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Hillary Clinton deposition paused after Lauren Boebert allegedly leaks photo from inside hearing
The House Oversight Committee has paused the deposition of former first lady and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Thursday after political commentator Benny Johnson shared a photo on social media of the closed-door hearing. Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO), who sits on the House Oversight Committee, provided the photo of Clinton to Johnson, he said…
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Trump pulls endorsement from Jeff Hurd over tariffs, backs Colorado Republican’s primary challenger
President Donald Trump on Saturday rescinded his endorsement of U.S. Rep. Jeff Hurd and threw his support behind the Colorado Republican’s primary challenger, Hope Scheppelman, citing the first-term incumbent’s “lack of support” for the administration’s tariff policy. The move comes after Hurd joined five Republicans and nearly all House Democrats earlier this month in voting…
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Boebert’s top Dem challengers set fundraising, spending pace heading into election year | TRAIL MIX
As multiple candidates across Colorado have demonstrated in recent years, challenging US Rep. Lauren Boebert could be the most lucrative campaign fundraising pitch yet discovered in the state. For the umpteenth time, Democrats hoping to unseat the Republican congresswoman have buried the state’s other U.S. House candidates’ fundraising totals for the most recent quarter —…
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Colorado delegation splits in House vote to end federal government shutdown
Colorado’s U.S. House members divided mostly along party lines Tuesday in separate votes on a funding deal to end the federal government’s partial shutdown, while giving Congress more time to negotiate long-term funding for the Department of Homeland Security. Lawmakers passed a roughly $1.2 trillion spending package that finishes funding the vast majority of federal…
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Colorado candidates switch parties, races as midterm election year looms | TRAIL MIX
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
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
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
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
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
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…