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A LOOK BACK | Newspaper publishers come to Aspinall’s defense
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Sixty Years Ago This Week: When Republican U.S. Rep. Peter Dominick, CD-2, and Colorado Republican Party Chair Jean Tool cast shade on the voting record of Democratic U. S. Rep. Wayne Aspinall, CD-4, going so far as to insinuate that he was a “communist” sympathizer, the reactions were strong and immediate. But newspaper publishers from…
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YESTERYEAR: Nicholson draws fire from pro-lifers
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Twenty Years Ago this Week in The Colorado Statesman … Republican National Committee Chairman Jim Nicholson came under fire by an unlikely group of pro-life Republicans who compared his actions to those of Adolf Hitler. Nicholson, who considered himself pro-life, came under attack in early May 1997 by the American Constitution Party, the Colorado affiliate of the…
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YESTERYEAR: Dole, Kemp make first campaign stop in Denver after boisterous GOP convention
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Twenty Years Ago this week in The Colorado Statesman … Republican presidential nominee Bob Dole and his running mate Jack Kemp – the “American Dream team” – would make their first post-convention campaign appearance in Denver, underlining the importance of Colorado as a crucial swing state in the 1996 election. The Kansas senator gave a…
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VIDEO: Tim Leonard on his appointment to the legislature, Constitutional issues
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Rep. Tim Leonard, R-Evergreen, the newest member of the Legislature, is playing catching up. Tapped last month to replace former Rep. Jon Keyser, R-Morrison, who resigned to run for the U.S. Senate, Leonard told The Colorado Statesman he is focusing on reining in spending and pressing the case at the Capitol for lawmaking that strictly…
