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Cynthia Coffman ditches petitions, says she’ll seek ballot through assembly process
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With three weeks to go until precinct caucuses, Attorney General Cynthia Coffman announced Tuesday she’s dropping her plans to petition onto the Republican gubernatorial primary ballot and will instead go through the caucus and assembly process. In a telephone town hall conducted by her campaign, Coffman, one of nine GOP candidates for governor, told listeners…
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Out West Roundup: ‘Party animal’ Arizona lawmaker expelled after #MeToo movement
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Arizona ‘Party animal’ Arizona lawmaker expelled after #MeToo movement PHOENIX – Known for booze-fueled partying and good-ol’ boy, clownish behavior, Rep. Don Shooter spent the past seven years as a hard-to-miss fixture who wielded considerable power at the Arizona state Capitol. But he was kicked out of the Arizona Legislature last week for a lengthy…
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Walker Stapleton, Cary Kennedy lead crowded gubernatorial primary fields in fundraising
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Republican Walker Stapleton and Democrat Cary Kennedy, the current and former state treasurers, brought in the most contributions in their respective primary fields for the final quarter of 2017, according to campaign finance reports filed with the Colorado secretary of state. But neither had the most money in the bank among their primary cohorts at…
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Doug Lamborn: Republican tax legislation ‘puts a stake through the heart of Obamacare’
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U.S. Rep. Doug Lamborn cheered word Friday that congressional Republicans had secured enough votes to pass a massive overhaul of the nation’s tax laws that President Donald Trump has said he hopes to sign before the end of the year but that Democrats say favors corporations and the wealthy without much helping everyone else. “The…
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Out West Roundup: Utah Republicans rally for Romney after Bannon remark on his Mormon faith
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Utah Utah Republicans rally for Romney after Bannon remark on his Mormon faith Mitt Romney’s allies lashed out at former White House strategist Steve Bannon last week after he said at an Alabama rally that Romney and his family “hid behind” their Mormon religion to avoid military service. Sen. Orrin Hatch and other prominent Utah…
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Walker Stapleton clobbers primary competition in straw poll at GOP gubernatorial forum
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Colorado State Treasurer Walker Stapleton notched a landslide win in a straw poll conducted Monday night at a Weld County forum for Republican gubernatorial candidates, attracting a hair under half the vote. Out of 85 votes cast in the non-binding straw poll, Stapleton received 42, ahead of runner-up Tom Tancredo, the former congressman who launched…
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Colorado Republican Doug Robinson looks ahead in gubernatorial run: ‘We’re not going to drift to a better place’
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Doug Robinson compares winning the Republican nomination for governor of Colorado to getting hired after a really long job interview, and he believes his background and experience will give him the edge. One of seven declared GOP candidates for next year’s election – with at least three heavyweights waiting in the wings – Robinson speaks…
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Republican Governors Association lets Polis know what Johnston is saying
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Leave it to the Republican Governors Association to let Jared Polis know that fellow Democratic gubernatorial candidate Mike Johnston isn’t impressed with the ability of the liberal congressman from Boulder to work with Republicans. (Say it ain’t so!) The RGA released a poorly shot video of a Johnston speech Thursday morning. Poorly shot is usually…