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Colorado congressman regrets vow to ‘stop redistricting’ in campaign pitch
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U.S. Rep. Ken Buck said a campaign solicitation sent to his political supporters earlier this week, which told them that he needs their money in order to stop the current redistricting cycle, sent the wrong message. “This is serious, and a lot is at stake. We still need $3,102 to have the resources to stop…
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COVER STORY | A whodunit at the Capitol as Republicans ponder their rocky election
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It was a rare thing: a close vote that should have been unanimous. On Jan. 14, Colorado state Rep. Kim Ransom of Lone Tree was elected to represent Republicans in the House of Representatives on the Legislature’s Joint Budget Committee. The vote by Ransom’s fellow Republicans was 12-10, with one member absent and one ballot…
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NOONAN | Dem fund-raising leaves GOP in the dust in key state Senate races
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Out of eighteen state Senate seats up for election, only four are “competitive.” These Senate districts have less than five percentage points separating Democratic and Republican registration. They also have Unaffiliated registration up to 39% of voters. The fight for these seats puts four Democratic women, or the Four Musketeers, against two men and two…
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INSIGHTS: Red flag bill shows need for a white flag in partisan litmus tests
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Close to midnight on one of the final days of the legislative session, Colorado House of Representatives Republicans met in a caucus to discuss removing one of their rising stars, Cole Wist, from his leadership position as assistant minority leader. His offense was sponsoring a bill to disarm people authorities deem to be a threat…
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Mother’s Day reminds Colo. politicos who made them special
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With Mother’s Day brightening the springtime, Colorado Politics reached out to some of the state’s best-known politicos to find out what lessons on life they learned from the woman who gave them life. We begin with Gov. John Hickenlooper’s essay about his own mother, the woman he often references in talks with reporters about the…
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Debate on red flag bill heats up late night in Colorado House
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Colorado’s House gave preliminary approval Wednesday night to the most controversial gun legislation of the 2018 session: the so-called “red flag” bill, House Bill 1436. The bill would allow law enforcement and/or family members of an at-risk person to obtain a temporary “extreme risk protective order” that would then allow a law enforcement officer to…
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Republicans chastise leader Cole Wist for co-sponsoring gun bill
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Some House Republicans chastised Colorado state Rep. Cole Wist in a caucus meeting late Monday night over his sponsorship of bipartisan legislation to keep guns away from people considered an extreme risk, Colorado Politics has learned. House members debated bills until about 11:30 p.m., then Republicans huddled. Second Amendment advocates were unhappy with Wist. A…
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Colorado Senate Republicans: Still a ‘NO’ on banning bump stocks, but yes to RMGO money
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The Trump administration is OK with a ban on bump stocks. The Florida Legislature, despite opposition from the National Rifle Association, last week approved a package of gun control measures, including a ban on bump stocks that increase the firing capacity of normal rifles. Colorado’s state Senate is a week away from hearing a bill that…
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Neville and Neville: Repeal and replace plan falls short
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Among the most promising things about the election of Donald Trump to the presidency, in conjunction with a Republican-controlled Congress, was the long-awaited realization of the repeal of Obamacare – the expensive government takeover of health care that was President Obama’s signal “achievement” – which drove up health insurance premiums and deductibles, priced millions out…
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Neville shocker: Hardline state senator kept off ballot by Darryl Glenn and his fiery speech
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In a surprise eleventh-hour upset, State Senator Tim Neville — until today considered a GOP frontrunner in the Colorado U.S. Senate race — was knocked out of the running by El Paso County Commissioner Darryl Glenn, an underdog candidate who gave an impassioned twelve-minute speech on the floor of the state Republican Party convention that fired…
