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UPDATED: Colorado officials react to shooting at congressional baseball practice

Jun 14, 2017

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Ernest Luning

Colorado officials, candidates and organizations reacted with shock, sadness and prayers to the shooting early Wednesday at a baseball field in Alexandria, Virginia, where Republican members of Congress were practicing. House Majority Whip Steve Scalise, a Louisiana Republican, two Capitol Hill police officers and a congressional staffer were injured and appeared to be in stable…
Colorado GOP names Daniel Cole, Adam Johnson to state party posts

May 23, 2017

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Ernest Luning

The Colorado Republican Party has named Daniel Cole as its new communications director and Adam Johnson as political director, Cole announced Monday in a chatty, informal letter he said reflects his approach to the job. The two mark the first hires at the party since former El Paso County Republican Party Chairman Jeff Hays took…
Colorado Democrats wrap up unresolved vice chair race by naming three winners

May 12, 2017

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Ernest Luning

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…
Colorado Democrats voting on plan to finish unresolved vice chair election by installing three finalists

Apr 14, 2017

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Ernest Luning

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…
Gorsuch is more John Denver than Antonin Scalia on the national stage

Apr 7, 2017

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JOEY BUNCH

Neil Gorsuch has a lot to live up to – in conservative praise, liberal fears, a legacy for Colorado and his family name. The native son was confirmed to the U.S. Supreme Court Friday after two bruising months of partisan politics over President Donald Trump’s first nominee to the high court. Republicans held the seat open…
13-year-old Trump campaign worker Weston Imer calls on state Republicans to consider Generation Z

Apr 3, 2017

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Ernest Luning

Weston Imer, the young Republican who gained international attention last year for co-chairing the Jefferson County Trump for President campaign at 12 years old, was back in the spotlight Saturday when he delivered an urgent plea to Colorado Republicans to get busy safeguarding freedoms and reforming government “back to the basics” until his generation is…
Colorado Republicans elect Jeff Hays as state party chairman

Apr 1, 2017

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Ernest Luning

Colorado Republicans elected former El Paso County chairman Jeff Hays as state party chair at the GOP’s biennial reorganization meeting on Saturday in Englewood. “You know how you spell fun? W-I-N!” Hays said as he accepted the nomination in a packed auditorium at Englewood High School, invoking a catch phrase Hays learned from former Air…
El Paso County’s Jeff Hays elected to lead Colorado Republicans

Apr 1, 2017

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DAN NJEGOMIR Colorado Politics

It was a spirited race that pitted a seasoned party veteran against an upstart who had cast himself as the anti-establishment candidate. In the end, the seasoned veteran won – by a huge margin – becoming the next GOP state party chair. Former El Paso County Republican Chair Jeff Hays, of Colorado Springs, will lead Colorado’s Republicans for the…
Robert Blaha plays Trump card in endorsement of Kevin McCarney for state GOP vice chair

Mar 30, 2017

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Ernest Luning

Scattering Trumpisms throughout, Robert Blaha, chair of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump’s 2016 Colorado campaign, endorsed Grand Junction activist Kevin McCarney for vice chair of the state Republican Party, McCarney’s campaign announced this week. McCarney, who chaired the Mesa County Trump campaign, is running against Colorado Springs organizer and strategist Sherrie Gibson in the state…
Colorado Democrats to elevate top three finalists to vice chair position after unresolved election

Mar 28, 2017

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Ernest Luning

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…