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ICYMI: McCarney shifts gears to a bid for state GOP vice chair

Mar 16, 2017

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DAN NJEGOMIR Colorado Politics

We’re a bit behind the curve on this one; apologies: Mesa County Trump campaign Chair Kevin McCarney – who announced last month he was in the race for state Republican Party chair – decided this week “after prayer and deliberation” that he instead would run for state GOP vice chair. McCarney said in an email to…
Mesa County’s Kevin McCarney switches to Colorado Republican Party vice chair race

Mar 14, 2017

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Ernest Luning

Mesa County Republican Kevin McCarney announced Tuesday he’s switching from the race for Colorado Republican Party state chair to the race for vice chair, saying he believes there is a “competitive void” in the race and a lack of Western Slope representation among state GOP leadership candidates. His announcement leaves two candidates – former congressional…
After briefly stepping into GOP chair’s race, Baisley steps back out

Mar 13, 2017

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DAN NJEGOMIR Colorado Politics

Having just launched his late-in-the-game bid to lead the state Republican Party, longtime Douglas County party activist Mark Baisley already has withdrawn. Baisley briefly announced his exit in the same forum he had used to announce his entry into the race two days earlier, Facebook: Folks, I am withdrawing from the Chairman’s race. Or to put it more accurately,…
Mark Baisley withdraws from Republican state chair race just days after jumping in

Mar 12, 2017

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Ernest Luning

Two days after jumping in the crowded contest for Colorado GOP state chair, Douglas County Republican Mark Baisley abandoned the race, saying he’d decided his candidacy wouldn’t be good for the party. Baisley, a former chairman of the Douglas County GOP and former vice chairman of the state party, said in a Facebook post late…
Veteran party activist Mark Baisley says he’s in Colorado GOP chair’s race

Mar 10, 2017

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DAN NJEGOMIR Colorado Politics

Just weeks from the April 1 election for a new state Republican Party chair, GOP activist and former Douglas County Republican chair Mark Baisley announced via Facebook he will enter the race. That brings the candidate total to four, including former 2016 7th Congressional District candidate George Athanasopoulos, outgoing El Paso County Republican Chair Jeff Hays,…
Former Colorado Republican Party Vice Chair Mark Baisley joins race for state GOP chair

Mar 10, 2017

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Ernest Luning

Cyber-security expert Mark Baisley, a former vice chair of the state GOP, announced Thursday he’s in the running for Colorado Republican chair, joining three other candidates and potentially throwing the election up for grabs just more than three weeks before the vote. Baisley said in a Facebook post that he had recently been recruited –…
Matt Arnold scores win against county GOP amid charges he’s waging proxy state chair battle

Mar 9, 2017

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Ernest Luning

Conservative gadfly Matt Arnold, a persistent thorn in the side of lots of Colorado Republicans, dug in a little deeper this week. In response to a complaint filed by Arnold’s Campaign Integrity Watchdog organization, the El Paso County GOP admitted in court Tuesday that it made some mistakes in campaign finance filings last year and…
Endorsements, pronouncements aplenty as state GOP race nears end

Mar 8, 2017

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DAN NJEGOMIR Colorado Politics

As if we needed a reminder that April 1 is right around the corner – not that April 1, silly; the election for GOP chair – the leading candidates are now giving it their best shot. Kind of like the end of a fireworks show. Hence, a mass email this morning from Colorado Secretary of State…
Three state Republican chair candidates pitch platforms to Highlands Ranch GOP

Mar 2, 2017

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Ernest Luning

It was all elbows and Spartacus at a spirited forum featuring the candidates for state GOP chairman last Friday at a meeting of the Highlands Ranch Republicans. Former congressional candidate George Athanasopoulos, former El Paso County Republican Party Chairman Jeff Hays and Grand Junction activist Kevin McCarney, who chaired Donald Trump’s presidential campaign in Mesa…
Wyoming’s John Barrasso, top Republican volunteers to headline state GOP’s annual dinner

Feb 27, 2017

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Ernest Luning

Wyoming Sen. John Barrasso will be the keynote speaker at the Colorado Republican Party’s biggest fundraising dinner, held the night before the GOP meets for its biennial reorganization meeting, the party announced. The 2017 Centennial Dinner will also feature the induction of notable Republican volunteers into the GOP’s Hall of Fame, which debuts this year.…