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TRAIL MIX: Primary’s zingers and stingers
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The competition for the most outrageous occurrence on the campaign trail has been fierce in recent days, as politicians careen toward the finish line – at 7 p.m. June 26. That’s when Colorado’s primary election campaign turns, in an instant, into its slimmed-down, more expensive and, truth be told, less jocular successor, the general election…
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Hickenlooper frowns at Polis ads attacking Kennedy, says one hits ‘below the belt’
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Gov. John Hickenlooper said Wednesday he’s disappointed Democratic gubernatorial candidate Jared Polis and his supporters are running ads attacking Cary Kennedy, one of Polis’ primary rivals. The term-limited Democrat, who famously took a shower with his clothes on in a campaign ad decrying negative campaign ads, said he was particularly bothered that Bold Colorado, a…
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Poll: Stapleton tops Republican field for Colo. governor
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Walker Stapleton is leading Colorado’s four-way Republican primary for governor, but businessman Victor Mitchell’s late ad blitz could position him to close the gap in the final weeks of the campaign, according to a poll released Monday by GOP firm Magellan Strategies and made available early to Colorado Politics. The survey of nearly 600 likely…
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Colorado Democratic gubernatorial candidate Donna Lynne pledges to run clean campaign, calls on others to do the same
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Lt. Gov. Donna Lynne, a Democrat running for governor in next year’s election, pledged Friday to run a clean campaign like the ones waged by Gov. John Hickenlooper – who famously took a shower with his clothes on in a TV ad pledging to reject negative campaigning – and challenged the other candidates in the…
