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Colorado Christian University calls on legislators to reject campaign donations from marijuana industry

Oct 13, 2017

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In a stern letter to state lawmakers, the president of Colorado Christian University and the director of the school’s conservative think tank on Thursday called on legislators to refuse campaign donations from the marijuana industry, saying the legalized drug “has devastated Colorado by nearly every metric.” “It has come to our attention that state legislators…

Colorado Lt. Gov. Donna Lynne raises more than $384,000 in Democratic gubernatorial race

Oct 12, 2017

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Ernest Luning

Lt. Gov. Donna Lynne, a Democratic candidate for governor, plans to report bringing in $384,335 during the most recent fundraising quarter, her first since jumping in the crowded primary, her campaign said Thursday. The former Kaiser Permanente executive plans to report her campaign had 792 individual donors and had $321,558 cash on hand at the end…

Colorado Republican state treasurer candidate Polly Lawrence raises more than $90,000 for quarter

Oct 6, 2017

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Ernest Luning

Republican state treasurer candidate Polly Lawrence plans to report raising more than $90,000 for the quarter just ended, her first in the race, her campaign said Friday, more than four times what any of the other Republicans in the crowded primary have so far reported raising in their initial quarters. Lawrence received donations from 240…

Democrat Levi Tillemann plans to report raising $166,800 in 6th Congressional District primary

Oct 5, 2017

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Ernest Luning

Levi Tillemann, one of three Democrats trying to unseat Republican U.S. Rep. Mike Coffman in Colorado’s 6th Congressional District, will report raising $166,800 in the most recent fundraising period, he told Colorado Politics. Tillemann received contributions from 615 individual donors and didn’t accept money from political action committees, he said. His campaign plans to report…

Democratic attorney general candidate Phil Weiser surpasses fundraising record he set last quarter

Oct 3, 2017

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Ernest Luning

Democratic attorney general candidate Phil Weiser broke a record he set in the last fundraising quarter, raking in $368,000 for the quarter that ended Sept. 30, his campaign announced Tuesday. It’s more money than any attorney general candidate has raised in a quarter since the imposition of strict campaign finance limits on Colorado races following the…

EMILY’s List sticking with Cary Kennedy endorsement as Donna Lynne enters gubernatorial primary

Sep 6, 2017

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Ernest Luning

EMILY’s List, a national group that recruits and helps fund Democratic women candidates, is doubling down on its endorsement of former State Treasurer Cary Kennedy as Lt. Gov. Donna Lynne prepares to join her in the Democratic primary for governor of Colorado. “The fact that we have multiple women running for governor in Colorado, a…

Denver Democrats book Paul Ryan challenger Randy ‘Iron Stache’ Bryce for annual dinner

Aug 31, 2017

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Ernest Luning

Randy Bryce, the Wisconsin Democrat running against House Speaker Paul Ryan, is scheduled to deliver the keynote address at the Denver Democrats’ annual Edward M. Kennedy fundraising dinner in October, the party announced this week. Known as the “Iron Stache” – the union ironworker’s appearance has been compared to mustachioed Parks and Recreation character Ron…

Colorado Republican Doug Robinson looks ahead in gubernatorial run: ‘We’re not going to drift to a better place’

Aug 20, 2017

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Ernest Luning

Doug Robinson compares winning the Republican nomination for governor of Colorado to getting hired after a really long job interview, and he believes his background and experience will give him the edge. One of seven declared GOP candidates for next year’s election – with at least three heavyweights waiting in the wings – Robinson speaks…

Republican gubernatorial candidate Victor Mitchell distributes campaign ‘newspaper’ to Colorado voters

Aug 17, 2017

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Ernest Luning

Republican gubernatorial candidate Victor Mitchell is distributing a newspaper about his campaign this week, part of what a campaign spokesman describes as a multi-pronged approach to getting the Castle Rock entrepreneur and former state lawmaker in front of Colorado voters. Mitchell’s campaign printed “tens of thousands” of copies of the 16-page, tabloid-style publication, delivering them…

Colorado GOP gubernatorial candidate George Brauchler announces members of campaign finance committee

Aug 10, 2017

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Ernest Luning

Prosecutor George Brauchler, a Republican candidate for governor of Colorado, on Wednesday announced more than a dozen members of his campaign’s finance committee. The list includes several prominent GOP donors who have contributed in past cycles to one of Brauchler’s likely primary opponents. “I am not one of the many millionaire self-funders in this race,”…