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Pat Schroeder remembered by Coloradans, national leaders as an inspiration, trailblazer
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Tributes and remembrances poured in for Pat Schroeder, the first woman to represent Colorado in Congress, as friends and political figures from across the spectrum recalled the barriers she broke, the lives she inspired and the smiles she left. Known as much for her sharp wit and memorable phrases as for the legislation she championed,…
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InnerView with Pat Schroeder
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Editor’s note: Former U.S. Rep. Pat Schroeder died on March 13, 2023 at the age of 82 at a hospital in Florida, the state where she had been residing. In this interview from 2010, Schroeder visited with The Colorado Statesman on Sept. 22 in the lobby of the Brown Palace Hotel. Her husband joined the conversation…
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A LOOK BACK | Local Dems encourage Schroeder presidential bid
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Thirty-Five Years Ago This Week: In an effort to encourage a rumored announcement from Colorado U.S. Rep. Pat Schroeder, D-CD1, that she would be seeking the Democratic nomination for president, a bevy of Colorado political figures were putting together “Run-Pat-Run” parties across south-central Denver. “She’s very exciting and will lend a great deal of substance…
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Democratic leaders call party mates’ tactics to boost Ron Hanks, others during primary ‘unethical’
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Issue One, a bipartisan group that works to lessen political polarization and limit the influence of big money over politics, issued a letter Monday with 35 prominent former Democratic elected officials, including a half dozen from Colorado, who criticized recent efforts by Democratic groups to intervene in Republican primaries. Signatories to the letter include former Gov.…
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A LOOK BACK | Top-ticket Dems make announcements; Schroeder mulls run for president
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Sixty-Five Years Ago This Week: Colorado Gov. Steve McNichols and U.S. Sen. John A. Carroll had each announced in separate press events that they would be seeking reelection, eliciting a collective sigh of relief from many fellow Democrat. Statewide Democratic candidates had been saying for weeks that they felt sidelined because of the absence of…
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A LOOK BACK | Webb victory advances climb in Denver city politics
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Thirty-Five Years Ago This Week: Wellington Webb’s election to Denver auditor, defeating opponent Bill Schroeder, came as a shock to few. The candidate had long been considered the favorite for victory and after claiming nearly 64% of the vote, Webb said his hopefulness had been rewarded. “I was always optimistic that I had a great…
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A LOOK BACK | Dem state chair lauds work by Kennedy, McNichols, Carroll
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Sixty Years Ago This Week: Colorado Democratic Party Chairman Fred M. Betz Sr. spoke at the Colorado Young Democrats’ annual convention in Pueblo, warning his young colleagues that “the fallout from the carping, creeping conservatism of Republican Party oratory can cause hardening of the political arteries.” Betz urged the Young Dems to be on the…
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BEST OF COPO 2018 | What Polis’ record in office reveals about the governor-elect
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Colorado Politics is taking a look back at some of our most significant and compelling stories of 2018. This story originally was published Dec. 15. Early on the night of Colorado’s June primary election, the congratulations started pouring in for Jared Polis, the five-term congressman who bested three fellow Democrats on his way to winning…
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COVER STORY | What Polis’ record in office reveals about the governor-elect
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Early on the night of Colorado’s June primary election, the congratulations started pouring in for Jared Polis, the five-term congressman who bested three fellow Democrats on his way to winning the open governor’s seat four months later by a wide margin. Among the cheers from environmentalists, gun-control advocates and LGBTQ-rights groups was a back-slap from…
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Pat Schroeder takes on Stapleton’s running mate over Tailhook scandal
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Pat Schroeder, a longtime former congresswoman from Denver, has targeted Colorado lieutenant governor candidate Lang Sias in a newspaper opinion piece that brings up the Tailhook scandal 27 years ago. Schroeder represented Denver in the U.S. House of Representatives when the Tailhook sex scandal unfolded after a Navy pilots’ convention in Las Vegas in 1991.…
