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Colorado Springs’ Sen. Mike Merrifield said it’s time to retire, maybe
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The news came as a surprise Saturday night when Rep. Pete Lee told a gathering of Democrats at Colorado College he planned to run for Sen. Mike Merrifield’s District 11 seat. Merrifield could run for another term, before term limits force him out in 2022. He beat Republican Bernie Herpin in 2014, after Herpin unseated…
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Contrarians in Trump Country: Liberal Manitou Springs copes with a decidedly conservative presidency
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For yoga instructor Jess Saffer and the other happy hippies of Manitou Springs, last year’s presidential election was an emotional body blow – intense, raw and visceral. “It felt like heartbreak,” said Saffer, 28, of the moment she learned that Trump had taken the lead. Nine months in, a siege mentality has taken hold in…
