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Jeffco GOP sets application deadline to fill commissioner vacancy after Rosier steps down
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Jefferson County Republicans are accepting applications through Dec. 12 to fill an upcoming vacancy on the suburban county’s board of county commissioners. The vacancy for the District 3 seat was created when Don Rosier, a Republican serving his second term on the commission, announced last week that he’ll be resigning in early January to head…
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Bennet, Gardner split on Garland nomination to Supreme Court
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Colorado’s two U.S. senators had opposite reactions to President Barack Obama’s nomination Wednesday of Judge Merrick Garland to the U.S. Supreme Court, with Republican Cory Gardner reiterating his position that the Senate should refuse to take up an Obama pick and Democrat Michael Bennet calling on the Senate to “do its job” and consider the…
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GOP Senate hopeful Natividad shifts gears from petition toward assembly
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Calling the crowded field of Republican U.S. Senate hopefuls a “cattle call of career politicians,” Lakewood businessman Jerry Natividad said Tuesday he’s leaning toward seeking the primary ballot via the assembly process rather than petitioning on. Natividad announced his bid for the seat held by Democrat Michael Bennet on March 1, just hours before Republicans…
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Cruz, Neville topped one county straw poll as Republicans caucused statewide
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At least 60,000 Republicans turned out at schools, churches and community centers across Colorado Tuesday night for precinct caucuses, party officials said, kicking off the election season with ground-level party business. Attendance was up sharply from two years ago, when an estimated 25,000 Republicans showed up for the biennial neighborhood meetings, and roughly matched the…
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Natividad jumps into U.S. Senate race, joining crowded field vying for GOP nomination
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Businessman Jerry Natividad officially launched his campaign for the Republican nomination for the U.S. Senate seat held by Democrat Michael Bennet Tuesday, becoming the 13th GOP candidate in the running. Touting his business experience and deep Colorado roots, Natividad said he would be running as a political outsider intent on bringing western values to the…
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GOP Senate candidates bash Bennet, attempt to stand out in crowded field at first forum
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A stage full of Republican Senate candidates Thursday night took swing after swing at U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet, repeatedly tying the Democrat to President Barack Obama and blaming him for everything from a ballooning federal deficit to an unstable and dangerous Middle East. “Every one of the candidates we have on stage tonight will make a better…
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Colorado candidates collect signatures to get on the ballot
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Candidates who are planning to collect voter signatures to try to get on the June 28 primary ballot may start circulating their petitions today, although it’s likely the weather will crimp campaigning. Collecting voter signatures is one way of getting on the ballot. Another is going through an assembly and receiving at least 30 percent…
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Keyser, Rosier OK’d to start circulating GOP Senate petitions
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The Colorado secretary of state’s office has given two more Republican U.S. Senate candidates the go-ahead to start circulating petitions for the June primary ballot, bringing to five the number of GOP candidates who could be gathering signatures for the race. Jefferson County Commissioner Don Rosier and former state Rep. Jon Keyser, R-Morrison, both have…
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Wadhams: GOP Senate candidate Graham’s Democratic past not that unusual
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Republican U.S. Senate candidate Jack Graham was registered as a Democrat until January 2015, his campaign manager confirmed Monday, but he also pointed out that it isn’t at all unusual for a former Democrat to be elected as a Republican senator from Colorado. “There’s a guy named Cory Gardner, who was a Democrat when he…
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GOP Senate candidate Keyser to seek ballot by petition
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Republican U.S. Senate candidate Jon Keyser is planning to petition onto the primary ballot, sources with his campaign have confirmed to The Colorado Statesman. Keyser is the fourth Republican candidate petitioning for the nomination to challenge U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet, the lone Democratic incumbent considered vulnerable in this year’s Senate races. “It’s going to take…
