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Colorado Democrats warn: The Russians want your emails, so delete anything embarrassing

Jan 28, 2018

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Ernest Luning

Candidates, campaigns and political parties aren’t the only ones gearing up for the election, the Colorado Democratic Party warns in this month’s Democratic Dispatch newsletter. The Russian government-aligned hackers who broke into email accounts belonging to Democrats – including presidential nominee Hillary Clinton, her campaign chairman John Podesta and state Sen. Andy Kerr – in…
TRUMP ELECTED 45TH PRESIDENT, COLORADO UNDERDOGS CELEBRATE

Nov 9, 2016

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Colorado Politics

Hurtling down his track of defying immense odds this election, Donald Trump officially became president-elect of the United States just after midnight Nov. 9, smashing national expectations – and even the most recent polling numbers – as voters eager to shake up the nation’s political establishment chose the billionaire businessman to lead the country. An unexpected Republican nominee,…
Clinton aims high, Trump goes hard in closing push

Nov 6, 2016

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Lisa Lerer

Hillary Clinton aimed to hit high notes Sunday in the final moments of her campaign, hoping an uplifting message would wash away voters’ disgust with the grueling presidential contest. Donald Trump vowed he and his supporters would never quit, as he charged into unexpected territory. The candidates embarked on one of their final tours of…
The 2016 Colorado Election Quiz

Nov 2, 2016

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Ernest Luning

As the 2016 election season draws to a close, we thought there would be no better way to reward readers who have paid close attention to the campaigns than offer a quiz about the seemingly endless ordeal. From the sharp reversals and near-daily bombshells of the presidential contest to the stunning upsets and jaw-dropping tangents…
? Cruz rallies support for Glenn, praises GOP Senate nominee’s ‘backbone’

Oct 27, 2016

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Ernest Luning

The Texas senator and former presidential candidate whose endorsement helped propel Republican Darryl Glenn across the finish line in the crowded U.S. Senate primary returned to Colorado Wednesday to support Glenn’s uphill battle to unseat Democrat Michael Bennet. “It is entirely possible, 13 days from today, that control of the Senate will come down to…
May: George Soros should put his mouth where his money is

Sep 1, 2016

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Clifford D. May

Why doesn’t the billionaire debate his opponents, rather than financing smear campaigns against them? Washington is not an easy-going town. You come here to argue policy with the big boys you should expect some rough-and-tumble. But you also should expect clean fights – no biting, no spitting, no hitting below the belt. Whatever else divides us,…
Trump aides covertly fought freeing of Ukraine prisoner

Aug 23, 2016

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Chad Day

For more than three years, lobbyist Jim Slattery worked in Washington to secure the release in Ukraine of the imprisoned political rival of the country’s then-president. He said the work was sometimes harder than expected. “I had a sense that there were people working on the other side,” he said, “but they were doing it…
Clinton taps Ken Salazar to head White House transition team

Aug 16, 2016

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Ernest Luning

Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton on Tuesday named Ken Salazar, a former interior secretary and U.S. senator from Colorado, to chair her transition team. “Once Hillary Clinton makes history by being elected as the nation’s first woman president, we want to have a turnkey operation in place so she can hit the ground running right…