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Dominoes: State Rep. Lisa Cutter declares she’s in for Senate District 20
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The announcement Monday by U.S. Rep. Ed Perlmutter, D-Arvada, that he won’t run for a ninth term in Congress has started a round of dominoes in Jefferson County. The latest, less than 24 hours later, is state Rep. Lisa Cutter, D-Littleton, who told Colorado Politics she’s running for Senate District 20. Cutter made the move…
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Democrat Brittany Pettersen launches bid for 7th CD seat held by retiring US Rep. Ed Perlmutter
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Democratic state Sen. Brittany Pettersen announced Tuesday she is running to represent Colorado’s 7th Congressional District, one day after eight-term U.S. Rep. Ed Perlmutter said he had decided not to seek re-election. “I’ve spent the last decade fighting for working families, public schools, and small businesses,” said Pettersen, a 40-year-old Lakewood resident who was elected…
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Q&A with Rep. Alec Garnett | Speaker of the House reflects on his time in the legislature
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At 38, Speaker of the House Alec Garnett, D-Denver, is in his last of eight years in the Colorado House and among the youngest to serve in that position. Garnett is the third Democrat from the Capitol Hill House District to wield the speaker’s gavel. He follows former speakers Mark Ferrandino, the youngest to ever…
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Marshall fire: Missing man found alive, search continues for 2 others
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A man who was missing and feared dead in the Marshall fire was found alive, Boulder County Sheriff Joe Pelle announced Sunday. Authorities said the man was “alive and well” during a press briefing this afternoon. The search for two others, a woman from Louisville and a man from the Marshall area, continued with the…
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TRAIL MIX | Candidate switcheroos are nothing new in Colorado
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Wouldn’t you know it, less than a week after last week’s Trail Mix column went to press, it was obsolete. In the holiday news lull, it had seemed like a good opportunity to take stock of the candidate line-ups in major Colorado races. While savvy political watchers have been expecting at least a few additional contenders…
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Tancredo sticks with Imer as GOP field of Perlmutter challengers grows
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Tom Tancredo says Republican congressional candidate Laurel Imer can count on his continued support even as another candidate also recently endorsed by the former five-term congressman in another race jumps into the GOP primary in Colorado’s 7th Congressional District. First-time candidate Erik Aadland on Monday announced he was withdrawing from the crowded U.S. Senate primary…
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Rep. Jason Crow tests positive for breakthrough case of COVID-19 after Ukraine trip
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U.S. Rep. Jason Crow announced Sunday night that he tested positive for a breakthrough case of COVID-19 following his return from a trip to Ukraine. The Colorado Democrat, who is fully vaccinated and has received a booster shot, said he’s experiencing minor symptoms. Crow’s announcement came the same day as two other Democratic lawmakers who…
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Ilhan Omar hangs up on Lauren Boebert, ends ‘unproductive’ call over anti-Muslim remarks
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Tensions flared Monday as U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert dug in on her recent comments suggesting that a Muslim congresswoman has ties to terrorism amid mounting calls for GOP leaders to condemn the Colorado Republican. A phone call between Boebert and U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar, a Minnesota Democrat, ended with Omar hanging up on Boebert after…
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Colorado delegation splits along party lines as House passes Biden’s Build Back Better bill
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Members of the Colorado House delegation voted along party lines Friday on President Joe Biden’s Build Back Better Act, a nearly $2 trillion package Democrats are hailing as a groundbreaking social and environmental legislation and Republicans are denouncing the measure and its price tag. The bill passed on a 220-213 vote, with only one Democrat…
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COVER STORY | Colorado’s Joe Neguse, John Hickenlooper play key roles bringing infrastructure bill to life
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Late on the night of Nov. 5, U.S. Rep. Joe Neguse walked alongside two fellow Democratic lawmakers as they made their way outside the U.S. Capitol, prepared to announce that a deal had finally been reached to allow for a vote on the infrastructure bill that had been idling for weeks in the U.S. House…