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Democrat Cary Kennedy set to launch campaign for governor of Colorado on Monday
Former State Treasurer Cary Kennedy, a Denver Democrat, is expected to declare Monday she’s running for governor of Colorado in next year’s election, sources close to her campaign say. Her announcement will come a day after U.S. Rep. Ed Perlmutter is planning to get in the race. Both Kennedy and Perlmutter have been considered top…
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Republican Mitchell blasts fellow gubernatorial candidate Brauchler as ‘yet another lawyer’
That didn’t last long. After announcing he was running for governor of Colorado early Wednesday morning, Republican George Brauchler enjoyed a honeymoon that lasted just six hours before the attacks started coming. “Attorney Brauchler is a fine fellow – a pretty good lawyer,” read a back-handed compliment from fellow Republican gubernatorial candidate Victor Mitchell. “He’s…
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Democrat Ed Perlmutter plans to launch gubernatorial campaign Sunday
U.S. Rep. Ed Perlmutter, an Arvada Democrat, plans to announce Sunday he’s running for governor of Colorado in next year’s election. Perlmutter’s campaign sent a release sporting a colorful “Perlmutter for Colorado” logo on Thursday afternoon to reporters saying the six-term congressman would be making an announcement Sunday afternoon at the Natural Grocers store in…
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Political veteran Dick Wadhams outlines ‘redprint’ for Republican victory in Colorado elections
Dick Wadhams, who chaired the state Republican Party for two terms and had a hand in electing the statewide officials who set the tone for the Colorado GOP across three decades, has a message for the party: Republicans have never had it easy in Colorado. “This has always been a competitive state; this has never…
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Republican George Brauchler declares he’s running for governor of Colorado in 2018
Republican George Brauchler, the district attorney who prosecuted the Aurora theater shooter, officially launched his campaign for governor of Colorado on Wednesday. Declaring that he will be the grassroots conservative in what could be a crowded GOP primary field, Brauchler said he intends to bring leadership to a state that has languished under what’s amounted…
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Democrat Mike Johnston reports record fundraising in gubernatorial campaign’s first quarter
Democratic gubernatorial candidate Mike Johnston plans to report that his first-quarter fundraising topped $625,000, a sum his campaign says sets a modern record. The former state senator from Denver said Monday he raised more campaign cash in a quarter than any other state candidate has in a non-election year since the advent of strict campaign…
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Jack Graham resurfaces in Colorado politics universe
Jack Graham joined the board of the Common Sense Policy Roundtable. “Our state is facing a number of serious issues,” said Graham in a statement accompanying the news. “Finding common sense solutions that address health care, education and transportation is essential to the well-being of the citizens of Colorado and the protection of jobs and…