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Secretary of Energy, congressmen push for reliable power over renewable outside CSU coal power plant
U.S. Secretary of Energy Chris Wright said Friday that the Trump administration would continue to fight against state efforts to close coal power plants, including the Ray Nixon Power Plant outside of Colorado Springs. Wright was joined by Colorado Republican Congress members Jeff Crank and Gabe Evans for a tour of Ray Nixon, the sole…
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House adopts Republican U.S. Rep. Jeff Crank’s resolution condemning socialism, mostly along party lines
The U.S. House on Tuesday approved a resolution sponsored by U.S. Rep. Jeff Crank to condemn socialism in a largely party-line vote that the Colorado Republican characterized as a chance for lawmakers to “stand firm” against an ideology making inroads among Democrats. The nonbinding resolution, HR 1490, also included a call for the “enactment” of…
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Troops, taxes, war dominate Colorado’s 5th CD debate between Jeff Crank, Jessica Killin
Republican U.S. Rep. Jeff Crank and Democratic challenger Jessica Killin on Thursday night clashed over the war in Iran, the federal budget and healthcare when they took the stage in Colorado Springs for a sold-out debate in the race to represent Colorado’s 5th Congressional District. The debate, which came just over five weeks before general…
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5th Congressional debate watchers hope for civility, truthfulness
A few hundred people watched Rep. Jeff Crank and veteran Jessica Killin square off in a debate for the 5th Congressional District at the Pikes Peak Center for the Performing Arts on Thursday evening. Many of them sported campaign insignia in what they described as a pivotal midterm election in November. Crank is seeking re-election…
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WATCH: Republican US Rep. Jeff Crank, Democratic challenger Jessica Killin debate in Colorado’s 5th CD
Republican U.S. Rep. Jeff Crank and Jessica Killin, his Democratic challenger, are scheduled to meet for a televised debate in the race to represent Colorado’s 5th Congressional District on Thursday night. The candidates are set to take the stage at 6 p.m. at the Pikes Peak Center in Colorado Springs for a debate sponsored by…
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Jeff Crank, Jessica Killin set to face off in 2 debates in Colorado’s 5th Congressional District
Republican U.S. Rep. Jeff Crank and Jessica Killin, his Democratic challenger, have agreed to debate twice in the weeks leading up to the general election in Colorado’s 5th Congressional District, their campaigns have said. Crank is seeking a second term in the historically Republican seat, while Killin is hoping to become the first Democrat elected…
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National House Democrats add Colorado seats held by Lauren Boebert, Jeff Hurd to target list
The national House Democrats’ campaign arm on Wednesday added the Colorado congressional district held by Republican U.S. Reps. Jeff Hurd and Lauren Boebert to the list of targeted seats the party believes are vulnerable in this year’s midterms. The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee included the state’s 3rd and 4th Congression Districts among 12 races added…
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Democrat Jessica Killin’s internal poll shows dead heat with U.S. Rep. Jeff Crank in Colorado’s 5th CD
Jessica Killin, the Democratic nominee in Colorado’s 5th Congressional District, is in a statistical tie with Republican U.S. Rep. Jeff Crank, according to an internal poll released this week by Killin’s campaign. The poll of likely general election voters, conducted earlier this month by Democratic firm Global Strategy Group, found Killin trailing Crank 44%-45%, with…
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Democrat Jessica Killin claims victory in Colorado’s 5th Congressional District primary
Jessica Killin walked out to the song American Girl in a bright red dress to claim victory in the democratic primary race for Congressional District 5 at a hotel in downtown Colorado Springs on Election Day. She beat her fellow Army veteran 63% to Reagan’s 36% in the first round of results posted shortly before…
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Crank challenger Jessica Killin signs on to new centrist Democratic group’s ‘Promise to America’
Jessica Killin, one of the Democrats running in Tuesday’s primary for the chance to challenge U.S. Rep. Jeff Crank in Colorado’s 5th Congressional District, joined with more than a dozen incumbent Democratic lawmakers and candidates this week signing on to a set of centrist principles they say align more closely with the party’s values —…