evie hudak
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Q&A w/Keith King: Businessman, politician and more — but always an educator at heart
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Keith King has been a success at a number of endeavors in his 69 years: a prep basketball standout; an entrepreneur who built a nationwide chain of waterbed stores; a Republican politician who was returned to office repeatedly and rose to the leadership of the state House of Representatives. Yet, if you want to know…
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Noonan: Final results show election angst on both sides turns into not much in Colorado
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In the grand total of many things political, Democrats did well in Colorado in 2016, going against the fly-over state trend. Even so, at the state level, the more things change, the more they stay the same. Statewide, unaffiliated voters broke toward Democrats at about 4.5 percent. With party registrations in November at almost even…
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? Noonan: The May-Priola Senate race could be the linchpin for both parties
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As it turns out, the 2016 general election in Colorado will probably follow the recent trends of presidential election cycles, with two exceptions that may help Republicans hold the state Senate. The most important numbers to watch are ballot returns. As of time of publication, Democrats have turned in more ballots than Republicans. That’s especially…
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Threats, harassment a grim part of public life, lawmakers say
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A side effect of taking public policy positions in 21st century politics – being threatened Capitol veterans and lawmakers on both sides of the aisle greeted news that a 21-year-old Arvada man had been arrested and charged with threatening to shoot state Sen. Laura Woods with sympathy for the Arvada Republican and a grim acknowledgement that…
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Woods, Zenzinger pitch the middle as problem solvers in state Senate rematch
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The maps on the wall at Democrat Rachel Zenzinger’s state Senate District 19 campaign headquarters in Arvada are a web of lines outlining voter precincts, each precinct speckled with marker colors. Some precincts are predominantly Republican, some predominantly Democratic, and there are numbers written onto each of them. “479-480” reads one of them, another “412-410.”…
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The Hot Sheet, February 17, 2016
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By TCS Publisher and Editor in Chief Jared Wright _@JaredWright_ Wednesday, February 17, 2016 DENVER – Happy Wednesday, and good luck to you for the rest of your week. We are a mere three days away from the Nevada Caucuses, when we will be given a taste of how these presidential candidates perform in a Western state. We…
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Tancredo revs up inaugural meeting of Douglas County Tea Party
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CASTLE ROCK — Former U.S. Rep. Tom Tancredo on Wednesday night urged those attending the initial meeting of the Douglas County Tea Party to fight to preserve the very notion of individual liberty from an all-out assault by liberals — “or progressives, whatever they want to call themselves now,” he cracked — who are, he…
