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Colorado campaign spending shifts to the ground game
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With three weeks to go before election day and ballots already in the mail, campaign spending by Colorado candidates and the outside groups that back them is shifting to get-out-the-vote efforts. And while Democratic candidates have far outpaced Republican opponents on campaign spending for the top ballot races, outside groups are narrowing that gap in…
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BIDLACK | Don’t be bamboozled by bogus voter-registration mailers
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A story in Colorado Politics this week caused my mind to wander back to my own quixotic race for the U.S. Congress in 2008. One of the most important decisions a candidate must make is upon what to spend his or her precious campaign donations. In July of 2017 I wrote on the role of…
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BIDLACK: We all condemn it, but money is the most vital part of any election
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In my last essay, I talked in general terms about why I chose to run for the U.S. House of Representatives in 2008. Today, let’s get a bit more into the weeds on the mechanics of how you actually run for office. I offer this for two reasons: first, it is, I think, interesting to…
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Hartley: Anyone can win with fresh-faced campaign talent
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It was around 6 p.m. on June 28, 2016, the night of the Democratic Primary, and our lead was holding – which was unbelievable. I had thought it almost impossible a month before. We were going to win! Jack Kroll, then the 27-year-old employee of the University of Colorado admissions department, was about to pull off…
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Time to push voters to vote
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The presidential candidates and their surrogates are making Colorado appearances right and left as the final countdown to Election Day enters the last few days. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump returns to the state for a 9:30 p.m. rally Saturday, Nov. 5, at the National Western Complex in Denver. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. Find ticket information…
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What If: Could Clinton win it before Election Day?
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Election Day isn’t what it used to be. The presidential winner may be all but known by then, thanks to early voting. Beginning Friday, residents in North Carolina can submit absentee mail-in ballots – the first of 37 states and the District Columbia to vote by mail or at polling sites before Nov. 8. Four…
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Early voting around the corner: Trump chances may hinge on non-whites
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Two months before Election Day, early voting kicks off next week in North Carolina, the first in a run of key states where minority voters and young adults who cast ballots in advance could give one of the White House contenders a decisive advantage. For Donald Trump, it’s a major test of whether his recent outreach…
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Trump campaign doubles spending, not ground game
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Donald Trump’s campaign expenses more than doubled last month, even as the Republican presidential nominee held his payroll to about 70 employees, aired no television advertisements and undertook no significant operational buildout across the country. Instead, about half of the campaign’s $18.5 million in spending was vacuumed up by Giles-Parscale, a web design and marketing firm new…
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State of GOP ground game in Colorado raising alarms
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Local Republicans are sounding the alarm over the state of ground operations in Colorado following the exodus of more than half the paid field organizers working for the state party in the last month, although state and national GOP officials say the party has a heavier presence than ever before in Colorado and that they’re happy…
