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Trump nominates new U.S. attorney for Colorado
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President Donald Trump has nominated Jason Dunn to serve as Colorado’s U.S. attorney in a long-anticipated move, the White House announced Wednesday. Dunn is a former deputy state attorney general and assistant solicitor general under former Colorado Attorney General John Suthers (now Colorado Springs’ mayor) and a shareholder at the powerful Denver law firm Brownstein…
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ENDORSEMENT WATCH | Support for candidates piles up as primary ballots drop
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Candidates in the June 26 primary election continue to receive endorsements from politicians and organizations even as ballots arrive in voters’ mailboxes this week and the campaigns near the finish line. Here are some of the Colorado candidate endorsements announced in recent days: ? Citing his “proven record of leadership on our Second Amendment freedoms,”…
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Bill Ritter throws support behind Weiser in Democrats’ attorney general primary
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Democratic state attorney general candidate Phil Weiser has won an endorsement from former Colorado Gov. Bill Ritter, his campaign announced Tuesday. Weiser will help lead the state’s fight against climate change, said Ritter, director of Colorado State University’s Center for the New Energy Economy and the man who coined the phrase “new energy economy” while governor. “Phil…
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Rep. Mike Foote to talk gun violence in Boulder Monday night
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Rep. Mike Foote plans have a talk about gun violence Monday night in Boulder. A 14-year deputy prosecutor in Boulder County, the legislator is running for district attorney. He’ll be joined by Boulder Mayor Pro-Tem Aaron Brockett and Helen Kamin of the anti-gun violence advocacy organization Moms Demand Action from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. at…
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ENDORSEMENT WATCH: Lundberg backs Watson in GOP treasurer’s race
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The recent slew of endorsements has slowed a bit recently, perhaps because the Legislature’s waning days have drawn the focus of Colorado’s political world, perhaps because few bigwigs remain who have not bestowed their blessings during this long political season. Still, some candidates learned in the last week that they won the support of notables,…
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Dougherty makes primary ballot by petition, will face Foote in Boulder DA race
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Democrat Michael Dougherty, the Boulder County district attorney, will be on the primary ballot for the seat after turning in a sufficient number of petition signatures, state officials said Wednesday. Dougherty will face off in the June primary against state Rep. Mike Foote, D-Louisville, who won top line in the primary at the Boulder Democrats’…
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Former state Sen. Gail Schwartz endorses Democrat Phil Weiser for attorney general
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Gail Schwartz, a former Democratic state senator and congressional nominee, endorsed attorney general candidate Phil Weiser on Friday, saying the former University of Colorado Law School dean champion issues important to rural Colorado, including broadband access, the environment and public safety. “Phil Weiser is committed to serving all of the people of Colorado and ensuring…
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Democrat Michael Dougherty kicks off campaign for Boulder County district attorney
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Days after learning he’d been appointed to the office and just a week before precinct caucuses, Democrat Michael Dougherty, a former candidate for attorney general, declared Tuesday he’s running for Boulder County district attorney. Gov. John Hickenlooper last week named Dougherty to replace Stan Garnett, who is stepping down after 10 years in office to…
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Michael Dougherty appointed to replace Stan Garnett as Boulder district attorney
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Gov. John Hickenlooper on Wednesday appointed veteran prosecutor Michael Dougherty, a former Democratic candidate for attorney general, to replace Boulder County District Attorney Stan Garnett, who is stepping down at the end of the month to take a job with a law firm. At the same time, state Rep. Mike Foote, D-Lafayette, the other finalist…
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Holocaust survivor Estare Weiser featured in ad for her son Phil Weiser’s attorney general campaign
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Estare Weiser, one of the youngest living Holocaust survivors, introduces her son Phil Weiser in a digital ad released Thursday by the Democrat’s campaign for Colorado attorney general. Born in the Buchenwald concentration camp in Germany on April 13, 1945, Estare Weiser and her mother were liberated the next day by the Second Infantry Division of…
