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The Hot Sheet, March 23, 2016
VOL. 01 NO. 49 | MARCH 23, 2016 | COLORADOSTATESMAN.COM/THE-HOT-SHEET | © 2016 By TCS Publisher and Editor in Chief Jared Wright _@JaredWright_ DENVER — Good morning, and a happy Snowpocalypse Wednesday to those of you in the Denver metro area and happy snow day to the Colorado state House and Senate. “Whimps” says veteran state Capitol…
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Bartels: Medal of Honor recipient inspires at Healing Our Heroes event
For the second time in my life, I’ve shaken the hand of a Medal of Honor recipient. The first time was in the early 1980s when I worked for The Gallup Independent in Gallup, N.M., and got to know Heroshi Miyamura. The Gallup native, known as “Hershey,” in 1951 in Korea killed more than 50…
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Bennet, Gardner split on Garland nomination to Supreme Court
Colorado’s two U.S. senators had opposite reactions to President Barack Obama’s nomination Wednesday of Judge Merrick Garland to the U.S. Supreme Court, with Republican Cory Gardner reiterating his position that the Senate should refuse to take up an Obama pick and Democrat Michael Bennet calling on the Senate to “do its job” and consider the…
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Bennet slams Iranian missile tests as foes fire at Democrat over nuclear deal
U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet on Wednesday condemned Iran for conducting test-fires of ballistic missiles the country claimed could strike Israel and urged the Obama administration and the international community to hold the Islamic Republic responsible for violating a United Nations resolution. Colorado Republicans, in turn, blasted Bennet for his support of the Iranian nuclear deal, calling his…
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GOP Senate hopeful Natividad shifts gears from petition toward assembly
Calling the crowded field of Republican U.S. Senate hopefuls a “cattle call of career politicians,” Lakewood businessman Jerry Natividad said Tuesday he’s leaning toward seeking the primary ballot via the assembly process rather than petitioning on. Natividad announced his bid for the seat held by Democrat Michael Bennet on March 1, just hours before Republicans…
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Cruz, Neville topped one county straw poll as Republicans caucused statewide
At least 60,000 Republicans turned out at schools, churches and community centers across Colorado Tuesday night for precinct caucuses, party officials said, kicking off the election season with ground-level party business. Attendance was up sharply from two years ago, when an estimated 25,000 Republicans showed up for the biennial neighborhood meetings, and roughly matched the…
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Natividad jumps into U.S. Senate race, joining crowded field vying for GOP nomination
Businessman Jerry Natividad officially launched his campaign for the Republican nomination for the U.S. Senate seat held by Democrat Michael Bennet Tuesday, becoming the 13th GOP candidate in the running. Touting his business experience and deep Colorado roots, Natividad said he would be running as a political outsider intent on bringing western values to the…
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Newbie Rep. Leonard holds floor show in opposition to Israel bill, draws spotlight, questions
Rep. Tim Leonard, R-Evergreen, the newest member of the Colorado Legislature, made a grand statement Thursday, traveling down to the well of the House for his first time, initiating a dramatic legislative maneuver and holding forth at length, all in opposition to a bill popular with lawmakers on both sides of the aisle that seeks to prevent the…
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Keyser rips Senate primary rivals over who should name Scalia replacement
U.S. Senate candidate Jon Keyser threw down a gauntlet in the crowded Republican primary field Thursday morning, saying he was the first of Colorado’s GOP primary candidate to say the next president should nominate a replacement for Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia and that any of his opponents who don’t agree “can’t be trusted to…