open primary elections
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Colorado GOP chair predicts effort to scrap primary will fail
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Colorado Republicans will decide in September whether to cancel next year’s primary election rather than allow unaffiliated voters to participate, party officials said this week, although the state GOP chairman says he’s confident the proposal will go down in flames. State voters approved Proposition 108 last year, allowing unaffiliated voters – a smidgeon over one-third…
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Colorado open primary bill advances over bumpy terrain as negative ad hits airwaves
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Debate inside and outside the Legislature around how to best implement the state’s new voter-approved open primary elections has grown hotter by the hour as the legislative session barrels toward closing day. On Monday, the Senate advanced Senate Bill 305 to the House. The bill is meant to guide the secretary of state’s office in…
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GOP gubernatorial candidate Victor Mitchell calls for redirecting all higher ed spending to support STEM disciplines
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Republican gubernatorial candidate Victor Mitchell on Thursday proposed redirecting all of Colorado’s higher education funding to support degrees in STEM — science, technology, engineering and mathematics — and tripling the number of graduates in the fields. The entrepreneur and former state legislator also said state colleges and universities are “ripping our families off, they’re ripping…
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Republican Victor Mitchell to report $3 million quarter for 2018 Colorado governor’s race
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Douglas County Republican Victor Mitchell, an entrepreneur and former state lawmaker, plans to report that his gubernatorial campaign banked just over $3 million in the first three months of the year, nearly all of it in the form of a loan from the candidate, The Colorado Statesman has learned. And Mitchell says he’s prepared to pour plenty more…
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Congressman Ed Perlmutter officially declares he’s running for governor of Colorado
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Declaring that he’ll stand up for Colorado in the face of threats from the Trump administration, U.S. Rep. Ed Perlmutter, an Arvada Democrat, made his campaign for governor official on Sunday afternoon at a grocery store in Golden. “I love this state, and I want to continue to lead the fight for freedom, equality and…
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Democrat Ed Perlmutter plans to launch gubernatorial campaign Sunday
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U.S. Rep. Ed Perlmutter, an Arvada Democrat, plans to announce Sunday he’s running for governor of Colorado in next year’s election. Perlmutter’s campaign sent a release sporting a colorful “Perlmutter for Colorado” logo on Thursday afternoon to reporters saying the six-term congressman would be making an announcement Sunday afternoon at the Natural Grocers store in…
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Presidential primary, open primary issues on ballot
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Presidential primary elections would return to Colorado, and independent voters could take part in primary elections, under two more measures placed on the state general election ballot Wednesday. Colorado Secretary of State Wayne Williams announced that backers of the separate ballot measures submitted the signatures of more than the required number of registered voters to…
