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Saira Rao becomes first Democratic congressional candidate in Colorado to submit petitions
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Democrat Saira Rao on Monday submitted petitions to the secretary of state’s office to secure a spot on the 1st Congressional District primary ballot – becoming the second congressional candidate in Colorado to turn in signatures. “This campaign is about giving everyone a seat at the table and making Colorado a progressive leader in national…
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Colorado Senate candidate who ‘glitter-bombed’ Mitt Romney quits Democratic primary, mounts independent bid
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Charging that the Democratic establishment has already picked its nominee, Senate District 32 candidate Peter Smith, who gained national attention when he “glitter-bombed” Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney in Denver six years ago, said this week he’s left the Democratic Party and plans to run for the seat as an independent. Initially issued a citation…
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DeGette primary challenger Saira Rao tops 500 donors, six figures in under a month
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Saira Rao, a Denver Democrat, said Friday her campaign received contributions from more than 500 individual donors within a month of launching her primary challenge against U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette, who is serving her 11th term representing Colorado’s 1st Congressional District. “We are not taking any corporate PAC money,” Rao said in a statement. “Special interests…
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Democrat Gabriel McArthur withdraws from Colorado’s 6th Congressional District primary, endorses Levi Tillemann
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Gabriel McArthur, a Bernie Sanders delegate to last year’s Democratic National Convention, has withdrawn from Colorado’s 6th Congressional District primary and on Sunday threw his support behind Levi Tillemann, one of three Democrats vying for the chance to take on U.S. Rep. Mike Coffman, the Republican incumbent, in the battleground seat. “I’ve considered which Democratic…
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Colorado Democrats cheer Clinton’s choice of Kaine as VP
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Democratic elected officials and national convention delegates from Colorado cheered Hillary Clinton’s announcement that she had chosen Sen. Tim Kaine of Virginia as her running mate, saying the one-time governor brings strong executive chops to the ticket, along with crucial foreign policy experience gained on Senate committees. Key supporters of Clinton’s chief primary rival, Vermont…
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Colorado Sanders supporters have mixed reactions to Clinton endorsement
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Bernie Sanders might have thrown his support behind presumptive Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton at a campaign rally on Tuesday, but some of the Vermont senator’s leading Colorado backers say it’ll take more than his enthusiastic embrace for Clinton to earn their endorsement. “You have to tip your hat to Sen. Sanders. He could have taken…
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Ruscha: Undermining the Iran deal would be a dangerous move
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President Barack Obama has secured a veto-proof majority in the Senate to preserve the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action nuclear deal with Iran. Unfortunately for the White House, his opponents would prefer that we not join the U.N. Security Council, the Arab States of the Persian Gulf and most of the world in endorsing a…
