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House District 14 vacancy process deemed insufficient by Colorado Secretary of State, requires a redo
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Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold has rejected the nominating paperwork for the vacancy in House District 14. On Sept. 22, a Republican vacancy committee met to choose a replacement for former Rep. Rose Pugliese of Colorado Springs. The issue, according to Griswold’s office, is the notice to inform the vacancy committee about the meeting.…
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Ohio Republican Jim Jordan headlines fundraisers for El Paso County GOP, Colorado House members
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House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan, an Ohio Republican, plans to appear at fundraisers for Colorado’s four GOP members of Congress this week while he’s visiting the state to speak at the El Paso County GOP’s annual fundraising dinner in Colorado Springs. Jordan, serving his 10th term in the U.S. House, was scheduled to deliver…
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State Republican Party and Walker Stapleton christen Colorado Springs "victory office"
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The path to Republican victories in the November elections runs through El Paso County, party representatives and candidates said Wednesday as the Colorado Republican Party set up shop in downtown Colorado Springs. “I need your help,” GOP gubernatorial candidate Walker Stapleton told about two dozen local Republicans at an event christening the state party’s newest…
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Q&A with Bob Gardner | Policy maven, military veteran, school-choice champion
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There’s an old wisecrack that members of Colorado’s House of Representatives lob at colleagues who get elected to the state Senate – that the move will raise the average IQ of both chambers. While senators of course are quick to offer a second opinion on the well-worn quip, one thing they and their House counterparts…
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Colorado Democrats already fundraising off chance Gordon Klingenschmitt could run for office again
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No sooner had word gotten out that former state Rep. Gordon Klingenschmitt was considering mounting a political comeback than the Colorado Democrats were sounding the alarm – and passing the hat. In a fundraising email blasted out Wednesday, the director of the state Democrats’ House Majority Project warned supporters that Klingenschmitt, a Colorado Springs Republican,…
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Republican committee member challenges results of House District 14 vacancy election
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A member of the House District 14 Republican vacancy committee on Friday challenged Thursday night’s election of Shane Sandridge to the Colorado House of Representatives alleging another committee member was ineligible to participate and arguing Sandridge fell one vote short of the required majority. The vacancy committee picked Sandridge from a field of five candidates…
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Some El Paso County Republicans up in arms over proposal to replace county chair tonight
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Some members of the El Paso County Republican Party’s executive committee are crying foul over a proposal to name a new county chair at a meeting tonight rather than throw the selection to the much larger central committee at a later date. County GOP chairman Trevor Dierdorff, who was elected to the post this spring,…
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Robert Blaha plays Trump card in endorsement of Kevin McCarney for state GOP vice chair
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Scattering Trumpisms throughout, Robert Blaha, chair of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump’s 2016 Colorado campaign, endorsed Grand Junction activist Kevin McCarney for vice chair of the state Republican Party, McCarney’s campaign announced this week. McCarney, who chaired the Mesa County Trump campaign, is running against Colorado Springs organizer and strategist Sherrie Gibson in the state…
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Matt Arnold scores win against county GOP amid charges he’s waging proxy state chair battle
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Conservative gadfly Matt Arnold, a persistent thorn in the side of lots of Colorado Republicans, dug in a little deeper this week. In response to a complaint filed by Arnold’s Campaign Integrity Watchdog organization, the El Paso County GOP admitted in court Tuesday that it made some mistakes in campaign finance filings last year and…
