election 2016

ColoradoCare runs into objections as Congress seeks Obamacare reform

Nov 11, 2016

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Tom Ramstack

The Obama administration recently gave an unintentional boost to opponents of government-subsidized health care, such as Colorado’s proposed amendment for universal health insurance that failed voters’ approval this week. Affordable Care Act insurance premiums will rise an average of 22 percent in 2017, according to a White House announcement. The act, also known as Obamacare, was…
House GOP leadership chosen, Rankin nearly quits JBC

Nov 11, 2016

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Mike McKibbin

Saying he wanted signs of support from his Republican colleagues before he agreed to continue serving on the Legislature’s Joint Budget Committee, that’s what state Rep. Bob Rankin of Carbondale received during a party leadership caucus at the state Capitol Thursday, Nov. 10. Rankin, who has been the House GOP member on the JBC for…
Beauprez: Shared principles can help GOP ‘right the ship’

Nov 10, 2016

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Ernest Luning

In the weeks leading up to the November election – before Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump rallied in the polls, throwing what had looked like an easy win for Democrat Hillary Clinton up in the air and turning it into a historic Trump victory – there was nearly as much chatter about the impending civil…
May: The ideals of 1776

Nov 10, 2016

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Clifford D. May

Should we return to them – and can we? Andrew Roberts, one of the world’s great historians, took America to task just over one week ago. Let me rephrase that: He took Americans to task for what they – or rather we – are doing to these United States during an election season that often seems like a…
State legislative contests resolve into stalemate

Nov 9, 2016

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John Tomasic

Democrats add to House majority; Republicans retain Senate majority At the end of a long election season that delivered shocks at every stage, including a dramatic upset win for Donald Trump at the top of the Republican ticket, voters in Colorado shuffled some of the players at the state Capitol but didn’t change the game.…
Cheers, jeers at Colorado GOP election night party

Nov 9, 2016

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Mike McKibbin

In an odd situation reminiscent of the 2016 election cycle, U.S. Rep. Mike Coffman won re-election in Colorado’s 6th Congressional District and on the same night was scorned by Donald Trump’s supporters in attendance at the election night party where he delivered his victory speech. Coffman took the stage at the Colorado Republican Party’s election…
Trump rides chutzpah to victory in presidential race

Nov 9, 2016

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Nancy Benac

He felt it in the breeze. Nearing the end of his long, improbable journey to victory in the presidential race, Donald Trump, the candidate of so much tumult and bluster, waxed nostalgic about how he got there. “I had great parents, great parents,” Trump told the crowd at a rally in steamy Orlando, Florida. “I…
TRUMP ELECTED 45TH PRESIDENT, COLORADO UNDERDOGS CELEBRATE

Nov 9, 2016

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Colorado Politics

Hurtling down his track of defying immense odds this election, Donald Trump officially became president-elect of the United States just after midnight Nov. 9, smashing national expectations – and even the most recent polling numbers – as voters eager to shake up the nation’s political establishment chose the billionaire businessman to lead the country. An unexpected Republican nominee,…
More Election Day problems reported, now in Pueblo

Nov 9, 2016

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Associated Press

More election problems are being reported in Colorado. This time, a southern Colorado county was forced to use paper provisional ballots long after a statewide computer glitch delayed same-day registrants. Pueblo County Clerk Gilbert Ortiz says he is not asking that polls stay open beyond 7 p.m. MST. But he tells The Pueblo Chieftain that…
Kasich already planning post-election play

Nov 9, 2016

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Jared Wright

Signaling a clear interest in playing a continued role in top-ticket national politics, Ohio Gov. John Kasich plans to move quickly following Tuesday’s election to share his ideas for moving the Republican Party forward. The former presidential candidate will speak Thursday at the American Enterprise Institute, a public policy think tank, in Washington. A Republican…