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Incumbent Derrick Wilburn endorses Sherrie Gibson for state GOP vice chair
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Incumbent Colorado Republican Party Vice Chairman Derrick Wilburn said Wednesday he’s endorsing Sherrie Gibson for the vice chair position in the upcoming state GOP leadership elections. “I know what it takes to be effective in this role,” Wilburn said in a statement. “Sherrie is more than capable. I whole-heartedly offer an enthusiastic endorsement of Sherrie…
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Former lawmakers land county party positions at reorganization meetings
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Three former legislators won election to county party offices on Saturday as state Democrats and Republicans conduct their biennial reorganization meetings. Denver Democrats elected former state Rep. Mike Cerbo, D-Denver, to a two-year term as the county party’s chairman, Adams County Republicans tapped former state Rep. JoAnn Windholz, R-Commerce City, as vice chair, and El…
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YESTERYEAR: Pre-Amendment 41 legislators take to the paid-for slopes in droves
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…Thirty Years Ago This Week in the Colorado Statesman … Ahhh, those were the days before the long arm of Amendment 41 arrived on the scene – a little heard of show was in town: Legislators on Ice, er, at least on the snow … all funded by lobbyists who just wanted to make sure their favorite…
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Colorado Trump team backs Hays in state chair race, but Athanasopoulos fires back
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President Donald Trump’s Colorado campaign team threw its weight behind El Paso County Republican Party Chairman Jeff Hays on Wednesday in the race for state GOP chair. But Hays’s opponent, former congressional candidate George Athanasopoulos, was having none of it, calling the endorsement “preposterous” and predicting the move could backfire among the grassroots Republicans supporting…
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Sherrie Gibson set to launch bid for Colorado Republican Party vice chairman
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Colorado Springs Republican activist and campaign operative Sherrie Gibson plans to launch her campaign for vice chairman of the Colorado GOP officially on Thursday night in Pueblo at the county party’s reorganization meeting, her campaign said. “I will continue to support and develop an unparalleled grassroots effort which encourages activism and inclusion amongst all Republicans…
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El Paso County’s Jeff Hays to launch bid for state Republican chairman
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El Paso County Republican Party Chairman Jeff Hays likes to talk football and politics, but chances are that even the most detailed political discussion will soon start sounding like football. “Everything in my life is a football analogy,” he said with a chuckle in a recent interview with The Colorado Statesman, and he wasn’t kidding.…
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BARTELS: Secretary Wayne Williams reflects on icons Bill Armstrong, Howard Gelt
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Colorado Secretary of State Wayne Williams crossed paths with Republican Bill Armstrong and Democrat Howard Gelt, political icons who died last week. Armstrong died July 5, Gelt July 8. Colorado mourned the deaths of both men, who made such an impact on the state. (Check out the Secretary of State blog for separate stories on Armstrong, the guy…
