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Denver mayor’s race: Former candidates Calderón, Tate endorse Giellis
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Lisa Calderón and Penfield Tate III – Denver mayoral candidates who were eliminated in the May 7 election – have endorsed challenger Jamie Giellis in her runoff campaign against Mayor Michael Hancock. Tate, a former state lawmaker, and Calderón, a criminal justice professor at Regis University – are expected to formally support Giellis, an urban…
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DENVER ELECTION 2019: Voter turnout unusually low; Hancock raises $2M
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While Denver’s mayoral contest may prove to be pivotal, and a pair of ballot measures are gathering national attention, voter response so far has been mostly “meh.” Voter turnout as of 10 a.m. Tuesday stood at just over 24% with 101,433 mailed ballots received back by the Denver Elections Division. Spring municipal elections in Denver…
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DENVER ELECTION 2019: Bartels, Ciruli, Brown on what to watch for Tuesday (PODCAST)
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As campaigns go, this spring’s Denver municipal election has not lacked for interesting stories and intriguing topics. Start with a mayoral campaign in which Mayor Michael Hancock is facing some serious competition in his bid for a third term. Add several competitive city council races that have drawn an unusually large field of candidates. Factor…
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ON THE DENVER CAMPAIGN TRAIL | Lisa Calderón, candidate for mayor
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This is the fourth in a series of stories on Denver mayoral candidates in their last days on the campaign trail ahead of the May 7 city election. No matter what the outcome of Denver’s May 7 municipal election, chances are that mayoral hopeful Lisa Calderón will be the only candidate who can claim she…
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COVER STORY | Meet Lisa Calderón, candidate for Denver mayor (AUDIO)
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This is the fourth in a series of profiles of Denver mayoral candidates. Much of what Denver mayoral candidate Lisa Calderón has talked about on the campaign trail traces back to her life experience. When she talks about her interest in criminal justice matters, she recalls her experience when, she claims, her then-15-year-old son was…
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9News/CoPo debate: Denver mayoral hopefuls differ on growth, development and ‘how much is too much?" (VIDEO)
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Four Denver mayoral candidates split Wednesday night on issues of growth and development and how much is too much when it comes to cities. All of them agreed that a city can reach its capacity, but they differed on whether that’s the case today in Denver. The hour-long debate was co-sponsored by 9News and Colorado…
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Denver mayoral candidate Giellis missed voting in 10 city elections since 2006
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Jamie Giellis, a candidate for Denver mayor, has not voted in 10 of the 22 municipal elections that have occurred since she moved to the city in 2006, according to a Colorado Politics review of city election records. Giellis, a former president of the River North Arts District, voted in 12 elections during that time…
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Denver mayoral candidates take on one another ahead of ballot mail-out
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The Denver mayoral debate on Saturday — two days before city ballots start going out in the mail — featured two things not seen very often during this campaign season. For starters: All six of the mayoral candidates were on the stage in Sandos Hall at the Southwest Improvement Community Center. That included disabled activist…
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Denver mayoral candidates debate growth, development
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Development and growth dominated the latest debate of Denver mayoral candidates, much as it has through the entire campaign. The four leading candidates also talked about taxes, improving poorer neighborhoods and who their favorite former Denver mayor was during the forum at the Denver Field House events venue on Federal Boulevard, sponsored by The Denver…
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Mayoral candidates offer their take on Denver — and who they would take on a tour
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A mayoral debate before the Lincoln Club and the Denver Republican Party on Monday night had a little bit of everything: There was a shouting candidate led out of the South High School auditorium by police. There were conservative voters, some carrying signs calling for the repeal of a state bill that would replace the…