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ENDORSEMENT WATCH | Support for candidates piles up as primary ballots drop

Jun 6, 2018

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Ernest Luning

Candidates in the June 26 primary election continue to receive endorsements from politicians and organizations even as ballots arrive in voters’ mailboxes this week and the campaigns near the finish line. Here are some of the Colorado candidate endorsements announced in recent days: ? Citing his “proven record of leadership on our Second Amendment freedoms,”…
ENDORSEMENT WATCH | EMILY’s List picks candidates in Democratic primaries

May 31, 2018

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Ernest Luning

EMILY’s List, a national group that backs pro-choice Democratic women candidates, on Wednesday endorsed five legislative candidates running for open seats in Colorado’s June 26 primary election. The group’s president, Stephanie Schriock, called the group’s picks “at the forefront of advocacy for Colorado’s working families and their children.” “These women have used their personal experiences…
Opioids, vet benefits, civil rights top Hickenlooper’s bill signings this week

May 22, 2018

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Marianne Goodl

Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper has begun the last round of statewide bill signings for his time in office, with ceremonies starting on the Front Range and ending the week on the Western Slope. Hickenlooper has until June 8 to sign, veto or allow bills to become law without his signature. The General Assembly sent 432…
ProgressNow picks winners and losers from the left’s view

May 16, 2018

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JOEY BUNCH

ProgressNow Colorado, the state’s best-known liberal advocacy group, has picked its winners and losers from the four-month legislative session that ended last week. And if you know ProgressNow’s partisan pugilistic tendencies, then it comes as no surprise that Democrats and their agenda looked good, but Republicans got a sock in the election-year kisser. But not entirely.…
ENDORSEMENT WATCH: Lundberg backs Watson in GOP treasurer’s race

May 9, 2018

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Ernest Luning

The recent slew of endorsements has slowed a bit recently, perhaps because the Legislature’s waning days have drawn the focus of Colorado’s political world, perhaps because few bigwigs remain who have not bestowed their blessings during this long political season. Still, some candidates learned in the last week that they won the support of notables,…
Transportation got everyone’s attention on the opening day of Colorado’s legislature

Jan 10, 2018

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JOEY BUNCH

The transportation issue squealed its tires out of the gate on the opening day of Colorado’s legislative session. Transportation funding dominated last year’s session, but a bipartisan bill to ask voters for a sales tax hike hit a roadblock among senators in the Senate, who preferred the money come from existing taxes in the state…
Democratic secretary of state candidate Jena Griswold lands backing from unions, elected officials

Jan 8, 2018

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Ernest Luning

Jena Griswold, a Democratic candidate for Colorado secretary of state, announced Monday she’s won the endorsements of two local unions and more than a dozen current and former elected Democrats, including state lawmakers, city council members and county officials. “Colorado needs a secretary of state who will protect all eligible voters’ right to vote and…
Jessie Danielson named top legislator for defending developmentally disabled

Oct 27, 2017

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JOEY BUNCH

This week Rep. Jessie Danielson, D-Wheat Ridge, was named the legislator of the year by the Developmental Disabilities Resource Center at an event in Lakewood, the House Democratic Press Office said. The center advocates for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities and their families. “I’m grateful for the recognition but even more grateful for the…
House Speaker Duran sets Tuesday town hall on Colorado’s growth

Oct 7, 2017

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JOEY BUNCH

Colorado House Speaker Crisanta Duran is putting on a town hall Tuesday night to chat with the experts and community members about the challenges of the state’s population growth. The state Demographer’s Office said Colorado’s population was about 5 million in 2010 and could reach 8 million by 2040. The town hall is from 7…
State Rep. Jessie Danielson, Andy Kabza announce arrival of daughter Isabelle Beth Kabza

Jun 23, 2017

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Ernest Luning

House Speaker Pro Tem Jessie Danielson, D-Wheat Ridge, and her husband, political consultant Andy Kabza, welcomed their daughter Isabelle Beth Kabza into the world on Wednesday, June 21, 2017, the parents announced. She was born at 10:57 a.m. at Rose Medical Center in Denver and weighed 6 pounds, 14 ounces. Isabelle is their first child.…