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CRONIN & LOEVY | Even after blue wave, Colorado retains its purple hue
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Team Blue “ran the table” in last Tuesday’s Colorado state elections. It’s been “four score and two” years since Democrats won all four statewide elected positions in the state back in 1936 – governor, treasurer, attorney general, and secretary of state – and won majorities in both houses of the state legislature. What accounts for…
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INSIGHTS | Hickenlooper fits the mold of Jimmy Carter
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John Hickenlooper says he hasn’t made up his mind about what he’s going to do next with his life, when he’s no longer Colorado’s governor next January. I believe him. I’ve been covering Hickenlooper since he was a candidate for mayor 15 years ago. I read him like a novel. He’s not a liar, and…
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Democrat Donna Lynne launches $100K ad buy in gubernatorial primary
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Democratic gubernatorial candidate Donna Lynne hits the airwaves Tuesday with a $100,000 TV ad buy touting the two years she’s served as lieutenant governor and Colorado’s first chief operating officer. “She would be a great governor,” says Gov. John Hickenlooper in the ad. The term-limited Democrat appointed Lynne, a former top health care executive, to be his…
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Former Lt. Gov. Joe Garcia expected to lead state community colleges
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Former Lt. Gov. Joe Garcia didn’t stay out of Colorado politics long. He is the sole finalist to become the next president of the Colorado Community College System. The system said Garcia was picked after “a rigorous nationwide search process that began last fall.” Under state law, there is a two-week waiting period before finalists…
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Q&A with Scott Wasserman: ‘The best politics are centered around policy debates, not culture wars’
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The Bell Policy Center is by many accounts the brain trust of Colorado’s center-left. Meet the brain-truster in chief, Scott Wasserman. Going on two years now as the think tank’s president, Wasserman helms an operation that provides a knowledge base and idea incubator for many of the state’s leading Democratic policy makers. But Wasserman doesn’t…
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Big names to lead big redevelopment of the National Western Center in Denver
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Colorado politics told you Thursday that Denver Mayor Michael Hancock, Colorado State University and the National Western Stock Show was about to announce a 13-member board to oversee the $1.1 billion transformation of property at Interstate 70 and Brighton Boulevard. Thursday in the mayor’s office, Hancock and other dignitaries announced the first National Western Center…
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National Western redevelopment to unveil governing board Thursday
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Nominees for the board tasked with overseeing the revitalized National Western Center in Denver will be announced Thursday morning in the mayor’s office. The 13-member group, including a full-time president and CEO, will be led by former Lt. Gov. Joe Garcia. Members will be introduced by Mayor Michael Hancock, Colorado State University President Tony Frank…
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Democratic gubernatorial candidate Donna Lynne plans to petition her way onto primary ballot
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Lt. Gov. Donna Lynne, a candidate for governor of Colorado, said Tuesday she plans to petition onto the Democratic primary ballot rather than pursue the nomination through the caucus and assembly process in order to engage with voters across the state. “I have been privileged to work with and help people in every county as…
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Lynne schedules town halls on healthcare across the state this week
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If you’ve got healthcare issues, Lt. Gov. Donna Lynne wants to hear about them. The state’s chief operating officer and a candidate succeed John Hickenlooper as governor is planning a series of “health care town halls” Thursday through Saturday with stops in nine locations across the state. The first is Thursday evening in Denver, and…
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Joe Garcia — remember him? — is Hancock’s pick to lead National Western authority
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Just when we thought he was out, they pulled him back in. Joe Garcia stepped down as Colorado’s lieutenant governor last year, but now he’s Denver Mayor Michael Hancock’s pick to oversee reconstruction of the National Western Complex. “Standing up the work of the Authority Board marks another important milestone in the future of the…
