michael fortney
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CAPITOL M | Celebrating (or hoping to survive) the last few weeks of the election season
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How NOT to make friends and influence people, Colorado campaign version. Friday, Pro15, the advocacy organization that bills itself as the voice of northeastern Colorado, held one of the last debates on the calendar for the two major party candidates for governor, in Greeley, in the heart of Colorado farm country. One thing you need…
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COVER STORY | What we learned about the ‘U’ Factor
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Colorado’s unaffiliated voters participated for the first time in last month’s primary election at higher rates than nearly anyone had anticipated. The backers of the ballot measure that established the state’s semi-open primary are declaring the results a success, while strategists say the record-setting vote totals point to a highly engaged electorate heading into the…
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Lefty scribe flags Republican Stapleton on wife’s pay
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When left is right, they’re right. Case in point: Jason Salzman of the left-leaning Colorado Times Recorder, who checked the records and caught a mistake missed by Republican gubernatorial nominee Walker Stapleton. Salzman parsed Stapleton’s financial disclosure paperwork required to be a candidate. Salzman then compared that with the tax report of the Harmes C.…
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Stapleton taps running mate — but plans to keep selection secret for awhile
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Walker Stapleton has a running mate, but the Republican gubernatorial nominee is in no hurry to let anyone know who it is. After winning the four-way GOP primary a week ago, the two-term state treasurer has “offered the position to a well-qualified candidate,” a Stapleton campaign spokesman told Colorado Politics on Tuesday, and the candidate…
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Walker Stapleton qualifies for gubernatorial primary ballot by petition
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State Treasurer Walker Stapleton on Friday became the first Republican gubernatorial candidate to qualify for the June primary ballot after state officials determined he submitted enough valid signatures on nominating petitions. Democrat Mike Johnston, a former state senator from Denver, is the only other candidate for governor who has so far made the primary ballot,…
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‘We’ve had enough Bushes’: Colorado Democrats invoke Barbara Bush to needle Walker Stapleton for Dallas fundraiser
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The Colorado Democrats are proud to stand with Republican Barbara Bush, the forthright former first lady – at least when it comes to a statement the matriarch made five years ago about whether another one of her sons should run for president. Asked during an April 2013 Today Show appearance whether former Florida Gov. Jeb…
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GOP gubernatorial candidates Walker Stapleton, Victor Mitchell, Doug Robinson petitioning onto ballot
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Three of the Republicans running for governor – Walker Stapleton, Victor Mitchell and Doug Robinson – are planning to petition their way onto Colorado’s primary ballot, their campaigns tell Colorado Politics, potentially leaving GOP voters with as many as a half dozen candidates to choose from in June. Candidates can begin gathering petition signatures Tuesday…
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Democratic lawmaker Diane Mitsch Bush declares bid to unseat U.S. Rep. Scott Tipton
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State Rep. Diane Mitsch Bush, a Steamboat Springs Democrat, declared Thursday she’s challenging Republican Scott Tipton in Colorado’s 3rd Congressional District in next year’s election. Mitsch Bush, a former Routt County commissioner, said she decided to challenge Tipton after the four-term incumbent voted in May for a House Republican plan to repeal and replace the…
