fundraising
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Democrat Jared Polis opening his 8th and 9th campaign field offices in Lakewood, Adams County
Democratic U.S. Rep. Jared Polis is opening his gubernatorial campaign’s eighth and ninth field offices in Lakewood and Adams County this weekend, his campaign announced. Since the beginning of the year, Polis has opened the door on campaign offices in Grand Junction, Denver, Aurora, Boulder, Fort Collins, Colorado Springs, and Pueblo, and his campaign says more…
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Mike Coffman donates campaign cash from GOP colleague who settled sexual harassment complaint
A Democrat challenging U.S. Rep. Mike Coffman on Wednesday called on the Aurora Republican to unload $10,000 in campaign contributions from a fellow GOP lawmaker under fire for settling a former aide’s sexual harassment complaint with taxpayer money – but a Coffman spokesman said he’d already donated the funds earlier in the day to a local…
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Democrat Jason Crow beats Mike Coffman in quarterly fundraising, lags GOP incumbent’s cash on hand
Democrat Jason Crow outraised Republican U.S. Rep. Mike Coffman in the most recent fundraising quarter, but the five-term incumbent outspent his challenger in Colorado’s battleground 6th Congressional District and had more cash on hand at the end of the year, according to reports the campaigns plan to file with the Federal Election Commission. In the…
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Democrats Kristopher Larsen, Mark Williams petitioning onto 2nd CD primary ballot
Democrats Kristopher Larsen and Mark Williams are gathering signatures to run in the 2nd Congressional District primary election, meaning former University of Colorado Regent Joe Neguse is more than likely going to have some company on the June primary ballot. A former Democratic nominee for secretary of state and the early frontrunner for the seat…
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Hickenlooper, Duran, Guzman among honorees at Colorado Democrats’ inaugural Obama Dinner
Three newcomers to Aurora’s nonpartisan city council will be honored with the Rising Star Award by the Colorado Democratic Party at its inaugural Obama Dinner on Feb. 3 in Denver, the party announced. State party chair Morgan Carroll also plans to give the Chair’s Service Award to three term-limited state officials – Gov. John Hickenlooper,…
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Democrat Phil Weiser to petition and go through caucus to get on primary ballot for attorney general
After reporting earlier this week he’s raised more than $1 million, Democratic attorney general candidate Phil Weiser said Thursday he intends to take an “all-of-the-above” approach to get on the June primary ballot – by gathering petition signatures and by going through the caucus and assembly process. By taking both routes, Weiser risks knocking himself…
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Gubernatorial candidate Cynthia Coffman plans to petition onto GOP primary ballot
Attorney General Cynthia Coffman, a Republican candidate for governor of Colorado, said Wednesday she plans to petition her way onto the June primary ballot rather than go through the caucus and assembly process. She joins three other GOP gubernatorial candidates who began circulating petitions on Tuesday, setting up what could be a six-way primary for…
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Walker Stapleton, Cary Kennedy lead crowded gubernatorial primary fields in fundraising
Republican Walker Stapleton and Democrat Cary Kennedy, the current and former state treasurers, brought in the most contributions in their respective primary fields for the final quarter of 2017, according to campaign finance reports filed with the Colorado secretary of state. But neither had the most money in the bank among their primary cohorts at…
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Steve Lebsock plans to petition onto Democratic primary ballot in state treasurer race
Amid pressure from his fellow Democratic lawmakers to resign his seat following complaints of sexual misconduct, a defiant state Rep. Steve Lebsock said Tuesday he plans to petition his way on the primary ballot for Colorado’s state treasurer. The other three Democrats running for the office held by term-limited State Treasurer Walker Stapleton – a…
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Democrat Jena Griswold tops $58,000 for quarter in Colorado secretary of state race
Democratic secretary of state candidate Jena Griswold plans to report raising $58,381 for the just-completed final quarter of 2017, her campaign said, bringing her total fundraising to $144,685 for the year. For the second quarter running, she’s pulled in more contributions than the last Democrat who ran for the job did, although that candidate lost…