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Colorado election spending: How donors are shaping the 2024 races
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In 2004, they were known as the Gang of Four. Wealthy Democrats, including Pat Stryker, Rutt Bridges, Tim Gill, and now-Gov. Jared Polis, who pooled their resources for a take-over of the Colorado General Assembly. As outlined in “The Blueprint,” the landmark book on what began Colorado’s transition from red to blue, in 2004, the…
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COVER STORY: 10 milestones that shaped Colorado’s modern political world
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It’s been 50 years since Colorado turned the page on the post-War period and plunged into the state’s modern political era as a new generation of leaders took the stage to grapple with challenges confronting the rapidly changing state. Known as a politically balanced state for most of its history – long before TV newscasters…
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COVER STORY | Profile: Entrepreneur Jared Polis seeks to make a difference
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It’s easy to see the contradictions in Jared Polis. The wildly successful entrepreneur – he launched three companies before he turned 30 that collectively sold for more than $1 billion – routinely faces derision from Republican opponents as an enemy of capitalism and a threat to the state’s very economy. The 43-year-old power broker with…
