mark baisley
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Robert Blaha plays Trump card in endorsement of Kevin McCarney for state GOP vice chair
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Scattering Trumpisms throughout, Robert Blaha, chair of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump’s 2016 Colorado campaign, endorsed Grand Junction activist Kevin McCarney for vice chair of the state Republican Party, McCarney’s campaign announced this week. McCarney, who chaired the Mesa County Trump campaign, is running against Colorado Springs organizer and strategist Sherrie Gibson in the state…
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After briefly stepping into GOP chair’s race, Baisley steps back out
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Having just launched his late-in-the-game bid to lead the state Republican Party, longtime Douglas County party activist Mark Baisley already has withdrawn. Baisley briefly announced his exit in the same forum he had used to announce his entry into the race two days earlier, Facebook: Folks, I am withdrawing from the Chairman’s race. Or to put it more accurately,…
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Veteran party activist Mark Baisley says he’s in Colorado GOP chair’s race
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Just weeks from the April 1 election for a new state Republican Party chair, GOP activist and former Douglas County Republican chair Mark Baisley announced via Facebook he will enter the race. That brings the candidate total to four, including former 2016 7th Congressional District candidate George Athanasopoulos, outgoing El Paso County Republican Chair Jeff Hays,…
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Former Colorado Republican Party Vice Chair Mark Baisley joins race for state GOP chair
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Cyber-security expert Mark Baisley, a former vice chair of the state GOP, announced Thursday he’s in the running for Colorado Republican chair, joining three other candidates and potentially throwing the election up for grabs just more than three weeks before the vote. Baisley said in a Facebook post that he had recently been recruited –…
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Incumbent Derrick Wilburn endorses Sherrie Gibson for state GOP vice chair
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Incumbent Colorado Republican Party Vice Chairman Derrick Wilburn said Wednesday he’s endorsing Sherrie Gibson for the vice chair position in the upcoming state GOP leadership elections. “I know what it takes to be effective in this role,” Wilburn said in a statement. “Sherrie is more than capable. I whole-heartedly offer an enthusiastic endorsement of Sherrie…
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Sherrie Gibson set to launch bid for Colorado Republican Party vice chairman
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Colorado Springs Republican activist and campaign operative Sherrie Gibson plans to launch her campaign for vice chairman of the Colorado GOP officially on Thursday night in Pueblo at the county party’s reorganization meeting, her campaign said. “I will continue to support and develop an unparalleled grassroots effort which encourages activism and inclusion amongst all Republicans…
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Baisley: The death of statesmanship
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On July 5, 2016, Bill Armstrong transitioned from Colorado’s most admired statesman to one of its most memorable, historical figures. My last real conversation with Bill was right after his first cancer diagnosis five years ago, when he declined my invitation to deliver the keynote to the Douglas County Lincoln Day Dinner due to the…
