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TRAIL MIX | A broadly backed measure that got lost in the shuffle
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A year and a half ago, it sounded like a slam dunk. Near the end of Colorado’s 2017 legislative session, a broad, bipartisan group of lawmakers referred a constitutional amendment to this year’s ballot asking voters to lower the minimum age to serve in the General Assembly from 25 to 21. The question, dubbed Amendment…
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Q&A with Lizzy Stephan | Ushering in a new era in state politics
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With apologies to The Who, we’re talkin’ ’bout another generation now – the millennials – in the wake of this month’s election. Certainly, in Colorado. Keep on calling it the Centennial State if you will, but it is a magnet for hip young people, and that includes young voters who are believed to have made…
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New Era Colorado posts primary guide for younger voters
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New Era Colorado isn’t telling millennials and other younger constituents who to vote for, presumably as long as it’s preferably a Democrat. The organization that typically supports progressives is telling everybody how to vote, as far as the process goes. The organization has a simple-to-understand voter’s guide online that gets to the point for those…
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INSIGHTS: CU’s investment strategy could cost political capital
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Chancellor Phil DiStefano thinks he knows what’s best for the University of Colorado Boulder, and that it’s best if he oversees a purse worth about $21 million each year instead of CU Boulder’s student government leaders. “I want to inform you of a financial oversight decision I have made that is in the best long-term…
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New Era Colorado to capitalize on March for Our Lives Saturday in Denver
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New Era Colorado hopes to harness the political power of Saturday’s March for Our Lives, a demonstration against gun violence, in Denver. New Era is the long-established Colorado organization for politically engaged millennials from the left, and Saturday it hopes to sign up young voters beginning at 2 p.m. at the Capitol, east of the…
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Bill Ritter endorses Democrat Joe Neguse to ‘lead the fight against climate change’
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Former Colorado Gov. Bill Ritter, a leader in the push for clean energy, on Monday endorsed Joe Neguse, one of three Democrats running for the 2nd Congressional District seat, saying the former University of Colorado regent will lead the fight against climate change. “I’ve known and worked with Joe for over a decade – he…
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Lines drawn over ballot measures to determine how Colorado draws its legislative, congressional lines
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The battle is heating up over how Colorado draws its legislative and congressional boundaries. After failing to knock out a pair of proposed redistricting and reapportionment ballot measures in court, a rough coalition of mostly liberal and good-government groups filed competing ballot measures in late December and is vowing to take the choice before voters…
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League of Conservation Voters endorses Joe Neguse in 2nd Congressional District race
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The political arm of leading environmentalist advocacy group League of Conservation Voters on Tuesday got behind congressional candidate Joe Neguse, one of three Democrats running in a primary for Colorado’s 2nd Congressional District seat being vacated by U.S. Rep. Jared Polis, who is running for governor. Neguse, a former University of Colorado regent from the…
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Democrat Joe Neguse tops $75,000 in contributions for Polis’ 2nd Congressional District seat
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Democrat Joe Neguse, the only declared candidate in Colorado’s 2nd Congressional District, raised $77,594 in his bid to fill the seat Boulder Democrat U.S. Rep. Jared Polis is vacating in order to run for governor, Colorado Politics has learned. It took the former CU regent just 18 days between declaring his candidacy in mid June…
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Democrat Joe Neguse wins endorsements from African-American lawmakers, Congressional Black Caucus PAC
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Leaders of the Congressional Black Caucus and the group’s political action committee are endorsing Democrat Joe Neguse in his bid for the 2nd Congressional District seat currently held by U.S. Rep. Jared Polis, the Boulder Democrat who is running for Colorado governor in next year’s election. “Joe Neguse is exactly the type of bold progressive…
