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Colorado Democrats lash Cynthia Coffman for petition-to-caucus ‘switcheroo’
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
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
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
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
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…
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Democrats Kristopher Larsen, Mark Williams petitioning onto 2nd CD primary ballot
Democrats Kristopher Larsen and Mark Williams are gathering signatures to run in the 2nd Congressional District primary election, meaning former University of Colorado Regent Joe Neguse is more than likely going to have some company on the June primary ballot. A former Democratic nominee for secretary of state and the early frontrunner for the seat…
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Victor Mitchell wins straw poll at Colorado Hispanic Republicans’ gubernatorial forum
Republican Victor Mitchell topped a straw poll conducted Wednesday night by the Colorado Hispanic Republicans at a forum for gubernatorial candidates in Westminster. The entrepreneur and former state lawmaker garnered 38 percent of the vote, running well ahead of four other Republicans who participated in the forum and one – former U.S. Rep. Tom Tancredo…
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Democrat Phil Weiser to petition and go through caucus to get on primary ballot for attorney general
After reporting earlier this week he’s raised more than $1 million, Democratic attorney general candidate Phil Weiser said Thursday he intends to take an “all-of-the-above” approach to get on the June primary ballot – by gathering petition signatures and by going through the caucus and assembly process. By taking both routes, Weiser risks knocking himself…
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Gubernatorial candidate Cynthia Coffman plans to petition onto GOP primary ballot
Attorney General Cynthia Coffman, a Republican candidate for governor of Colorado, said Wednesday she plans to petition her way onto the June primary ballot rather than go through the caucus and assembly process. She joins three other GOP gubernatorial candidates who began circulating petitions on Tuesday, setting up what could be a six-way primary for…
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Steve Lebsock plans to petition onto Democratic primary ballot in state treasurer race
Amid pressure from his fellow Democratic lawmakers to resign his seat following complaints of sexual misconduct, a defiant state Rep. Steve Lebsock said Tuesday he plans to petition his way on the primary ballot for Colorado’s state treasurer. The other three Democrats running for the office held by term-limited State Treasurer Walker Stapleton – a…