koch brothers
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Koch brothers unveil list of backed House candidates (and Coffman isn’t on it)
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NEW YORK – The political network created by the billionaire Koch brothers announced plans Thursday to support eight House Republicans in their election bids, pledging financial resources and activists to help re-elect several vulnerable congressmen deemed “principled” conservatives. Not on the list: U.S. Rep. Mike Coffman, R-Aurora, whose race in Colorado’s 6th Congressional District is…
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BEST OF THE WEEK: Making Colo. better, Trump vs. Kochs, trade trouble and more
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Here’s our recap of some of our best stories of the week from the Colorado Politics staff. > COVER STORY | Imagine a great Colorado: 7 perspectives on how to lift up the state > Billionaire conservative funder Koch takes on Trump over trade at Colorado meeting > More on Koch Colo. conference: Another blast…
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BIDLACK | The Kochs — of all political playmakers — stick to principle
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The future – or was it the past? – of the Republican Party visited Colorado Springs this week. As reported in Colorado Politics, the famously rich and politically active Koch brothers visited Colorado, hosting their twice-yearly rich guy donors meeting at the swanky Broadmoor Hotel. The Kochs, David and Charles, hosted a gathering of some…
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IN RESPONSE | Education reformers tried to hold Democrats hostage
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On April 14, 3,400 leaders and activists from across Colorado came together to proudly proclaim our long-held beliefs that all children in Colorado deserve an equitable public education. I am proud to have been the lead organizer for the state-level push and the author of the equivalent resolution passed at the Denver County Democratic Assembly…
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Tamra Farah departs Americans for Prosperity-Colorado
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After nearly three years spent working at Americans for Prosperity’s Colorado operation, communications maven Tamra Farah is moving on. Farah, AFP-Colorado’s deputy state director, had been on leave since mid-March from the advocacy group, which is financed by conservative billionaires Charles and David Koch, while her husband, businessman and author Barry Farah, mounted a short-lived…
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Victor Mitchell is spending big on TV to tout bid for governor
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=8&v=GQrKPhQ1wjI Victor Mitchell won’t be asking “Do You Know Me?” on TV as much starting this week. He doesn’t have to anymore after investing more than a million bucks in TV ads across the state to tout his bid for governor. The Republican entrepreneur and former state legislator from Douglas County is building up his…
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Q&A with Scott Wasserman: ‘The best politics are centered around policy debates, not culture wars’
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The Bell Policy Center is by many accounts the brain trust of Colorado’s center-left. Meet the brain-truster in chief, Scott Wasserman. Going on two years now as the think tank’s president, Wasserman helms an operation that provides a knowledge base and idea incubator for many of the state’s leading Democratic policy makers. But Wasserman doesn’t…
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Conservative LIBRE Initiative aims ads on Dreamers at Colorado Latinos
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The LIBRE Initiative, a partner of the better-known Americans for Prosperity, has a message for Colorado Latinos: You are patriots. The organization is launching an ad blitz in 12 states, including Colorado, around immigration, border security and “certainty” for recipients of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals recipients, called the Dreamers. “With the March 5th…
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The latest take on an old standoff between pro-growthers and growth controllers
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ColoradoPolitics.com has reported before on a couple of ballot proposals to curb growth in Lakewood, the old, inner-ring Denver burb that has undergone something of a renaissance in recent years. The pending Lakewood Strategic Growth Initiative would among other things place a 1 percent annual growth limit on new residential construction. Meanwhile, a proposal by a Lakewood…
