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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…
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Colorado officials ramp up finger-pointing as federal government shutdown’s midnight deadline looms
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Members of Colorado’s congressional delegation on Tuesday blamed their counterparts across the aisle for failing to avert the federal government’s first full shutdown in almost seven years. Shortly before casting a vote against a Republican-led temporary spending bill to extend federal funding until mid November, Democratic U.S. Sen. John Hickenlooper said the GOP is to…
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‘Heartbroken’: Colorado political leaders, organizations condemn assassination of Charlie Kirk
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Colorado elected officials and political groups expressed grief, outrage and resolve against political violence in reaction to the fatal shooting of conservative organizer and nonprofit leader Charlie Kirk on Wednesday at Utah Valley University. “Today is a really hard day,” said U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert, a Windsor Republican who described Kirk as her friend in…
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Colorado’s congressional delegation vows to fight Trump’s plans to move Space Command to Alabama
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Every member of Colorado’s congressional delegation on Tuesday condemned President Donald Trump’s announcement that Space Command will move from its headquarters in Colorado Springs to Alabama in a joint statement charging that such a move would weaken national security and “will directly harm our state and the nation.” “We are united in fighting to reverse…
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Tancredo endorses Jeff Hurd challenger Hope Scheppelman in Colorado’s CD3 GOP primary
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Former U.S. Rep. Tom Tancredo this week formally endorsed Hope Scheppelman, a former vice chair of the Colorado Republican Party who is challenging first-term Republican U.S. Rep. Jeff Hurd in next year’s 3rd Congressional District GOP primary. In his endorsement, Tancredo, whose hardline anti-immigration rhetoric routinely put him at odds with GOP leaders during his…
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Ohio Republican Jim Jordan headlines fundraisers for El Paso County GOP, Colorado House members
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House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan, an Ohio Republican, plans to appear at fundraisers for Colorado’s four GOP members of Congress this week while he’s visiting the state to speak at the El Paso County GOP’s annual fundraising dinner in Colorado Springs. Jordan, serving his 10th term in the U.S. House, was scheduled to deliver…
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Pueblo’s Republican mayor endorses Democrat Adam Frisch in Colorado’s 3rd CD
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Pueblo Mayor Heather Graham, a Republican, on Monday endorsed Democratic nominee Adam Frisch in Colorado’s 3rd Congressional District, saying she’s confident Frisch will work across party lines to look out for the best interests of the city and its residents. “Adam Frisch knows Pueblo and Pueblo knows him,” Graham said in a statement. “He has…
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Lauren Boebert, Trisha Calvarese clash over economic issues in debate
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U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert and Trisha Calverese on Tuesday clashed over housing, inflation and government spending in their only debate so far in the race for Colorado’s 4th Congressional District. But they also agreed on a few things. Both said they would oppose foreign interests buying up America’s farmlands. (function(w,d,s,i){w.ldAdInit=w.ldAdInit||[];w.ldAdInit.push({slot:11095963150525286,size:[0, 0],id:”ld-2426-4417″});if(!d.getElementById(i)){var j=d.createElement(s),p=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];j.async=true;j.src=”//cdn2.lockerdomecdn.com/_js/ajs.js”;j.id=i;p.parentNode.insertBefore(j,p);}})(window,document,”script”,”ld-ajs”); The two candidates…
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Colorado Republicans vote to oust Dave Williams as state party chair, but he rejects meeting as ‘illegal’
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A group of Colorado Republicans voted Saturday to remove Dave Williams as chairman of the state party at a meeting denounced by Williams and his allies as “fraudulent” and “illegal.” Republicans cheered when results were announced at a church in Brighton, where Williams’ opponents gathered in defiance of state GOP warnings that the proceedings lacked…
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The Colorado primary and the extremism test for both parties | SONDERMANN
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Colorado’s primary is soon upon us. By the time this column is read, the June 25th election day will be but three weeks out. Though in this era of mail-in voting, election day is when ballots are counted, not when they are cast. For many voters, that hour of deciding and filling in those circles…