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Tom Tancredo changes registration from unaffiliated to Republican ‘just in case’ he decides to run for governor

Sep 1, 2017

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Ernest Luning

If former U.S. Rep. Tom Tancredo decides to jump into Colorado’s Republican gubernatorial primary, there’s one step he won’t have to take. Tancredo changed his registration from unaffiliated to Republican two weeks ago “just in case,” he told Colorado Politics, although he said he’s still weighing whether to get in the race. After what he…
Tom Tancredo says ‘it won’t take much’ to push him into Colorado GOP’s gubernatorial primary

Aug 23, 2017

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Ernest Luning

A Golden-based political action committee began circulating a petition Tuesday urging Tom Tancredo to run in next year’s GOP primary for governor of Colorado, but the former five-term congressman told Colorado Politics he’s so angry at Republicans that “it won’t take much” to persuade him to run. Tancredo called it “infuriating” and “appalling” that Republican…
Douglas Bruce: Still a ‘rain tax’ after all these years

Aug 9, 2017

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DAN NJEGOMIR Colorado Politics

He may be recycling some of his quips – Ronald Reagan’s, too – but tax-limitation author and convicted tax evader Douglas Bruce remains a go-to source for curmudgeonly commentary on any proposal for a new tax or fee. The onetime El Paso County commissioner and, briefly, state representative is back in the news this week,…
Complaint charges Democrat Levi Tillemann went beyond ‘testing the waters’ while exploring congressional run

Jul 21, 2017

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Ernest Luning

A former Democratic elected official is accusing Levi Tillemann, an Aurora Democrat, of acting as a congressional candidate when he was operating an exploratory committee to determine whether to challenge U.S. Rep. Mike Coffman, a five-term Republican, in Colorado’s 6th Congressional District. But Tillemann, one of three Democrats running for the swing seat, said his…
Democrat Brad Levin tops $115,000 in Colorado attorney general race fundraising

Jul 13, 2017

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Ernest Luning

Denver attorney Brad Levin, one of four Democrats running in next year’s Colorado attorney general primary, plans to report raising $116,000 in contributions in the two weeks between launching his campaign and the end of the just-completed fundraising quarter, Colorado Politics has learned. “I am excited about the enthusiasm behind our campaign’s message to protect…
Democratic Colorado attorney general candidate Michael Dougherty tops $50,000 in fundraising quarter

Jul 12, 2017

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Ernest Luning

Prosecutor Michael Dougherty, one of four Democratic candidates for Colorado attorney general in next year’s election, will report raising $51,845 for the just-completed fundraising quarter, his first in the race, according to his campaign. “You don’t finish marathons by sprinting the first mile,” said Dougherty, the deputy district attorney for Jefferson and Gilpin counties and…
Democratic attorney general candidate Phil Weiser smashes off-year quarterly fundraising record

Jul 5, 2017

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Ernest Luning

Democratic attorney general candidate Phil Weiser raised roughly $355,000 in the fundraising quarter that closed last week, his campaign announced Wednesday, setting a record for donations under Colorado’s current campaign finance laws. The former CU Law School dean and one-time Obama administration official said he plans to report more in contributions in a quarter than…
Democratic attorney general candidates wrangle over Coffman’s decision to appeal Martinez ruling

Jun 22, 2017

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Ernest Luning

Democratic candidates for Colorado attorney general this week tore into Republican incumbent Cynthia Coffman’s month-old decision to appeal a court ruling critics say could bring a halt to oil and gas production in the state, with two of the Democrats vowing to scrap the appeal if elected, and one of them lashing his primary opponents…
Bipartisan pols close ranks with rural Colorado landowners over ‘right to farm’

Jun 20, 2017

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DAN NJEGOMIR Colorado Politics

After a years-long court battle with a neighbor, a West Slope Colorado family has won a jury verdict in Delta County District Court affirming its right to operate a 15,000-hen egg farm under Colorado’s “right to farm” law. The case is said to have far-reaching implications for farming as well as property rights in general,…
Prosecutor Michael Dougherty jumps in Democratic primary for attorney general

May 24, 2017

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Ernest Luning

Michael Dougherty, the deputy district attorney for Jefferson and Gilpin counties, announced this week he’s seeking the Democratic nomination for attorney general in next year’s election. “The attorney general has to be above politics and do the right thing for all the people of Colorado,” Dougherty said. “Consumer protection, public safety, and transparency of government…