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Republican Darryl Glenn qualifies for 5th Congressional District primary ballot by petition
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Republican congressional candidate Darryl Glenn will be on the primary ballot in Colorado’s 5th Congressional District, the secretary of state’s office said Tuesday after ruling the El Paso County commissioner submitted a sufficient number of valid signatures on his petitions. Glenn, one of four Republicans challenging six-term incumbent U.S. Rep. Doug Lamborn, is the first candidate…
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Democrat Julie Gonzales turns in petitions, wins incumbent Lucia Guzman’s backing in Senate primary
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Senate Democratic Leader Lucia Guzman on Tuesday endorsed immigrant rights advocate Julie Gonzales to take her place representing Denver’s Senate District 34 – the same day Gonzales turned in her nominating petitions, her campaign said. Gonzales, one of four Democrats running in a primary, has a proven ability to “listen to all voices and bring…
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Democrat Mike Johnston first to submit nominating petitions in Colorado gubernatorial race
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Democrat Mike Johnston on Wednesday will be the first Colorado gubernatorial candidate to submit nominating petitions, his campaign said. The former state senator from Denver plans to turn in roughly twice the number of signatures required to qualify for the June primary ballot. Johnston, one of five leading Democrats running for the office held by term-limited…
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Trail Mix: The road to Colorado’s 2018 election, Feb. 18 edition
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THEY GRABBED A CLIPBOARD … It looks like a lot of Coloradans took the advice of a certain soon-to-be-former president. In his farewell address, delivered just over a week before leaving office, President Barack Obama said an oft-quoted line – “If you’re disappointed by your elected officials, grab a clipboard, get some signatures, and run…
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Petitioning Democrat Noel Ginsburg says he’ll add caucus route to bid for governor
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Democratic gubernatorial candidate Noel Ginsburg announced this week he plans to secure a spot on the June primary ballot by going through the caucus and assembly process in addition to gathering petition signatures. Ginsburg joins leading candidates Jared Polis, a five-term congressman, and Cary Kennedy, a former state treasurer, wooing the party faithful – starting…
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Colorado Democrats lash Cynthia Coffman for petition-to-caucus ‘switcheroo’
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Colorado Democrats jeered Thursday at news Attorney General Cynthia Coffman plans to abandon petitioning onto the Republican gubernatorial primary ballot and instead pursue the nomination through the caucus and assembly process. Saying she “felt removed from the grassroots” and that her “heart just wasn’t in it,” Coffman made the announcement Tuesday night in a telephone…
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Cynthia Coffman ditches petitions, says she’ll seek ballot through assembly process
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With three weeks to go until precinct caucuses, Attorney General Cynthia Coffman announced Tuesday she’s dropping her plans to petition onto the Republican gubernatorial primary ballot and will instead go through the caucus and assembly process. In a telephone town hall conducted by her campaign, Coffman, one of nine GOP candidates for governor, told listeners…
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Republican congressional candidate Darryl Glenn first to submit nominating petitions
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Republican congressional candidate Darryl Glenn this week became the first candidate in Colorado to submit petitions signatures for the June primary ballot, ahead of the three other Republicans petitioning in the 5th Congressional District and dozens of other candidates circulating petitions to qualify for the primary. “We like to lead from the front,” Glenn, an…
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GOP strategists skeptical Cynthia Coffman can petition onto primary ballot for governor
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Colorado Attorney General Cynthia Coffman plans to petition her way onto the Republican primary ballot for governor, but her modest fundraising, lack of a statewide organization and late start add up to long odds against her, say two GOP strategists who have managed successful signature-gathering efforts for statewide candidates in recent election cycles. “It is…
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Democrat David Aarestad plans to petition onto 6th Congressional District primary ballot
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Aurora attorney David Aarestad, one of four Democrats running for the chance to challenge Republican U.S. Rep. Mike Coffman in Colorado’s 6th Congressional District, is collecting signatures to petition onto the June primary ballot, although he might also go through the caucus and assembly process, his campaign confirmed Wednesday. “Everybody should be able to participate…
