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John Elway goes deep with political contributions

Oct 22, 2018

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Mark Harden special to Colorado Politics

It’s not all about running the Denver Broncos these days for John Elway. No. 7 also has a game plan for politics. While Denver Broncos quarterback Case Keenum has been getting picked off like crazy this season – including once Thursday night by the Arizona Cardinals – political causes have been intercepting cash from his…
Walker Stapleton set to break Colorado quarterly fundraising record for governor’s race

Jan 8, 2018

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JOEY BUNCH

Walker Stapleton is set to break a Colorado fundraising record for his first full quarter in the governor’s race, Colorado Politics has learned. We were the first to report it when Stapleton entered the race in September. Reports for the last quarter of 2017 are due to the Secretary of States’ office a week from…
George Brauchler drops out of Colorado governor’s race, announces bid for attorney general

Nov 13, 2017

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Ernest Luning

George Brauchler, the district attorney who prosecuted the Aurora theater shooting, is abandoning his race to become Colorado’s next governor and running for state attorney general instead, the Republican announced Monday. “My decision to run for office has always been about my commitment to serving Colorado far more than it has been about the title…
Super PAC behind Colorado gubernatorial hopeful Stapleton pulls in big bucks from big names

Oct 17, 2017

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JOEY BUNCH

When Better Colorado Now files its quarterly finance report Tuesday, there will be some big dollars and bold-faced names, according to documents obtained by Colorado Politics. The independent expenditure committee reportedly backing Walker Stapleton for governor raised $625,001 between July 1 and Sept. 30. It started the fundraising period with $118,320 in the bank. Just…
Progressive warrior Huttner moves on from 50 ways to help Obama — to 45 ways fight Trump

Aug 30, 2017

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DAN NJEGOMIR Colorado Politics

ProgressNow founder, national activist, way-left-of-center Renaissance Man and relentless Bronco fan Michael Huttner is an author, too. It seems like just yesterday, and yet so long ago (it was in fact 2009), that his “50 Ways You Can Help Obama Change America” was released. Now, with that other party – grrrrrrrr! – back in the Oval Office,…
Staff picks: This week’s top 5 stories in Colorado Politics (Aug. 13, 2017 edition)

Aug 13, 2017

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JOEY BUNCH

It’s been a busy week in Colorado Politics, with campaign cash, coal’s slow-motion collapse and the ever-evolving candidacy of Ed Perlmutter in the headlines. Our staff re-evaluated the week, and here are the stories we think you should keep in mind in the days and weeks ahead: 5. Coal communities need a new engine,…
John Hickenlooper proclaims official John Elway Day in Colorado to honor Broncos legend

May 26, 2017

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Ernest Luning

Gov. John Hickenlooper on Wednesday declared May 24, 2017, John Elway Day in Colorado, but the Denver Broncos general manager and former quarterback didn’t know he had a holiday until late in the evening after he’d finished eating dinner along with 2,000 business, political and civic leaders at the Mizel Institute’s annual dinner in Denver.…
John Elway gets behind fourth-quarter drive for Neil Gorsuch’s Supreme Court bid

Mar 20, 2017

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Peter Marcus

Former Denver Broncos quarterback John Elway on Monday threw his support behind U.S. Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch. The Colorado star’s endorsement came as Gorsuch, who is also from Colorado, was facing U.S. Senate confirmation hearings. A letter Elway wrote to the Senate Judiciary Committee was first reported by Colorado Politics. “A native of Colorado,…
Whaddya know: Steve Lebsock really IS interested in the governor’s race

Jan 31, 2017

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DAN NJEGOMIR Colorado Politics

No sooner had we breathlessly blogged our discovery Monday that Democratic state Rep. Steve Lebsock of Thornton was in fact the “Steve” in the “Run Steve Run” mystery campaign – it urges him to launch a bid for governor – than Colorado Peak Politics chimed in to tell us what boobs we were for missing their post…
Elway not running for governor

Jan 3, 2017

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Mike McKibbin

Just before starting his search for a new head coach for the Denver Broncos, John Elway denied any plans to throw his name in the hopper with others already mentioned as potential candidates for Colorado governor in 2018. Speaking to 9News on Monday, Jan. 2, the Broncos general manager and Hall of Fame quarterback said…