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Democrat David Aarestad suspends congressional campaign, endorses primary rival Jason Crow
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DENVER – David Aarestad is pulling out of the Democratic race in Colorado’s 6th Congressional District Tuesday and endorsing primary rival Jason Crow, saying the Army veteran has the best chance of unseating five-term U.S. Rep. Mike Coffman, the Republican incumbent, Colorado Politics has learned. The Aurora attorney said he decided to end the campaign…
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Democrat Jason Crow surpasses $1 million in fundraising in battleground 6th Congressional District
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Democrat Jason Crow has raised more than $1 million in his run for the 6th Congressional District seat held by U.S. Rep. Mike Coffman, the Republican incumbent, Crow’s campaign said Thursday. The Aurora attorney and first-time candidate reached the milestone without accepting contributions from corporate PACs and received 82 percent of his donations from individuals,…
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Democrat Jason Crow unveils campaign reform package, challenges Coffman to reject ‘dark money’
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Democratic congressional candidate Jason Crow on Tuesday released a set of proposals to “end the corrupting influence of big money in politics” and called on U.S. Rep. Mike Coffman, the Republican incumbent, to join him in a pledge to keep undisclosed “dark money” spending out of the race for the suburban swing seat. “We don’t…
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‘We’ve had enough Bushes’: Colorado Democrats invoke Barbara Bush to needle Walker Stapleton for Dallas fundraiser
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The Colorado Democrats are proud to stand with Republican Barbara Bush, the forthright former first lady – at least when it comes to a statement the matriarch made five years ago about whether another one of her sons should run for president. Asked during an April 2013 Today Show appearance whether former Florida Gov. Jeb…
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Democrat Jason Crow points to NRA donations in digital ad ripping Mike Coffman’s gun record
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Democratic congressional candidate Jason Crow tears into U.S. Rep. Mike Coffman’s campaign contributions from the National Rifle Association and the Aurora Republican’s record on gun legislation in a digital ad Crow’s campaign released Thursday. “This is another perfect example of Mike Coffman and his failed leadership: The tens and thousands of dollars that he has taken from…
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Democrat Jason Crow calls on Mike Coffman to return NRA money, ‘take action’ on gun measures
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Democratic challenger Jason Crow on Thursday called on U.S. Rep. Mike Coffman to return campaign donations the Aurora Republican has received from the National Rifle Association and urged the incumbent to “act now to pass commonsense gun safety reform” the day after a mass shooting at a Florida high school left 17 dead and 14…
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Cynthia Coffman ditches petitions, says she’ll seek ballot through assembly process
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With three weeks to go until precinct caucuses, Attorney General Cynthia Coffman announced Tuesday she’s dropping her plans to petition onto the Republican gubernatorial primary ballot and will instead go through the caucus and assembly process. In a telephone town hall conducted by her campaign, Coffman, one of nine GOP candidates for governor, told listeners…
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DeGette primary challenger Saira Rao tops 500 donors, six figures in under a month
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Saira Rao, a Denver Democrat, said Friday her campaign received contributions from more than 500 individual donors within a month of launching her primary challenge against U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette, who is serving her 11th term representing Colorado’s 1st Congressional District. “We are not taking any corporate PAC money,” Rao said in a statement. “Special interests…
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Democratic congressional candidate pays himself salary from campaign fund
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Democratic congressional candidate Mark Williams paid himself a salary out of his campaign funds for two months last year – but after Colorado Politics pointed to a federal election rule that limits the practice, Williams said he’ll return the money to his campaign account and delay putting himself back on the payroll until next month.…
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Trail Mix: The road to Colorado’s 2018 election, Feb. 4 edition
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THE HITS KEEP COMING: Remember the difficulty some state-level campaigns had filing their quarterly campaign finance reports last month, including a couple whose initial reports listed some of their major contributors’ donations twice? It turns out neither the candidates nor their compliance agents were to blame. Election officials at the Colorado secretary of state’s office…
