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Jason Crow picks up big-name legislative endorsements in CD6 primary

Dec 16, 2017

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JOEY BUNCH

Jason Crow showed some separation the three-way primary in the the 6th Congressional District Friday with a list of endorsements from Democrats you probably know, if you know much about Colorado statehouse. He’s facing Levi Tillemann and David Aarestad in the primary for the district that includes Aurora and portions of Adams, Arapahoe and Douglas…
Coffee with Coffman yields insight into his political transformation as a congressman

Sep 19, 2017

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JOEY BUNCH

Mike Coffman showed up without an aide and ordered iced tea, 10 minutes early for a coffee meeting with a reporter in downtown Denver Monday afternoon. He was home from Washington for the U.S. House’s district work week. The Republican congressman from Aurora is still more than a year from his sixth Election Day defense…
Democrat Jason Crow raises more than $300,000 in bid to unseat Colorado U.S. Rep. Mike Coffman

Jul 13, 2017

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Ernest Luning

Jason Crow, a Democrat trying to unseat Republican U.S. Rep. Mike Coffman in Colorado’s 6th Congressional District, will report raising $300,481 in the most recent fundraising period, Colorado Politics has learned. Crow’s campaign said he received contributions from more than 1,100 donors, with 80 percent of his fundraising total from Colorado. After spending $53,203, the…
Mike Coffman challenger Jason Crow talks about the battle in front of him

May 17, 2017

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Ernest Luning

Denver attorney and decorated combat veteran Jason Crow says he decided to run for Congress soon after the November election, when it was clear to him that the world had changed overnight. “After the election, my wife and I, like many people, were trying to figure out what our world looked like and how we…
Group backing vets furious with Republicans for ‘demeaning’ Coffman challenger Crow’s military service

Apr 12, 2017

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Ernest Luning

A bipartisan organization that encourages veterans to run for office demanded an apology Tuesday for comments made by a national Republican campaign group about combat veteran Jason Crow’s announcement that he’s challenging U.S. Rep. Mike Coffman, also a combat veteran, in next year’s election. While no one apologized, the swiftly escalating war of words — centered…
Denver attorney, combat veteran Jason Crow launches Democratic challenge to Mike Coffman

Apr 11, 2017

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Ernest Luning

Democrat Jason Crow, a Denver attorney and decorated Army Ranger veteran, announced Tuesday he’s running against U.S. Rep. Mike Coffman in the battleground 6th Congressional District in next year’s election. “As a combat veteran and father of young children, I’m running for Congress because our political system is broken, and we’re not going to solve…
‘Is Mike Coffman invincible?’ Aurora Republican talks campaign, policy at 62nd birthday party

Mar 30, 2017

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Ernest Luning

Before he talked about the upcoming congressional agenda and assessed his chances in next year’s election – it’ll be a tough race, he’s sure of it – Mike Coffman dropped to the floor last Sunday afternoon and did some push-ups, one for each year he’s been on this earth. “There’s this ridiculous tradition where I…
Denver Democrats stoke enthusiasm, lay groundwork for ‘the resistance’

Feb 22, 2017

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Ernest Luning

It’s a quote attributed to Pericles, and it resonated in the halls at Denver’s South High School on the afternoon of Saturday, Feb. 11: “Just because you don’t take an interest in politics doesn’t mean politics won’t take an interest in you.” Three months after Democrats were stunned by the results of the presidential election…
Coffman camp shrugs off reports national Dems again targeting his seat

Feb 3, 2017

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Ernest Luning

A top campaign strategist for U.S. Rep. Mike Coffman had a simple message for the Democratic National Campaign Committee on Thursday after news the group once again has the five-term Aurora Republican in its crosshairs: Bring it. “The DCCC is apparently a glutton for punishment,” Coffman campaign strategist Tyler Sandberg told The Colorado Statesman. “While…
? Coffman, Carroll both claim momentum in state’s tightest congressional contest

Oct 20, 2016

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Ernest Luning

When state Sen. Morgan Carroll addressed Arapahoe County Democrats the night of Sept. 24 at a fundraising dinner in Aurora, she sounded the alarm over the stakes of the upcoming election and struck an optimistic note about her chances to defeat U.S. Rep. Mike Coffman, the incumbent Republican who has represented the battleground seat for…