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Walker Stapleton tops gubernatorial straw poll after Mesa County GOP candidate forum

Jan 12, 2018

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Ernest Luning

Republican Walker Stapleton won a straw poll conducted Thursday night at the conclusion of a GOP gubernatorial candidate forum in Grand Junction. The state treasurer pulled about 45 percent of the vote in a field that included former U.S. Rep. Tom Tancredo, Attorney General Cynthia Coffman and businessmen Victor Mitchell and Doug Robinson, although it…
Democrat Mike Johnston hauls in more than $1.5 million, sets off-year gubernatorial fundraising record

Jan 11, 2018

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Ernest Luning

Democrat Mike Johnston plans to report his campaign for governor has taken in more than $1.5 million through the end of 2017, breaking the modern Colorado record for off-year fundraising for any gubernatorial candidate, Colorado Politics has learned. The former two-term state senator from Denver raised $255,640 in the 4th Quarter, which ended Dec. 31,…
Faith, family drive Larimer County Commissioner Lew Gaiter’s GOP gubernatorial bid

Dec 18, 2017

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Ernest Luning

There are a few things that define Lew Gaiter III, the Larimer County commissioner running in the Republican primary for governor. He’s a Christian and a cancer survivor. He’s a family man who built a business. After growing up in a family of prominent Colorado Democrats, he’s been a Republican since his college years. Until…
Poll: Colorado voters don’t like Trump, Democrats lead Tancredo in gubernatorial match-ups

Dec 12, 2017

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Ernest Luning

All four of the leading Democratic gubernatorial candidates are leading Republican Tom Tancredo at the same time President Donald Trump’s approval rating is in the dumps with Colorado voters, according to a new poll from Democratic-leaning Public Policy Polling. The survey, released Monday from the North Carolina-based polling firm, finds unaffiliated voters in Colorado – a…
Keating poll shows Democrat Cary Kennedy leading Republican Tom Tancredo in Colorado governor’s race

Nov 16, 2017

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Ernest Luning

A new statewide poll of likely Colorado voters shows Democrat Cary Kennedy ahead of Republican Tom Tancredo by 16 points in a general election match-up between the leading gubernatorial candidates. According to the survey, conducted over the past week by Colorado-based Democratic polling firm Keating Research and obtained exclusively by Colorado Politics, Kennedy, a former…
Walker Stapleton clobbers primary competition in straw poll at GOP gubernatorial forum

Nov 16, 2017

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Ernest Luning

Colorado State Treasurer Walker Stapleton notched a landslide win in a straw poll conducted Monday night at a Weld County forum for Republican gubernatorial candidates, attracting a hair under half the vote. Out of 85 votes cast in the non-binding straw poll, Stapleton received 42, ahead of runner-up Tom Tancredo, the former congressman who launched…
Republican George Brauchler sweeps Colorado gubernatorial straw polls conducted by local Tea Party groups

Oct 12, 2017

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Ernest Luning

Republican George Brauchler has overwhelmed the competition in a series of gubernatorial straw polls conducted by a pair of local Tea Party groups in recent months. Brauchler, the 18th Judicial District attorney and one of seven Republicans running in next year’s election for governor, left fellow candidates in the dust in three polls filled out…
Tom Tancredo asks ‘the base’ whether he should jump in Republican gubernatorial primary

Sep 13, 2017

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Ernest Luning

Former U.S. Rep. Tom Tancredo is seeking advice from conservatives as he weighs whether to join Colorado’s crowded Republican primary for governor in next year’s election. “Here we are, once again looking at this possibility, and I assure you it is, in my own mind, the possibility – the possibility of running for governor,” said Tancredo…
Tom Tancredo changes registration from unaffiliated to Republican ‘just in case’ he decides to run for governor

Sep 1, 2017

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Ernest Luning

If former U.S. Rep. Tom Tancredo decides to jump into Colorado’s Republican gubernatorial primary, there’s one step he won’t have to take. Tancredo changed his registration from unaffiliated to Republican two weeks ago “just in case,” he told Colorado Politics, although he said he’s still weighing whether to get in the race. After what he…
Tom Tancredo says ‘it won’t take much’ to push him into Colorado GOP’s gubernatorial primary

Aug 23, 2017

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Ernest Luning

A Golden-based political action committee began circulating a petition Tuesday urging Tom Tancredo to run in next year’s GOP primary for governor of Colorado, but the former five-term congressman told Colorado Politics he’s so angry at Republicans that “it won’t take much” to persuade him to run. Tancredo called it “infuriating” and “appalling” that Republican…