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Amid residency questions, S. Colorado lawmaker gets a last-minute challenger
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Questions over whether a southern Colorado state representative – a Democrat – actually lives in the district he represents has prompted Republicans to make a last-ditch effort to get their candidate onto the November general election ballot. Last week, a Denver District Court judge ordered Secretary of State Wayne Williams to put Republican Scott Honeycutt’s…
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House District 62 Dems nominate Valdez despite dissension
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Democratic delegates to a multi-county assembly for House District 62, in the San Luis Valley, are sending just one candidate to the June 26 primary: the incumbent, Rep. Donald Valdez of La Jara – despite questions about whether Valdez actually lives in the district. Valdez is the hands-on favorite to win the general election in November…
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Does this Colorado lawmaker still live in his district?
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Democratic state Rep. Donald Valdez has an interesting residency situation. Valdez, who represents House District 62 in southern Colorado’s San Luis Valley, lists his parents’ home in the Conejos County town of La Jara – population 800, 15 miles south of Alamosa – as his address. Last August, Valdez married Michelle Rene Brown, a vice…
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Sexual harassment cases taking a toll on lawmakers, not just the accused
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DENVER – As the Colorado Senate debated the fate of Sen. Randy Baumgardner over sexual harassment charges in a rare evening session, Sen. Lucia Guzman was thinking of sunrise on Good Friday, a time of atonement and healing. The resolution to expel Baumgardner failed in a 17-17 tie after a four-hour hearing. In speech after speech,…
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Grantham on the Colorado legislature: It’s become a "theater of the absurd"
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DENVER – Senate Republicans Monday morning took just about everyone to task over inappropriate remarks in the House and Senate, beginning in their own chamber. The House wasn’t exempt from their criticisms, either, after a Democratic member of that chamber last Friday threatened to call for the expulsion of another member over a disagreement in…
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Capitol M: Week ending March 16
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A look at the lighter side, usually, of what goes on at the state Capitol. YMMV. They really don’t look that much alike…March 6 marked the 20th anniversary of the theatrical release of the cult classic “The Big Lebowski.” Its star is Jeff Bridges. Not that Jeff Bridges (pictured at right). This Jeff Bridges (pictured…
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Rep. Donald Valdez calls out fellow House Democrat on House floor
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The issue of harassment at the state Capitol took a turn Friday, when a Democratic member of the House claimed he’d been harassed by another member, a fellow Democrat, and threatened to call for an expulsion resolution. Rep. Donald Valdez of La Jara took to the House microphone Friday morning to complain that he had…
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With bipartisan bill on gun theft, George Brauchler says it’s time to talk more
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A Republican going before the House State, Veterans, and Military Affairs Committee with any legislation – let alone a gun bill – doesn’t usually leave happy. They don’t call it the kill committee for nothing, and Democrats have a 6-3 supermajority. But Rep. Larry Liston, a Republican from Colorado Springs, pulled off that rare feat…
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State Sen. Irene Aguilar endorses Ashley Wheeland in HD 9 Democratic primary
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State Sen. Irene Aguilar, a Denver Democrat, this week endorsed Ashley Wheeland, one of two Democrats challenging state Rep. Paul Rosenthal in a primary in southeast Denver’s House District 9. “Ashley has a long record of fighting for Colorado communities and their health care, something I am passionate about as well,” Aguilar, a primary care physician,…
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Trail Mix: The road to Colorado’s 2018 election, Feb. 11 edition
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I’LL SEE YOUR BERNIE AND RAISE A JOYCE FOSTER … The battle of the bold-faced names is on in the House District 9 Democratic primary, where three-term incumbent state Rep. Paul Rosenthal is facing two candidates seeking to dislodge him from the southeast Denver seat. Less than a week had passed since Bernie Sanders –…
