jim rundberg
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GOP group sets forum for Colorado gubernatorial candidates
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Nine of the Republicans running for the chance to challenge Democratic Gov. Jared Polis are scheduled to appear at a candidate forum in Fort Lupton in early January, the Republican Women of Weld announced. Dick Wadhams, a leading Republican strategist and former chairman of the Colorado GOP, will moderate the two-hour forum, which will be…
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Associated Builders and Contractors endorses Republican Walker Stapleton for governor
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Republican gubernatorial candidate Walker Stapleton landed the first endorsement by a major business organization in the crowded GOP primary Tuesday when the Associated Builders and Contractors Rocky Mountain Chapter declared it’s backing Stapleton, saying the twice-elected state treasurer “gets business.” “The chapter is proud to recognize Walker Stapleton for his support of merit shop contractors and the…
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Trail Mix: The road to Colorado’s 2018 election, Feb. 11 edition
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I’LL SEE YOUR BERNIE AND RAISE A JOYCE FOSTER … The battle of the bold-faced names is on in the House District 9 Democratic primary, where three-term incumbent state Rep. Paul Rosenthal is facing two candidates seeking to dislodge him from the southeast Denver seat. Less than a week had passed since Bernie Sanders –…
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Cynthia Coffman ‘weighing all options’ to qualify for GOP gubernatorial primary ballot
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Attorney General Cynthia Coffman is gathering petition signatures in hopes of landing a spot on the Republican primary ballot for governor, but she’s also considering going through the caucus and assembly process, a campaign spokeswoman told Colorado Politics Wednesday. “The campaign is still weighing all options,” Coffman aide Keeley Hanlon wrote in an email. A…
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Victor Mitchell wins straw poll at Colorado Hispanic Republicans’ gubernatorial forum
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Republican Victor Mitchell topped a straw poll conducted Wednesday night by the Colorado Hispanic Republicans at a forum for gubernatorial candidates in Westminster. The entrepreneur and former state lawmaker garnered 38 percent of the vote, running well ahead of four other Republicans who participated in the forum and one – former U.S. Rep. Tom Tancredo…
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Gubernatorial candidate Cynthia Coffman plans to petition onto GOP primary ballot
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Attorney General Cynthia Coffman, a Republican candidate for governor of Colorado, said Wednesday she plans to petition her way onto the June primary ballot rather than go through the caucus and assembly process. She joins three other GOP gubernatorial candidates who began circulating petitions on Tuesday, setting up what could be a six-way primary for…
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Walker Stapleton, Cary Kennedy lead crowded gubernatorial primary fields in fundraising
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Republican Walker Stapleton and Democrat Cary Kennedy, the current and former state treasurers, brought in the most contributions in their respective primary fields for the final quarter of 2017, according to campaign finance reports filed with the Colorado secretary of state. But neither had the most money in the bank among their primary cohorts at…
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GOP gubernatorial candidates Walker Stapleton, Victor Mitchell, Doug Robinson petitioning onto ballot
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Three of the Republicans running for governor – Walker Stapleton, Victor Mitchell and Doug Robinson – are planning to petition their way onto Colorado’s primary ballot, their campaigns tell Colorado Politics, potentially leaving GOP voters with as many as a half dozen candidates to choose from in June. Candidates can begin gathering petition signatures Tuesday…
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Walker Stapleton tops gubernatorial straw poll after Mesa County GOP candidate forum
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Republican Walker Stapleton won a straw poll conducted Thursday night at the conclusion of a GOP gubernatorial candidate forum in Grand Junction. The state treasurer pulled about 45 percent of the vote in a field that included former U.S. Rep. Tom Tancredo, Attorney General Cynthia Coffman and businessmen Victor Mitchell and Doug Robinson, although it…
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Colorado Hispanic Republicans to allow Tancredo to take part in forum — if his fans come up with $1,500
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Tom Tancredo will be able to join fellow Republican gubernatorial candidates later this month at a forum sponsored by the Colorado Hispanic Republicans if his supporters can come up with $1,500 to help pay for the event. As of Monday afternoon, about half the money had been pledged, according to a Republican working to broker…
