joel hefley
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Q&A with Jeff Crank: A political playmaker who heats up the airwaves, too
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Jeff Crank is a mainstay of the political right, a linchpin in the conservative infrastructure of his hometown of choice – unflinchingly Republican Colorado Springs. Yet, his origins are 45 miles down the road in undeniably Democratic Pueblo, where he was born and raised. And to hear Crank, it is precisely Pueblo’s political tilt that…
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Behind the Scenes: Looking out for the Pikes Peak region’s Realtors
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Clarissa Arellano-Thomas is both book-smart and street-smart about the state’s political scene. To the former point: She holds a Ph.D. in public policy. ‘Nuff said. As for the latter: She has been in the trenches for over two decades and knows just about everyone in El Paso County’s political pantheon, past and present – as…
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BIDLACK: On circular firing squads and Republican primaries
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For the past month, I’ve written about my 2008 run for the U.S. Congress. These essays have looked inward, at my campaign and the lessons I learned from running. In this essay, please allow me an outward look at my Republican opponents, and to let me swap out my partisan “candidate” hat for my old…
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Republican Owen Hill shatters fundraising record in primary race against U.S. Rep. Doug Lamborn
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State Sen. Owen Hill, a Colorado Springs Republican, plans to report he’s raised $225,000 for his primary challenge against U.S. Rep. Doug Lamborn, a six-term incumbent, eclipsing previous fundraising records in Colorado’s 5th Congressional District in the decade since Lamborn has been in office. The 35-year-old lawmaker will report he has $195,000 cash on hand at the…
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Beauprez campaign accuses Holtzman of breaking law with media spin
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Ten Year Ago this week in The Colorado Statesman … The race for the Republican nomination for governor was steaming up. John Marshall, campaign manager for U.S. Rep. Bob Beauprez, demanded that GOP rival Marc Holtzman immediately fire his campaign manager, Dick Leggitt, and submit his campaign to a formal investigation for “the flagrant and…
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Hillman lists lessons learned in Senate minority, transportation gets a subcommittee
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Fifteen Years Ago this week in The Colorado Statesman … Assistant Senate Minority Leader Mark Hillman shared the “Lessons of a minority senator” he said he’d learned after the Democrats took the gavel in the upper chamber in January for the first time in decades. “In my days as a sportswriter,” he wrote, “this was…
