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Stapleton, Lopez win spots in GOP gov primary
BOULDER – State Treasurer Walker Stapleton and businessman Greg Lopez, a former mayor of Parker, won spots in Colorado’s Republican gubernatorial primary Saturday at the GOP’s state assembly. Stapleton took top line on the June primary ballot, with 44 percent of the delegate vote – just four days after asking state officials to reject petitions…
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Former Lt. Gov. Joe Garcia expected to lead state community colleges
Former Lt. Gov. Joe Garcia didn’t stay out of Colorado politics long. He is the sole finalist to become the next president of the Colorado Community College System. The system said Garcia was picked after “a rigorous nationwide search process that began last fall.” Under state law, there is a two-week waiting period before finalists…
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Donna Lynne releases latest leg of gubernatorial ‘Roadmap’: jobs
Lt. Gov. Donna Lynne is laying out her plans to be Colorado’s next governor in a “roadmap,” and the latest leg is jobs, her campaign said Tuesday. She already has released issue papers on health care and helping working families. The newest platform measures, as characterized by her campaign, include: “I have spent my career…
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Trail Mix: The road to Colorado’s 2018 election, April 8 edition
STEP BY STEP … When Democratic gubernatorial candidate Donna Lynne, Colorado’s lieutenant governor and chief operating officer, announced plans to walk the entire 26-mile length of Colfax Avenue on April 8, the stratagem echoed a pair of signature campaign exploits that propelled a couple of Colorado’s most successful politicians in decades past, as well as…
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Donna Lynne to walk the length of Colfax to promote ‘Main Street’ effort
Lt. Gov. Donna Lynne is hitting the street to make her case to be governor. Sunday she’ll walk the entire length of Colfax Avenue, more than 26 miles including three counties, as part of her Meet Me on Main Street effort to reach voters. The Democrat from Denver will walk and talk with constituents starting…
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Teamsters endorse Cary Kennedy in Democratic gubernatorial primary
DENVER – Citing her commitment to working people, the Teamsters Local 455 labor union this week endorsed former State Treasurer Cary Kennedy in the Democratic primary for governor. “Kennedy is the best candidate for Colorado’s working families,” said Steve Vairma, secretary-treasurer of the Denver-based Local 455, in a statement. “She is hardworking and focused on…
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Donna Lynne hammers next plank in gubernatorial platform: working families
DENVER – Lt. Gov. Donna Lynne presented the second plank of her platform for governor Thursday, part of where campaign calls her “Colorado Roadmap” policies and priorities. This one would help working families. “Colorado’s economy has made impressive strides in the past several years,” the Democrat from Denver said in a statement . “There is…
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Victor Mitchell is spending big on TV to tout bid for governor
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=8&v=GQrKPhQ1wjI Victor Mitchell won’t be asking “Do You Know Me?” on TV as much starting this week. He doesn’t have to anymore after investing more than a million bucks in TV ads across the state to tout his bid for governor. The Republican entrepreneur and former state legislator from Douglas County is building up his…
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Cover Story: ‘Anybody’s ballgame’ — crowded ballots, wide-open primaries make for a wild governor’s race
DENVER – For the first time in 20 years, Colorado voters in both parties are faced this year with contested primaries for an open seat for governor. While the race to replace term-limited Gov. John Hickenlooper has been underway for more than a year and front-runners have emerged, the June primary ballot likely won’t be…