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Keyser poised to jump into Senate race
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State Rep. Jon Keyser, R-Evergreen, an attorney and decorated Air Force reservist, is preparing to launch a likely-to-be well-funded campaign in a crowded but mostly lackluster primary field of Republicans hoping to challenge U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet, bringing star quality and credibility to an election his backers believe will turn on national security. “Republicans have…
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Coloradans tackle federal red tape as part of Reagan transition
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Thirty-five Years Ago this week in The Colorado Statesman … With the inauguration of President-elect Ronald Reagan fast approaching, Holly Coors, Reagan’s Colorado campaign coordinator, had dispatched a crew of Republicans to Washington, D.C., to help “sift through bureaucratic red tape” at the Intergovernmental Affairs Agency, on the prowl for ways to cut federal regulations.…
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Colorado’s five living governors celebrate historic residence
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Gov. John Hickenlooper welcomed his four predecessors and supporters of a fund to maintain the governor’s residence into the stately Boettcher Mansion on Friday night. “It really does add real value and promise to the institution of the governor of Colorado,” Hickenlooper told some 200 gathered at a fundraiser for the Governor’s Residence Preservation Fund…
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Israeli consul general says innovation key in trade pact with Colorado
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David Siegel, the Israeli consul general for the southwestern United States, met with Gov. John Hickenlooper and key members of his economic development staff last week to finalize a research and development agreement that Siegel said had the potential to develop into a hugely beneficial relationship between Israel and Colorado. “We’re filling it with content…
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Ferraro touts advances by women on national stage
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Thirty Years Ago this week in The Colorado Statesman … Former vice presidential candidate Geraldine Ferraro was the main draw at a fundraiser for Sen. Gary Hart at the Executive Tower Inn. She was helping him retire the $3 million debt left over from his presidential run a year earlier, when he gave Democratic presidential…
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Bipartisan crowd cheers passage of Referendum C
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Ten Years Ago this week in The Colorado Statesman … “Friends, how sweet it is,” said Gov. Bill Owens at the election night party celebrating the come-from-behind passage of Referendum C, a measure to lift TABOR restrictions on state revenue for five years. (A companion ballot measure to provide transportation funding, Ref D, failed narrowly.)…
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Garcia stepping down as lieutenant governor to take higher ed post
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Lt. Gov. Joe Garcia announced Tuesday that he will be stepping down next year to take a new job. The Pueblo Democrat said in a statement that he plans to start work as president of the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education, a Boulder-based advocacy organization, before July 1. Lt. Gov. Joe Garcia speaks at…
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Bush wins Colorado as Dems take state Senate majority
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Fifteen Years Ago this week in The Colorado Statesman … The waiting game had started as returns were still in dispute and a recount was starting in Florida, but in Colorado the results were clear: Republican presidential nominee George W. Bush had won the state’s eight electoral votes over Vice President Al Gore, while Democrats…
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Littleton exploring U.S. Senate bid
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El Paso County Commissioner Peggy Littleton is weighing a run for the Republican nomination for the U.S. Senate seat held by Democrat Michael Bennet, The Colorado Statesman has learned. El Paso County Commissioner Peggy Littleton runs on the Mall in Washington, D.C., on Sept. 30 in this photo she posted to her Facebook page. The…
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Hickenlooper, Salazar fire up Clinton supporters
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Hundreds of supporters of Hillary Clinton packed the north Denver home of former Interior Secretary and former U.S. Sen. Ken Salazar on Monday for an organizing event meant to “catapult” the presidential candidate out of the 2016 caucuses to the Democratic nomination. “We’ve got to make sure the news coming out of Colorado isn’t just…
