fundraising
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Measure to slash Colorado’s income tax rate raises least amount but faces no formal opposition
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With only two months until the November election, the race to raise money for campaigns is heating up, but a ballot measure seeking to lower the state’s income tax rate appears to have cooled off. Colorado Character, the campaign behind Initiative 31 asking voters to reduce the state’s income tax rate from 4.55% to 4.40%, has raised…
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Democrat Michael Bennet outraises GOP challenger Joe O’Dea in 2nd quarter, holds big cash advantage
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Democratic U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet heads into the general election with nearly 10 times as much cash on hand as his Republican challenger, Joe O’Dea, according to fundraising totals released by the Colorado nominees’ campaigns. Bennet, who is seeking a third term, pulled in $3.3 million for the second quarter and finished the period with…
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Top 10 most expensive primary races for the Colorado legislature
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Some of Colorado’s primary candidates are pouring hundreds of thousands of dollars into securing seats on the state legislature – unusually big spending typically reserved for the general election. With less than two weeks remaining until the primary election on June 28, Colorado Politics analyzed the fundraising in each contested primary race for the state…
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Democratic primary race for Colorado’s House District 6 pulls in over $330,000
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Two Democratic candidates in the primary race to represent House District 6 hauled in more than $330,000 in campaign contributions with two weeks remaining until the election. The candidates, Elisabeth Epps and Katie March, are close in their campaign contributions, with Epps raising $175,599 and March collecting $156,746 as of Monday. March is a former…
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Lauren Boebert tops year-end fundraising among Colorado congressional candidates
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For the fourth consecutive quarter, Republican U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert raised more in campaign contributions than any other U.S. House candidate in Colorado, and it wasn’t even close. The freshman lawmaker from Silt reported raising just over $800,000 for the three-month period that ended Dec. 31, bringing her total contributions for the year to nearly…
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Former U.S. House Speaker John Boehner to headline Denver fundraising dinner for Tipton
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Former U.S. House of Representatives Speaker John Boehner will headline a fundraising dinner to help U.S. Rep. Scott Tipton, R-Cortez, defend his seat in the 3rd Congressional District. The $250-per-person dinner will be held Thursday at The Halcyon Hotel, 245 Columbine Street in Denver, beginning at 5 p.m. The event is not open to the…
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Trump, Clinton donate campaign cash to 6th District rivals Coffman and Crow
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Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump are jumping into Colorado’s hotly contested 6th Congressional District race with maxed-out donations, according to reports. The president’s reelection committee is contributing $2,000 to U.S. Rep. Mike Coffman, a persistent Trump critic, among around 100 Republicans receiving Trump campaign cash this week, McClatchy was first to report. Clinton’s Onward Together…
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TRAIL MIX | Positive polls like Jason Crow’s are often shrouded in mystery
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Jason Crow’s campaign is touting the results of a poll showing the Democrat with a slim lead over five-term Republican Mike Coffman in Colorado’s battleground 6th Congressional District. The survey, commissioned by the Crow campaign, found the first-time candidate had the support of 47 percent of the district’s likely general election voters, edging out Coffman’s…
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Crow sets 6th CD record, tops $1 million in quarterly fundraising
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Democrat Jason Crow plans to report raising more than $1 million for the just-completed second fundraising quarter of the year, more than any candidate in the battleground 6th Congressional District has raised for the same period in previous elections, including five-term Republican incumbent U.S. Rep. Mike Coffman. Crow, who isn’t taking contributions from corporate political…
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Democrat Jena Griswold spends $260,000 on fall TV ads in secretary of state race
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While other candidates were sweating out the results in last week’s primary, Democratic secretary of state candidate Jena Griswold spent big on TV advertising for the general election, her campaign said Monday. Griswold’s campaign paid $260,000 on June 26 to reserve air time in October in an attempt to lock in desirable spots at the…