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Animal rights activist Ellen Kessler resigned from state veterinary board to protect Polis, email shows
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Records show former state veterinary medicine board member Ellen Kessler resigned to shield Gov. Jared Polis from blowback after she made what ranchers viewed as incendiary remarks about the livestock industry. “The controversy has gotten out of hand and I believe I would be most helpful to our governor if I resigned,” Kessler said in…
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Ellen Kessler accuses ‘lazy’ and ‘nasty’ ranchers of wolf ‘bait’ to get reimbursement
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Animal rights activist Ellen Kessler, a gubernatorial appointee to the State Board of Veterinary Medicine, is back in the news with what rural Coloradans and their allies claim is another attack on ranchers. Kessler, appointed to the state vet board in 2020, has earned the wrath of ranchers and farmers for what they view as…
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Colorado Senate President Kevin Grantham weighs in on civil rights controversy
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Colorado Senate President Kevin Grantham of Cañon City weighed in Monday morning on the controversy over the continued existence of the state Division of Civil Rights and Civil Rights Commission. Last week, the Joint Budget Committee deadlocked 3-3 on vote to fund the agency, which is part of the Department of Regulatory Agencies, for the 2018-19…
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Democrats Kristopher Larsen, Mark Williams petitioning onto 2nd CD primary ballot
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Democrats Kristopher Larsen and Mark Williams are gathering signatures to run in the 2nd Congressional District primary election, meaning former University of Colorado Regent Joe Neguse is more than likely going to have some company on the June primary ballot. A former Democratic nominee for secretary of state and the early frontrunner for the seat…
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Bill Ritter endorses Democrat Joe Neguse to ‘lead the fight against climate change’
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Former Colorado Gov. Bill Ritter, a leader in the push for clean energy, on Monday endorsed Joe Neguse, one of three Democrats running for the 2nd Congressional District seat, saying the former University of Colorado regent will lead the fight against climate change. “I’ve known and worked with Joe for over a decade – he…
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League of Conservation Voters endorses Joe Neguse in 2nd Congressional District race
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The political arm of leading environmentalist advocacy group League of Conservation Voters on Tuesday got behind congressional candidate Joe Neguse, one of three Democrats running in a primary for Colorado’s 2nd Congressional District seat being vacated by U.S. Rep. Jared Polis, who is running for governor. Neguse, a former University of Colorado regent from the…
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Democrat Ken Toltz suspends campaign in primary for Jared Polis’ 2nd Congressional District seat
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Democrat and gun control activist Ken Toltz on Monday announced he’s suspending his campaign for the congressional seat held by U.S. Rep. Jared Polis, who is running for governor. Toltz said in a release he’s putting the campaign he launched in early October on hold to focus his attention on what he called a serious…
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Democrat Joe Neguse tops $75,000 in contributions for Polis’ 2nd Congressional District seat
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Democrat Joe Neguse, the only declared candidate in Colorado’s 2nd Congressional District, raised $77,594 in his bid to fill the seat Boulder Democrat U.S. Rep. Jared Polis is vacating in order to run for governor, Colorado Politics has learned. It took the former CU regent just 18 days between declaring his candidacy in mid June…
