gop primary election
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Tancredo endorses Jeff Hurd challenger Hope Scheppelman in Colorado’s CD3 GOP primary
Former U.S. Rep. Tom Tancredo this week formally endorsed Hope Scheppelman, a former vice chair of the Colorado Republican Party who is challenging first-term Republican U.S. Rep. Jeff Hurd in next year’s 3rd Congressional District GOP primary. In his endorsement, Tancredo, whose hardline anti-immigration rhetoric routinely put him at odds with GOP leaders during his…
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Denver judge dismisses GOP candidate recount lawsuit, group appeals to Colorado Supreme Court
In a move Secretary of State Jena Griswold called a “victory for Colorado voters,” a Denver County judge this week dismissed a case filed by a group of Republican candidates who sought discretionary recounts in the June 28 primaries that alleged El Paso County was not conducting the recount “in a fair, impartial and uniform…
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On day of recount deadline, El Paso County judge denies candidates’ motion to extend statutory cutoff
On the day Colorado county clerks are lawfully required to complete recounts of the June 28 primary election, and a day after El Paso County completed its recount, a county judge denied the request from a group of unsuccessful GOP candidates to extend the statutory recount deadline. On Tuesday, El Paso County coroner candidate Dr.…