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ENDORSEMENT WATCH: Backing for governor, treasurer, Congress hopefuls
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The endorsements keep coming as candidates running in Colorado primaries near the finish line. This week, the Communication Workers of America Colorado and Wyoming state councils threw their support behind former State Treasurer Cary Kennedy, one of four Democrats running for governor. “Colorado’s governor must be someone who is a champion for working families in our…
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Democratic secretary of state candidate Jena Griswold lands backing from unions, elected officials
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Jena Griswold, a Democratic candidate for Colorado secretary of state, announced Monday she’s won the endorsements of two local unions and more than a dozen current and former elected Democrats, including state lawmakers, city council members and county officials. “Colorado needs a secretary of state who will protect all eligible voters’ right to vote and…
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Q&A with Lois Tochtrop: ‘Vote your district; don’t lie, and remember who brought you to the dance’
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Most politicians hope to come across as ordinary folk. Fairly few succeed. Lois Tochtrop – a now-retired, long-serving member of Colorado’s General Assembly from Thornton – never really had to try. It always seemed to come naturally to her. The horseback-and-Harley-riding former nurse served in the state House and then the Senate from 1999 through…
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YESTERYEAR: Pre-Amendment 41 legislators take to the paid-for slopes in droves
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…Thirty Years Ago This Week in the Colorado Statesman … Ahhh, those were the days before the long arm of Amendment 41 arrived on the scene – a little heard of show was in town: Legislators on Ice, er, at least on the snow … all funded by lobbyists who just wanted to make sure their favorite…
