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Public safety, homelessness and affordability take spotlight at Denver at-large council candidate debate
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Different from candidates running to represent a specific district, at-large members of Denver’s City Council represent the whole city and have to have their fingers on the pulse of residents’ concerns who may have widely different opinions about top issues like public safety. Five candidates vying for two at-large Council seats on April’s ballot attended…
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Denver’s mayoral race is crowded, but it’s not the only one
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Almost 50 names will appear on the City of Denver’s April 4 ballot across several different municipal offices. The 17 candidates remaining for mayor (there was as many as 26) will be accompanied by nine city council at-large candidates and 23 others in an election that features three uncontested races, so far. Candidates were required…
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Denver mayor’s race: Dueling rallies break out at city hall
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Talk about your political street fight. The battle to determine who will be the mayor of Denver took the form of dueling political rallies Tuesday on either side of the street in front of the Denver City and County Building. Denver Mayor Michael Hancock (right) with former Denver mayors John Hickenlooper (left) and Wellington Webb…
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Denver mayor’s race: Former candidates Calderón, Tate endorse Giellis
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Lisa Calderón and Penfield Tate III – Denver mayoral candidates who were eliminated in the May 7 election – have endorsed challenger Jamie Giellis in her runoff campaign against Mayor Michael Hancock. Tate, a former state lawmaker, and Calderón, a criminal justice professor at Regis University – are expected to formally support Giellis, an urban…
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DENVER ELECTION 2019: Hancock to face Giellis in mayor’s race runoff
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Denver Mayor Michael Hancock is headed for a runoff election with challenger and urban planner Jamie Giellis. Unofficial results at 1 a.m. Wednesday showed Hancock with 39% of the vote, falling short of the 50% plus one vote that he would have needed to avoid the June 4 runoff. They also showed Giellis, a former…
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DENVER ELECTION 2019: Voter turnout unusually low; Hancock raises $2M
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While Denver’s mayoral contest may prove to be pivotal, and a pair of ballot measures are gathering national attention, voter response so far has been mostly “meh.” Voter turnout as of 10 a.m. Tuesday stood at just over 24% with 101,433 mailed ballots received back by the Denver Elections Division. Spring municipal elections in Denver…
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DENVER ELECTION 2019: Bartels, Ciruli, Brown on what to watch for Tuesday (PODCAST)
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As campaigns go, this spring’s Denver municipal election has not lacked for interesting stories and intriguing topics. Start with a mayoral campaign in which Mayor Michael Hancock is facing some serious competition in his bid for a third term. Add several competitive city council races that have drawn an unusually large field of candidates. Factor…
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ON THE DENVER CAMPAIGN TRAIL | Penfield Tate III, candidate for mayor
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This is the second in a series of stories on Denver mayoral candidates in their last days on the campaign trail ahead of the May 7 city election. Inside Denver mayoral candidate Penfield Tate III’s campaign office, the small white board sign on field operation manager Emily Curtis’ desk sends a daily jolt of urgency…
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Hancock proposes new Denver department for housing and homelessness
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Denver Mayor Michael Hancock said Friday that he will seek to create a new city department of Housing and Homelessness aimed at focusing efforts to create affordable housing and help homeless people find places to live. Hancock also unveiled two new initiatives intended to ease the persistent problem of homelessness: ? A $5 million program…
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9News/CoPo debate: Denver mayoral hopefuls differ on growth, development and ‘how much is too much?" (VIDEO)
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Four Denver mayoral candidates split Wednesday night on issues of growth and development and how much is too much when it comes to cities. All of them agreed that a city can reach its capacity, but they differed on whether that’s the case today in Denver. The hour-long debate was co-sponsored by 9News and Colorado…
