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Crow sets 6th CD record, tops $1 million in quarterly fundraising
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Democrat Jason Crow plans to report raising more than $1 million for the just-completed second fundraising quarter of the year, more than any candidate in the battleground 6th Congressional District has raised for the same period in previous elections, including five-term Republican incumbent U.S. Rep. Mike Coffman. Crow, who isn’t taking contributions from corporate political…
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Coffman: Trump administration is shifting blame on border policy
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The Department of Health and Human Services is suggesting that politicians visiting the U.S.-Mexico border are slowing down family reunifications – and U.S. Rep. Mike Coffman thinks that accusation is absurd. “I think that HHS is already trying to insulate itself by blaming members of Congress for its failures,” the Aurora Republican said Thursday. “Raising…
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Hickenlooper: Separating immigrant families is ‘immoral and un-American’
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Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper has called out the Trump administration’s policy of separating immigrant families at the U.S.-Mexican border as part of a “zero-tolerance” policy enacted in April by U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions. Hickenlooper, a Democrat viewed as a potential challenger to President Donald Trump in 2020, called the policy “immoral and un-American” Monday…
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TIPTON | Good riddance to an outdated tax code
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This year, April 17, marked a day each American dreads: Tax Day. In the weeks leading up to this day every year, Americans scramble to fill out complicated tax forms with the hope that some of their hard-earned money will be returned by the government. Filing taxes this year was the same old unpleasant and…
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Mike Coffman edges past challenger Jason Crow’s quarterly fundraising in 6th CD
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U.S. Rep. Mike Coffman plans to report raising $464,847 for the just-completed first fundraising quarter of the year – just $3,000 more than his leading Democratic challenger Jason Crow plans to report for the quarter, although the Republican incumbent has nearly $300,000 more cash on hand in the hotly contested race. Coffman will have raised…
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Rep. Coffman fends off primary challenge in Colorado’s swing 6th District
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U.S. Rep. Mike Coffman, an Aurora Republican, held off a challenge Saturday at the GOP’s 6th Congressional District assembly from Roger Edwards, a conservative activist who criticized the five-term incumbent’s moderate positions and attempts to distance himself from President Donald Trump. Coffman’s supporters, however, cheered their candidate, who has won an unbroken string of elections…
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BIDLACK | So many firsts for women — but why has it taken so long?
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On the 30th of this month, we’ll be exactly 229 years distant from George Washington taking the oath of office as our first president, and for all practical purposes, the real beginning of our country. Recently, I marked my own milestone, turning 60. And at three-score years, I’ve been around for roughly one quarter of our…
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Trail Mix: The road to Colorado’s 2018 election, March 25 edition
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A majority runs through it … Before U.S. Rep. Mike Coffman dropped to the floor at an Aurora restaurant last Sunday for his birthday pushups – 63 of them, one for each of his years on this planet – his fellow Republican George Brauchler ribbed Coffman about his age and whether or not the Marines…
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CIRULI | Will a wave from D.C. wash over Colorado?
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The ever controversial Nancy Pelosi now only needs 23 more Democrats to win control of the House after the victory in Pennsylvania’s 18th District. Although it is clear that her time as head of the Democratic caucus is nearing a conclusion, she remains a powerful force. Democratic candidates in swing districts can get political mileage…
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Tax cuts are helping some businesses expand; they’re helping mine survive
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The recently passed federal tax cuts include much for businesses to like. A new 20 percent tax deduction, immediate expensing of capital investment, and lower across-the-board tax rates give some businesses the extra funds they need to expand, hire and raise wages. But for other Colorado small businesses like mine, they’re merely helping us survive…
