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Federal judge finds Loveland did not violate company’s constitutional rights over political mailer
Loveland officials did not violate the constitutional rights of a sales and consulting firm by attempting to enforce its regulations on campaign spending during the 2019 municipal election, a federal judge ruled last month. The city prosecuted Bloomstruck LLC after its owner, Natalie Petersen, received $2,000 to design and mail a postcard critical of Councilor…
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Colorado Democrats wrap up unresolved vice chair race by naming three winners
Nearly two months after party elections, Colorado Democrats this week finally have a full contingent of state officers after members of the central committee overwhelmingly approved a plan to fill the 2nd vice chair position with the top three finalists. The position had gone unfilled since the March 11 reorganization meeting, when none of the…
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Colorado Democrats voting on plan to finish unresolved vice chair election by installing three finalists
Colorado Democrats are conducting a mail-ballot vote this month to decide whether to conclude an unfinished election for a statewide vice chair position by awarding posts to the top three finalists. The post of 2nd vice chair has gone unfilled since last month’s party reorganization meeting when none of the candidates won a majority of…
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Colorado Democrats to elevate top three finalists to vice chair position after unresolved election
Colorado Democrats plan to name all three finalists to the party’s vice chair position left unfilled earlier this month when none of the candidates surpassed a majority of the vote after multiple rounds of balloting, The Colorado Statesman has learned. As things stand, former Arapahoe County Democratic Party Chair Pat Shaver will become 2nd vice…
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Mesa County’s Kevin McCarney switches to Colorado Republican Party vice chair race
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…
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Colorado Democrats declare David Sabados winner by one vote in 1st vice chair race
The Colorado Democratic Party announced Monday afternoon that David Sabados had prevailed over Gil Barela in the race for 1st vice chair of the state party by a single vote, bringing to a nail-biting conclusion an election that had been in limbo since Saturday’s state central committee meeting in Denver. Sabados, a Denver-based political consultant…
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Pair of Colorado Democratic Party vice chair elections unresolved after party reorganization
Colorado Democrats couldn’t pick the party’s two state vice chair officers – 1st vice chair and 2nd vice chair – at a reorganization meeting on Saturday in Denver after one race resulted in a tie and the other failed to produce a winner after three rounds of balloting. Democratic officials – including the party’s new…
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Barbara Jones drops out of Democratic state chair race, endorses Clear Creek County’s Tim Mauck
Barbara Jones, one of the three candidates for Colorado Democratic Party state chair, withdrew from the race just days before the election and threw her support to Clear Creek County Commissioner Tim Mauck, the dark horse candidate running against former congressional candidate and former Senate President Morgan Carroll. Jones, the state party’s incumbent 2nd vice…
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Denver Democrats stoke enthusiasm, lay groundwork for ‘the resistance’
It’s a quote attributed to Pericles, and it resonated in the halls at Denver’s South High School on the afternoon of Saturday, Feb. 11: “Just because you don’t take an interest in politics doesn’t mean politics won’t take an interest in you.” Three months after Democrats were stunned by the results of the presidential election…
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State Democratic Party chair candidates make case at Denver meeting
Three of the four candidates for chair of the Colorado Democratic Party sounded the alarm and raised the roof campaigning for the post at Denver County’s reorganization meeting on Saturday. Former Senate President Morgan Carroll, Colorado Democratic Party 2nd vice chair Barbara Jones and Clear Creek County Commissioner Tim Mauck made their pitches to the…
