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‘Ticked off’: Third-party U.S. Senate candidate in Colorado launches $1.3 million TV ad campaign
Bob Chew, the Forward Party nominee for U.S. Senate in Colorado, sends household objects flying in a TV ad set to run statewide through September, backed by $1.3 million in ad reservations across multiple platforms, his campaign told Colorado Politics. Meant to demonstrate the 67-year-old Navy veteran’s frustration with both major political parties, the 30-second…
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Democrat John Hickenlooper hauls in $1.3 million in 2nd quarter in Colorado’s U.S. Senate race
U.S. Sen. John Hickenlooper’s reelection campaign raised just over $1.3 million in the year’s second quarter and finished the period with $2 million in the bank, leaving the first-term Democrat with nearly 80 times as much cash on hand as his Republican challenger reported in this week’s campaign finance filings. The latest reports show Hickenlooper…
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Forward Party nominee for Colorado’s U.S. Senate seat puts $1.1 million into his campaign
Bob Chew, the Colorado Forward Party nominee for the seat held by Democratic U.S. Sen. John Hickenlooper, plans to report donating $1.1 million to his campaign and raising an additional $20,000 in the most recent quarter, his campaign told Colorado Politics Tuesday. The 67-year-old Boulder resident, a Navy veteran and founder and former CEO of…
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Turnout surges and winning margins stretch as final returns post in Colorado’s 2026 primary
County clerks finished posting unofficial results in Colorado’s primary election on Friday, drawing a line under a series of nominating contests that witnessed upsets, surprises and outright shockers by the time the votes were tallied. While the outcome changed in only one major, top-ticket race after the initial returns were reported on June 30, several…
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State Supreme Court’s final decisions of term, Trump’s judicial nominee appears before Senate | COURT CRAWL
Welcome to Court Crawl, Colorado Politics’ roundup of news from the third branch of government. The state Supreme Court has released its final opinions before its summer recess, plus the president’s nominee for the Denver-based federal appeals court fielded questions from the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee. Colorado Supreme Court news • The Supreme Court decided…
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John Hickenlooper fends off challenge from Julie Gonzales in Colorado’s Democratic U.S. Senate primary
U.S. Sen. John Hickenlooper defeated progressive challenger state Sen. Julie Gonzales Tuesday in Colorado’s Democratic U.S. Senate primary, notching a win for one of the state’s most enduring politicians on a night when voters appeared to be fed up with establishment incumbents. The Associated Press called the race for Hickenlooper at about 7:30 p.m., when…
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Bennet, Hickenlooper to vote against Trump’s 10th Circuit nominee from Colorado
Colorado’s two Democratic senators will not vote to confirm President Donald Trump’s nominee to a vacancy on the Denver-based federal appeals court. Trump has selected U.S. District Court Chief Judge Daniel D. Domenico, who he appointed as a federal trial judge in 2019, to fill a vacancy arising out of Colorado on the powerful U.S.…
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Hickenlooper raises $900K since April, heads into primary with almost $3 million on hand
U.S. Sen. John Hickenlooper raised just over $900,000 for his reelection bid in the 10-week pre-primary reporting period, the Colorado Democrat’s campaign said Wednesday. The campaign finished the period with almost $3 million in the bank, with more than 80% of the contributions in the period for $25 or less, his campaign said. The new…
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Hickenlooper lands endorsements from Elizabeth Warren, Ministerial Alliance in US Senate primary
U.S. Sen. John Hickenlooper won endorsements this week from a progressive Democratic colleague and a coalition of metro-area African American faith leaders as voting began in Colorado’s primary election. U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts and the Greater Metro Denver Ministerial Alliance threw their support behind Hickenlooper’s reelection campaign, calling the former two-term governor a…
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Primary ballots hit mailboxes in high-stakes election year in Colorado
County clerks began mailing primary ballots to voters on Monday, as Colorado wades deeper into a crowded election year. Voters will face a long list of choices in both the June 30 primary and the November general election. Every major state‑level office — the governor’s seat, notably — is on the ballot, while Colorado’s 8th…