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ENDORSEMENT WATCH | Support for candidates piles up as primary ballots drop
Candidates in the June 26 primary election continue to receive endorsements from politicians and organizations even as ballots arrive in voters’ mailboxes this week and the campaigns near the finish line. Here are some of the Colorado candidate endorsements announced in recent days: ? Citing his “proven record of leadership on our Second Amendment freedoms,”…
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Q&A w/Kristin Strohm | Republican rainmaker and agent of change
So, what is to be done about the unholy alliance between money and politics? Policy wonks and editorialists wring their hands over that perennial talking point, but streetwise insiders say the answer’s simple: Get yourself a good fundraiser. And Colorado’s center-right political realm has found just that in the Starboard Group and its president, Kristin…
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DeGette meets with sanctuary immigrant in Denver, talks reform
Kevin Velasquez is 18 months old. He’s a lively little boy who runs around at warp toddler speed – and he did just that Tuesday within the walls of the Denver church where his mother has sought sanctuary from deportation. Kevin’s infectious smile and antics briefly stole the spotlight away from U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette,…
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Anti-‘waste’ group calls Colorado Republicans heroes, Democrats darn-near zeroes
When it comes to keeping an eye on how government money is spent, Colorado’s Republican delegation to Washington has superpowers. That’s the estimation of the conservative Council for Citizens Against Government Waste. The Washington, D.C-based nonprofit put the four in the “Taxpayer Hero” category of its latest rankings. U.S. Rep. Doug Lamborn of Colorado Springs…
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Dan Baer named to head Colorado Department of Higher Education
Dan Baer, a former ambassador and Democrat who ran for Congress last year, was appointed by Gov. John Hickenlooper Tuesday to be the next executive director of the Colorado Department of Higher Education. Baer will take over on June 8 from Kim Hunter Reed, who is departing after 16 months on the job to take the same…
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ENDORSEMENT WATCH: Kamala Harris throws support behind Joe Neguse
With just five weeks remaining until Colorado voters start to receive primary ballots in the mail, candidate endorsements are falling as thick as crabapple blossoms on a blustery spring day. Here are some of the endorsements that have been announced over the past week: U.S. Sen. Kamala Harris, the California Democrat high on lists of…
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Who are Colorado’s champs for D.C. bipartisanship?
When it comes to working across the aisle in Washington, U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner and Rep. Mike Coffman are the Colorado delegation’s leaders on bipartisanship. They also lead their chambers. A new measurement by the The Lugar Center and Georgetown University’s McCourt School of Public Policy ranks Coffman 12th among 435 House members. Gardner ranked…
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Bennet, Democratic lawmakers demand ouster of embattled EPA chief Scott Pruitt
U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet is among the lead sponsors of a resolution introduced Wednesday calling on Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt to resign, the same day White House budget officials opened an investigation into the decision to install a $43,000 soundproof phone booth in Pruitt’s office. The measure, signed by 170 Democratic lawmakers, slams…
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Rhonda Fields endorses Levi Tillemann in 6th Congressional District Democratic primary
DENVER – State Sen. Rhonda Fields, an Aurora Democrat, has thrown her support behind Levi Tillemann in the two-way Democratic primary in the 6th Congressional District – giving the clean energy expert and author a boost with his first endorsement from a sitting legislator. Tillemann is facing attorney and veteran Jason Crow in a primary for…
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Congressional candidate Crow picks up endorsement from Perlmutter
DENVER – U.S. Rep. Ed Perlmutter threw his support Monday behind fellow Democrat Jason Crow in the 6th Congressional District primary, saying the Aurora attorney and Army Ranger combat veteran has “already solved problems for the district” with his support for the new Veteran’s Administration hospital scheduled to open this summer. Crow is one of…