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There’s a lot more at stake than you might think in the AG’s race

Nov 6, 2017

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Roger Hudson

It appears everybody wants to be governor – but where are the strong conservative constitutionalists lining up to be Colorado’s next attorney general? For those not keeping track, there are 12 candidates currently elbow to elbow in the crowded race to be Colorado’s next governor. Don’t blink, that number could soon grow to 13 if…
Colorado GOP lawmaker Cole Wist ‘thinking seriously’ about run for attorney general if Cynthia Coffman runs for governor

Nov 3, 2017

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Ernest Luning

Cole Wist, Colorado’s assistant House Republican leader, says he’s “thinking seriously” about running for state attorney general in next year’s election if GOP incumbent Cynthia Coffman decides to run for governor, and he expects to announce his plans within weeks, he told Colorado Politics. Coffman said months ago she was weighing a bid for governor…
#Retweet: Here are the best tweets of the week in Colorado politics

Oct 28, 2017

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Joey Bunch
Heisman trophy winner Herschel Walker headlines event to honor Salazar, Cooke, Kagan, Sias

Oct 12, 2017

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JOEY BUNCH

Four Colorado legislators will stand up alongside football legend Herschel Walker as Healthier Colorado recognizes their legislative touchdown, Senate Bill 207, which puts money and a plan in place to keep people in mental health crisis from being housed in local jails awaiting a hospital bed. Sens. John Cooke, R-Greeley, and Daniel Kagan, D-Cherry Hills…
Former legislator Claire Levy endorses Democrat Michael Dougherty in attorney general race

Oct 5, 2017

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Ernest Luning

Claire Levy, executive director of the Colorado Center on Law and Policy and a former state legislator, endorsed Democrat Michael Dougherty in his run for attorney general Thursday. Dougherty, the assistant district attorney for Jefferson and Gilpin counties, is one of five Democrats running in a primary for the office held by Republican Cynthia Coffman, who…
Democratic attorney general candidate Phil Weiser surpasses fundraising record he set last quarter

Oct 3, 2017

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Ernest Luning

Democratic attorney general candidate Phil Weiser broke a record he set in the last fundraising quarter, raking in $368,000 for the quarter that ended Sept. 30, his campaign announced Tuesday. It’s more money than any attorney general candidate has raised in a quarter since the imposition of strict campaign finance limits on Colorado races following the…
Dem attorney general candidates say thoughts, prayers aren’t enough after Las Vegas shooting

Oct 3, 2017

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Ernest Luning

While they all offered thoughts and prayers, some of the Democrats running for Colorado’s attorney general said that wasn’t enough and called for action in response to Sunday’s mass shooting in Las Vegas, the deadliest in the nation’s recent history. “A little over five years ago, I stood outside a movie theater in Aurora and…
Statehouse Democrats slam Rep. Dave Williams’ ‘take a knee’ allegation, charge Republican ‘will lie about anything’

Sep 30, 2017

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Ernest Luning

Democratic lawmakers were furious Friday after state Rep. Dave Williams, a Colorado Springs Republican, alleged some Democrats were planning to “take a knee” at the start of next week’s special legislative session in solidarity with NFL players, charging that Williams invented the accusation out of whole cloth. Williams issued a statement Friday morning denouncing what…
Former prosecutor, thriller writer Linda Fairstein endorses Democrat Michael Dougherty in attorney general race

Sep 27, 2017

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Ernest Luning

Bestselling author Linda Fairstein, a former chief of New York City’s Sex Crimes Unit, endorsed Democrat Michael Dougherty for Colorado attorney general Wednesday. Fairstein, considered a leading advocate for victims and pioneer in the prosecution of sex crimes, ran the Sex Crimes Unit from 1976 to 2002 and has written featuring prosecutor Alexandra Cooper since 1996.…
Democrats Salazar and Polis spar over renewable energy on Facebook

Sep 20, 2017

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JOEY BUNCH

With allies like Joe Salazar and Jared Polis, who needs Republicans? Salazar, a Democratic state representative running for attorney general next year, called out Democrats running for governor Wednesday, Jared Polis and . former state Sen, Mike Johnston want to move the state to 100 percent renewable energy sources by 204o. In an “open letter”…