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ICYMI: Teachers and guns, Denver Water investigated, TABOR changes? and more …
You know all about the big political news of the past week: Hickenlooper says (projecting about two years out) he has no plans to run for president in 2020 (haven’t we heard that somewhere before?); support seems to be growing for the confirmation of Colorado Judge Neil Gorsuch for the U.S. Supreme Court and the…
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Incumbent Derrick Wilburn endorses Sherrie Gibson for state GOP vice chair
Incumbent Colorado Republican Party Vice Chairman Derrick Wilburn said Wednesday he’s endorsing Sherrie Gibson for the vice chair position in the upcoming state GOP leadership elections. “I know what it takes to be effective in this role,” Wilburn said in a statement. “Sherrie is more than capable. I whole-heartedly offer an enthusiastic endorsement of Sherrie…
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Former lawmakers land county party positions at reorganization meetings
Three former legislators won election to county party offices on Saturday as state Democrats and Republicans conduct their biennial reorganization meetings. Denver Democrats elected former state Rep. Mike Cerbo, D-Denver, to a two-year term as the county party’s chairman, Adams County Republicans tapped former state Rep. JoAnn Windholz, R-Commerce City, as vice chair, and El…
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Steve House: Stop fighting over support for Trump, look to future of state GOP
Calling the dispute a “useless exercise” and a distraction, Colorado Republican Party Chairman Steve House said Monday he wants the candidates competing for his job to stop arguing about who supported Donald Trump when, and whether they did so with sufficient gusto. Instead of debating what happened last year, House told The Colorado Statesman, the…
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Republican state chair candidates hurl charges over Trump support
The race for Colorado Republican Party leadership heated up this week as state chair candidates Jeff Hays and George Athanasopoulos each questioned his opponent’s depth of support for Donald Trump. Hays, the outgoing chairman of the El Paso County Republican Party, and Athanasopoulos, who lost a bid last year challenging U.S. Rep. Ed Perlmutter, are…
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Perlmutter camp unimpressed at news national Republicans targeting his seat
U.S. Rep. Ed Perlmutter’s campaign manager didn’t sound too concerned this week that his boss had landed on a national Republican group’s list of top Democratic targets in next year’s election. Perlmutter aide Clinton Thomas shrugged at news the National Republican Congressional Committee – the campaign arm of congressional Republicans – was including the five-term congressman among…
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Colorado Trump team backs Hays in state chair race, but Athanasopoulos fires back
President Donald Trump’s Colorado campaign team threw its weight behind El Paso County Republican Party Chairman Jeff Hays on Wednesday in the race for state GOP chair. But Hays’s opponent, former congressional candidate George Athanasopoulos, was having none of it, calling the endorsement “preposterous” and predicting the move could backfire among the grassroots Republicans supporting…