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DENVER ELECTION 2019: Bartels, Ciruli, Brown on what to watch for Tuesday (PODCAST)
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As campaigns go, this spring’s Denver municipal election has not lacked for interesting stories and intriguing topics. Start with a mayoral campaign in which Mayor Michael Hancock is facing some serious competition in his bid for a third term. Add several competitive city council races that have drawn an unusually large field of candidates. Factor…
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TRAIL MIX: Primary’s zingers and stingers
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The competition for the most outrageous occurrence on the campaign trail has been fierce in recent days, as politicians careen toward the finish line – at 7 p.m. June 26. That’s when Colorado’s primary election campaign turns, in an instant, into its slimmed-down, more expensive and, truth be told, less jocular successor, the general election…
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Floyd Ciruli and experts to examine this year’s election landscape Thursday
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Veteran pollster Floyd Ciruli says Colorado’s political landscape that’s evolving, and Thursday he will moderate a panel that will tell us where it’s headed. The program, “Colorado Politics in 2018: Transition in the Age of Polarization,” is from 4 to 6 p.m., followed by a reception, in Room 1150 at the Sié Center at 2201…
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Political pros say Colorado’s unaffiliated voters could confound stereotypes in primary election
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When Colorado voters cast ballots in the upcoming primary election, they’ll almost certainly face an unprecedented smorgasbord of candidates spread across an unusually high number of races up and down the ballot. And for the first time, the state’s unaffiliated voters – there are slightly more of them than there are either Democrats or Republicans…
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Gov. John Hickenlooper: use severance taxes for funding water plan
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Gov. John Hickenlooper, on another stop on his farewell tour, talked to the water community Thursday that largely backed the development of the Colorado water plan in 2015 and what the future holds for Colorado water. Hickenlooper was initially expected to talk about his water legacy during the Colorado Water Congress luncheon in southeast Denver,…
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Hick to address legacy questions at Water Congress conference
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Thursday, Gov. John Hickenlooper will address his water legacy – the state water plan chief among them – as the Colorado Water Congress moves through the second day of its annual winter meeting. Hickenlooper will be queried about his views on his legacy in water and the state’s water future by pollster and political analyst Floyd…
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CIRULI: Could Donald Trump be heading for re-election?
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Rather than speculate about Donald Trump’s re-election chances, audiences at recent speech engagements all seem to want an answer to the same question: Will Donald Trump make it a full four years? The discussion produces considerable anxiety for both his supporters and his many and very vocal detractors. The following is a running commentary from…
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CIRULI: The year of the independent
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America’s two major political parties are under assault. The 2016 election was a shock for both parties’ establishments, and they haven’t recovered. The divisions highlighted in the 2016 primaries are now becoming exacerbated by insurgent groups wanting to take complete control. As the parties spend time and resources on their internal wars, this may be…
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Colorado leaders unite in defense of the recreational marijuana industry
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With U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions hinting that the Trump administration might intensify the enforcement of federal marijuana laws, Colorado leaders from both sides of the aisle have come to the defense of the state’s legal marijuana industry in an uncommon show of solidarity in what many consider to be divisive political times of unmatched…
