected officials and a prominent election activist are part of a coalition of Democratic supporters unveiled by the Republican’s campaign. “I am…
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DeGette primary challenger Saira Rao running for a ‘seat at the table’
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Saira Rao says she decided to stop practicing law at a New York firm and start a publishing company devoted to children’s fiction featuring diverse characters when she was watching cartoons with her daughter Lila one day about six years ago. “I saw the utter lack of diversity, and that’s when I switched gears to…
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NOONAN: Can Morgan Carroll bring unaffiliateds into the Democratic fold?
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It’s not just the Republican party fracas that’s in the news. The Democratic party is scrambling too. Two feature news articles in Time and the New York Times describe the cri de coeur and muck of national Democrats. Then came Donna Brazile’s blistering takedown in her book, Hack, all puns intended. Colorado’s Democratic party is…
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YESTERYEAR: Mock convention held to crack open Colorado’s Constitution
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Thirty Years Ago This Week in The Colorado Statesman: An advisory board, which consisted of four dozen office holders, journalists, business leaders, as well as the governor and chairmen of both the state Democratic and Republican Parties, proposed a model constitutional convention to be held in Denver. The purpose of the “mock” convention was to evaluate…
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Noonan: Three strong candidates for CD7 can set a vision for Dems across the nation
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The 2018 election will scramble the political scene in Colorado. Two Democratic U.S. representatives are vying for governor. Three prominent state Democratic legislators from Jefferson and Adams counties will go after the open 7th Congressional District seat vacated by US Rep. Ed Perlmutter. Brittany Pettersen will leave her House District 28 seat in Lakewood. Andy…
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Bianchi: Is Colorado still a swing state?
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The quick answer: yes. The real answer: it’s complicated. Helped by an influx of transplants drawn to Colorado’s liberal marijuana laws, high-tech economy and overall high quality of life, the state, by most metrics, is in a considerable economic boom. That same associated population growth, by the way, likely means that the upcoming 2020 census…
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Hudson: Turn the other cheek … again?
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My phone lit up this weekend with news that a group of Republicans marching in Denver’s Pride Fest had been “attacked on the parade route by an angry group wearing masks.” One text described the attackers as cursing lesbians dressed all in black. Another text said that all was well and nothing appeared to be…
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Hamner: 2017 legislative session was a productive one for Colorado
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With the 2017 session of the Colorado General Assembly behind us, I am enjoying being back in my district and having some time to reflect back on the legislative session. From Jan. 11 to May 10, my colleagues and I worked very hard to find compromise on some very important issues, and as a result,…
