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Lest anyone forget the GOP is the party of fat cats and political scions …

Aug 3, 2017

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DAN NJEGOMIR Colorado Politics

…ProgressNow Colorado has come up with a handy reminder you can install in your Google Chrome browser. The cheeky Democratic activists rolled out their Mitt Romney’s Nephew Chrome extension this week, with Executive Director Ian Silverii deadpanning in a press statement, “Voters need a simple way to cut through the noise” of “so many unknown candidates in the…
Republican gubernatorial candidate Victor Mitchell launches radio ad campaign

Jul 28, 2017

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Ernest Luning

Republican gubernatorial candiate Victor Mitchell is hitting the airwaves Friday with radio ads that portray him as an innovator prepared to tackle Colorado’s problems from the perspective of a successful businessman. The three ads, titled “Business Mind,” “Vocational” and “Regulation,” introduce Mitchell as “our kind of guy for governor” and include the candidate talking about…
Republican George Brauchler wins Western Conservative Summit’s Colorado gubernatorial straw poll

Jul 23, 2017

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Ernest Luning

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZyJ5CRU8U4 Republican George Brauchler won the Western Conservative Summit’s straw poll for next year’s gubernatorial election in Colorado with nearly twice the vote of his nearest competitor, organizers announced Sunday. Brauchler, the 18th Judicial District attorney, led the vote with 39 percent of the vote in the highly unscientific poll. Entrepreneur and former state lawmaker…
Democrat Levi Tillemann blasts Republican Victor Mitchell’s attack on Utah donors as ‘dogwhistle politics’

Jul 19, 2017

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Ernest Luning

Democratic congressional candidate Levi Tillemann on Tuesday condemned as “bigoted” and “clearly dogwhistle politics” a demand issued by Victor Mitchell, a Republican running for governor of Colorado, that one of his primary opponents – a member of a famous Mormon family that includes Mitt Romney – return all campaign contributions he’s received from Utah residents. But Mitchell…
Republican George Brauchler raises just over $190,000 for Colorado gubernatorial campaign

Jul 17, 2017

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Ernest Luning

Republican gubernatorial candidate George Brauchler raised $190,696 in the just-completed fundraising quarter – nearly all of it from Colorado residents and with donors to date in all 64 of the state’s counties, his campaign said Monday. Brauchler received contributions from 673 donors, with just over 95 percent of them from Colorado. After spending $46,731, he ended…
Colorado Republican gubernatorial candidate Victor Mitchell calls on primary rival Doug Robinson to return Utah contributions

Jul 17, 2017

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Ernest Luning

Colorado Republican gubernatorial candidate Victor Mitchell on Monday called on primary rival Doug Robinson to return campaign contributions he’s received from Utah residents – including Mitt Romney, Robinson’s uncle, and other members of the Romney clan – but Robinson rejected the demand and mocked Mitchell’s fundraising record. Robinson, a former investment advisor, reported raising $206,532…
Self-funding Colorado GOP gubernatorial candidate Victor Mitchell reports modest fundraising haul

Jul 14, 2017

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Ernest Luning

Republican gubernatorial candidate Victor Mitchell, who launched his candidacy by writing his campaign a check for $3 million in February, plans to report he still has $2.65 million in the bank after raising $13,098 in the most recent fundraising quarter, a campaign aide told Colorado Politics Thursday. While that might not sound like much for…
Colorado conservation leaders, gun owners rally around gubernatorial candidate George Brauchler

Jul 14, 2017

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Ernest Luning

Dozens of leaders in Colorado’s wildlife conservation and gun-rights communities gathered to launch the Sportsmen and Gun Owners for Brauchler coalition in support of Republican gubernatorial candidate George Brauchler last Saturday in Douglas County. “This coalition solidifies statewide support for the Brauchler for governor campaign with a very important, reliably Republican constituency,” said coalition co-chair…
Colorado’s GOP gubernatorial hopefuls hit Hickenlooper with blizzard of criticism over climate order

Jul 12, 2017

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Ernest Luning

Republicans who want to take his place after next year’s election pelted Gov. John Hickenlooper with criticism Tuesday when the Democrat declared that Colorado would join the U.S. Climate Alliance, a coalition supporting a global climate agreement to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. While praise poured in for Hickenlooper’s move from Democrats and environmental groups, four GOP…
Denver Democrat who glitter-bombed Mitt Romney bids for Senate District 32 seat

Jun 21, 2017

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Ernest Luning

Democrat Peter Smith, who gained national attention when he “glitter-bombed” Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney in Denver five years ago, is running in the already crowded primary for the Senate District 32 seat held by term-limited state Sen. Irene Aguilar, D-Denver. And while Smith’s glitter-bombing days may be behind him – initially charged with three…