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Republican AGs roll out big for Brauchler
The champagne from Democrat Phil Weiser’s victory party had barely lost its fizz when the national Republican Attorneys General Association rolled out the tanks for George Brauchler Wednesday morning. Brauchler, the district attorney for Arapahoe and surrounding counties, had no challenger in Tuesday’s GOP primary to succeed Republican Cynthia Coffman. Weiser fended off state Rep.…
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PRIMARY 2018: Polis, Stapleton to face off in November for Colo. governor
Republican Walker Stapleton and Democrat Jared Polis, two sitting office-holders with high name recognition and lots of campaign cash, dominated their opponents and claimed victories in their parties’ primary races for governor less than an hour after the polls closed Tuesday. In all-but-final tallies June 28, Stapleton had received 47.7 percent of the Republican vote…
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State GOP plans Unity Tour across Colorado after the primary
When the victory hangovers have abated and the losers have made peace with coming up short, Colorado Republican candidates will hit the road together on Thursday. Winners and losers in the gubernatorial, secretary of state, treasurer, attorney general and the University of Colorado regent at-large races will make eight stops on the Front Range Thursday…
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Hickenlooper endorses Weiser in Dem AG primary, draws rebuke from Joe Salazar
With just over a week to go before ballots are due, Gov. John Hickenlooper weighed in on the Democratic primary for attorney general Monday, throwing his support behind Phil Weiser, who is vying against state Rep. Joe Salazar for the nomination. Weiser, a former University of Colorado Law School dean and Obama administration official, is…
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NRA’s Dana Loesch in Denver on what’s to blame for school shootings
The National Rifle Association’s media-star spokeswoman Dana Loesch spoke Saturday night in Denver about failures in the system, local and national, that she believes led to the shooting at a Florida high school in February. “There were things that led up to this,” she told the crowd Saturday at the Western Conservative Summit, which wrapped…
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AG Sessions, Gardner take center stage at Denver conservative summit
U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions came to Denver to talk about President Barack Obama, not President Donald Trump, it seemed Friday as he took center stage at the Western Conservative Summit in Denver. He spoke of the corrections the Trump administration had made, especially on religious liberty and Obama’s signature achievement, the Affordable Care Act.…
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PRIMARY PREVIEW: Races for treasurer, AG play out across parties’ fault lines
The top-of-the-ticket primaries for Colorado governor have been hogging the spotlight, but Democrats and Republicans are also angling for nominations for state treasurer and attorney general. While the down-ballot primaries differ from each other in several ways, they all feature a battle between the parties’ mainstream and more hard-core versions, and strategists say the outcomes…
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Bill Ritter throws support behind Weiser in Democrats’ attorney general primary
Democratic state attorney general candidate Phil Weiser has won an endorsement from former Colorado Gov. Bill Ritter, his campaign announced Tuesday. Weiser will help lead the state’s fight against climate change, said Ritter, director of Colorado State University’s Center for the New Energy Economy and the man who coined the phrase “new energy economy” while governor. “Phil…
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INSIGHTS: Red flag bill shows need for a white flag in partisan litmus tests
Close to midnight on one of the final days of the legislative session, Colorado House of Representatives Republicans met in a caucus to discuss removing one of their rising stars, Cole Wist, from his leadership position as assistant minority leader. His offense was sponsoring a bill to disarm people authorities deem to be a threat…
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NRA’s Dana Loesch, Parkland High survivor to speak at the Western Conservative Summit
The Western Conservative Summit in Denver June 8-9 will step into the national gun debate this year. Organizers tell Colorado Politics the list of speakers has grown to include Dana Loesch, the ubiquitous spokeswoman for the National Rifle Association. And that ain’t all. The Friday night roster includesParkland, Fla., high school shooting survivor Kyle Kashuv,…