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State GOP officer candidates make case at county meetings
The announced candidates for the Colorado Republican Party’s statewide officer elections made the rounds in the metro area on Saturday, pressing the flesh and making their pitches at GOP county reorganizations. All four of the Republicans in the running – chair hopefuls George Athanasopoulos, a former congressional candidate, and Jeff Hays, the outgoing chair of…
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Sherrie Gibson set to launch bid for Colorado Republican Party vice chairman
Colorado Springs Republican activist and campaign operative Sherrie Gibson plans to launch her campaign for vice chairman of the Colorado GOP officially on Thursday night in Pueblo at the county party’s reorganization meeting, her campaign said. “I will continue to support and develop an unparalleled grassroots effort which encourages activism and inclusion amongst all Republicans…
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State GOP secretary Brandi Meek says she’s seeking a second term
Brandi Meek said this week she’s running for a second two-year term as secretary of the Colorado Republican Party, and she has the backing of nearly every one of the state’s top Republicans. Republicans choose statewide officers, including chair, vice chair and secretary, at the party’s biennial reorganization meeting, set for Saturday, April 1, 2017,…
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State GOP vice chair Derrick Wilburn says he won’t be seeking top party post
Incumbent Colorado Republican Party Vice Chairman Derrick Wilburn on Wednesday told The Colorado Statesman he won’t be running for state GOP chairman in upcoming party elections. That leaves two candidates for the top spot: former congressional nominee George Athanasopoulos and El Paso County Republican Party Chairman Jeff Hays. Wilburn had said earlier in January that he would…
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Athanasopoulos stresses grassroots, counterinsurgency tactics in bid for state GOP chair
Former congressional candidate and Army veteran George Athanasopoulos is running an aggressive campaign for Colorado Republican Party chairman, unafraid to call out the party and his current opponent as he argues the GOP should pick him to turn the state red. “I am the one person that will change the Republican Party in a way…
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House says he won’t seek another term as GOP chair
Colorado Republican Party Chairman Steve House isn’t seeking a second term heading the state GOP, and he isn’t going to run for governor, either, he said Monday. Instead, House said in a statement he plans to focus on improving the health care system and raise money to support next year’s Republican nominee for governor. House…
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El Paso County’s Jeff Hays to launch bid for state Republican chairman
El Paso County Republican Party Chairman Jeff Hays likes to talk football and politics, but chances are that even the most detailed political discussion will soon start sounding like football. “Everything in my life is a football analogy,” he said with a chuckle in a recent interview with The Colorado Statesman, and he wasn’t kidding.…
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Athanasopoulos to run for Colorado GOP chair
George Athanasopoulos, who ran unsuccessfully against U.S. Rep. Ed Perlmutter of Golden for the 7th Congressional District in the Nov. 8 general election, has announced his candidacy for chairman of the Colorado Republican Party. Athanasopoulos made the announcement on the Tuesday, Nov. 29 on the early morning show on KNUS-AM radio. The current state chair, Steve…