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Colorado candidates switch parties, races as midterm election year looms | TRAIL MIX
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The final days of 2025 saw an unusually high number of Colorado candidates switch parties and races, reshaping at least a few primaries ahead of this year’s midterm elections. The state has seen its share of switchers over the years, from the grandaddy of them all, the late former U.S. Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell, who…
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Rounding up a year that mostly won’t be missed | BIDLACK
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As I sat down to write this, my last column of 2025, I reflected back on a year that was, well, interesting from an old political science professor’s perspective, but which contained a lot of pain for a lot of people. And as is pretty much always the case, I found Colorado Politics to be…
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U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert: On representing Colorado, working with Trump and releasing the Epstein files
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For years, U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert’s name has become a shorthand for controversy in her home state and in the nation’s capital. Recently, the outspoken Colorado Republican has drawn rare praise from some of her fiercest critics, particularly after breaking expectations during a key vote. Boebert insisted the moment isn’t a departure from her values…
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2025 Unfiltered: Moments that marked Colorado’s decidedly off-kilter political year
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From the flurry of executive orders that ushered in President Donald Trump’s second term to a blizzard of lawsuits filed by the state’s Democratic officials, the state’s political year was marked by near-constant conflict between the GOP-controlled federal government and the Democrats who run Colorado. The year saw the Trump administration step up immigration enforcement…
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Boebert claims ‘no pressure’ to remove her name from Epstein petition
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Colorado U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert denied reports that her meeting at the White House on Wednesday was to pressure the Republican to remove her name from a congressional petition that would necessitate a vote to release files related to disgraced financier, convicted sex offender, and alleged sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein. The petition, filed by Reps.…
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Jeff Crank challenger Jessica Killin’s internal poll shows toss-up race in Colorado’s 5th CD
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Democratic congressional candidate Jessica Killin is running neck-and-neck with Republican U.S. Rep. Jeff Crank a year before the 2026 election in Colorado’s 5th Congressional District, according to a new internal poll of likely voters released Wednesday by Killin’s campaign. The poll, conducted by Democratic firm Global Strategy Group and first reported by Colorado Politics, found…
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Donald Trump endorses Republican Jeff Hurd’s bid for reelection in Colorado’s 3rd CD
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President Donald Trump has formally endorsed U.S. Rep. Jeff Hurd’s bid for reelection in Colorado’s 3rd Congressional District, calling the first-term Republican “an Incredible Representative for the Great People” of the sprawling, largely rural seat. It’s the Grand Junction attorney’s first endorsement from Trump, who endorsed Hurd’s three fellow Republican U.S. House members in 2024…
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Former Colorado Libertarian chair Hannah Goodman joins Democratic Party
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Less than a week after ending her second term as chair of the Colorado Libertarian Party, Hannah Goodman changed her voter registration to become a Democrat, the Holyoke resident announced on Monday. Goodman, whose tenure chairing the state’s largest minor political party featured an agreement with Colorado Republicans to help GOP candidates win close races,…
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Colorado’s Republican, Democratic officials celebrate Israel-Hamas peace deal, hostage release
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Colorado elected officials on both sides of the aisle celebrated the U.S.-brokered ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas on Monday, as hostages held by Hamas for more than two years returned home and Israel released nearly 2,000 Palestinian prisoners. Calling President Donald Trump “a true peacemaker and a master dealmaker,” U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert said…
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Ministry founder, ‘high-risk’ missionary Victor Marx joins Colorado’s Republican gubernatorial primary
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Christian ministry leader Victor Marx launched his bid for the Republican nomination for governor Wednesday before a packed house at a country-western music venue in Colorado Springs. The 60-year-old Marine veteran and founder of Colorado Springs-based All Things Possible Ministry invoked slain conservative organizer Charlie Kirk and unnamed supporters inside the Trump White House in…
