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Colorado Democrats wrap up unresolved vice chair race by naming three winners

May 12, 2017

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Ernest Luning

Nearly two months after party elections, Colorado Democrats this week finally have a full contingent of state officers after members of the central committee overwhelmingly approved a plan to fill the 2nd vice chair position with the top three finalists. The position had gone unfilled since the March 11 reorganization meeting, when none of the…
Colorado Democrats voting on plan to finish unresolved vice chair election by installing three finalists

Apr 14, 2017

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Ernest Luning

Colorado Democrats are conducting a mail-ballot vote this month to decide whether to conclude an unfinished election for a statewide vice chair position by awarding posts to the top three finalists. The post of 2nd vice chair has gone unfilled since last month’s party reorganization meeting when none of the candidates won a majority of…
13-year-old Trump campaign worker Weston Imer calls on state Republicans to consider Generation Z

Apr 3, 2017

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Ernest Luning

Weston Imer, the young Republican who gained international attention last year for co-chairing the Jefferson County Trump for President campaign at 12 years old, was back in the spotlight Saturday when he delivered an urgent plea to Colorado Republicans to get busy safeguarding freedoms and reforming government “back to the basics” until his generation is…
Colorado Republicans elect Jeff Hays as state party chairman

Apr 1, 2017

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Ernest Luning

Colorado Republicans elected former El Paso County chairman Jeff Hays as state party chair at the GOP’s biennial reorganization meeting on Saturday in Englewood. “You know how you spell fun? W-I-N!” Hays said as he accepted the nomination in a packed auditorium at Englewood High School, invoking a catch phrase Hays learned from former Air…
Robert Blaha plays Trump card in endorsement of Kevin McCarney for state GOP vice chair

Mar 30, 2017

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Ernest Luning

Scattering Trumpisms throughout, Robert Blaha, chair of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump’s 2016 Colorado campaign, endorsed Grand Junction activist Kevin McCarney for vice chair of the state Republican Party, McCarney’s campaign announced this week. McCarney, who chaired the Mesa County Trump campaign, is running against Colorado Springs organizer and strategist Sherrie Gibson in the state…
Colorado Democrats to elevate top three finalists to vice chair position after unresolved election

Mar 28, 2017

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Ernest Luning

Colorado Democrats plan to name all three finalists to the party’s vice chair position left unfilled earlier this month when none of the candidates surpassed a majority of the vote after multiple rounds of balloting, The Colorado Statesman has learned. As things stand, former Arapahoe County Democratic Party Chair Pat Shaver will become 2nd vice…
ICYMI: McCarney shifts gears to a bid for state GOP vice chair

Mar 16, 2017

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DAN NJEGOMIR Colorado Politics

We’re a bit behind the curve on this one; apologies: Mesa County Trump campaign Chair Kevin McCarney – who announced last month he was in the race for state Republican Party chair – decided this week “after prayer and deliberation” that he instead would run for state GOP vice chair. McCarney said in an email to…
After briefly stepping into GOP chair’s race, Baisley steps back out

Mar 13, 2017

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DAN NJEGOMIR Colorado Politics

Having just launched his late-in-the-game bid to lead the state Republican Party, longtime Douglas County party activist Mark Baisley already has withdrawn. Baisley briefly announced his exit in the same forum he had used to announce his entry into the race two days earlier, Facebook: Folks, I am withdrawing from the Chairman’s race. Or to put it more accurately,…
Mark Baisley withdraws from Republican state chair race just days after jumping in

Mar 12, 2017

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Ernest Luning

Two days after jumping in the crowded contest for Colorado GOP state chair, Douglas County Republican Mark Baisley abandoned the race, saying he’d decided his candidacy wouldn’t be good for the party. Baisley, a former chairman of the Douglas County GOP and former vice chairman of the state party, said in a Facebook post late…
Veteran party activist Mark Baisley says he’s in Colorado GOP chair’s race

Mar 10, 2017

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DAN NJEGOMIR Colorado Politics

Just weeks from the April 1 election for a new state Republican Party chair, GOP activist and former Douglas County Republican chair Mark Baisley announced via Facebook he will enter the race. That brings the candidate total to four, including former 2016 7th Congressional District candidate George Athanasopoulos, outgoing El Paso County Republican Chair Jeff Hays,…