lisa kaufmann
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2019 CAPITOL PREVIEW | Power players to watch under the dome
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The first year of a governor’s term and a new House and Senate majority is full of anticipation: What does the new governor think about the issues that face the state? While Gov.-elect Jared Polis has well-known positions on health care, renewable energy, cannabis and climate change, what he thinks about dozens of issues that…
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BEST OF COPO 2018 | Inside the Polis campaign
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Colorado Politics is taking a look back at some of our most significant and compelling stories of 2018. This story originally was published Aug. 24, during Jared Polis’ campaign for governor. If Democrat Jared Polis’ campaign for governor has a mantra – and you can bet the five-term congressman from Boulder’s operation has a mantra…
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COVER STORY | Polis loyalists follow candidate’s decree: Keep campaign ‘joyous’
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If Democrat Jared Polis’ campaign for governor has a mantra – and you can bet the five-term congressman from Boulder’s operation has a mantra – it’s this: “Be joyous.” That’s according to Lisa Kaufmann, who chairs the Polis campaign and has helped chart the dot-com millionaire’s political course for more than a decade. Kaufmann, a…
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Polis, Kennedy complain to state Democrats about dirty campaigning
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The gubernatorial campaigns of Cary Kennedy and Jared Polis have filed complaints with the state Democratic Party alleging the other violated the Clean Campaign Promise, signed last year by all the candidates. Polis’ complaint Wednesday evening came after Kennedy filed one that morning – and just a few hours after Kennedy’s camp sent an email trying…
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Jared Polis picks two women to lead his campaign for Colorado governor
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Democratic gubernatorial candidate and U.S. Rep. Jared Polis announced that two women will lead the management of his campaign. Jenn Ridder, a well-known operative within Democratic circles, will take the position of campaign manager, and Lisa Kaufmann, a long-time Polis staffer who ascended to chief of staff, will assume the role of chair of the…
