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Hard-fought Dem primary could put GOP’s Kirkmeyer in governor’s chair | Cronin & Loevy
Colorado state Sen. Barbara Kirkmeyer has the most political and governmental experience of the many candidates running for the 2026 Republican nomination for governor of Colorado. If she wins the Republican primary, she will have a decent chance of winning the governorship in the general election in November, even though Colorado is a decidedly blue…
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Colorado Gov. Jared Polis grants clemency to Tina Peters, makes her eligible for release from prison
Colorado Gov. Jared Polis on Friday granted clemency to Tina Peters and made the former Republican county clerk eligible for release from state prison as soon as early June, capping months of speculation that the Democratic governor would shorten a nearly nine-year sentence related to Peters’ role in a scheme to breach secure voting equipment.…
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Grand jury indicts 2 petition circulators in 2024 signature-forgery case
A statewide grand jury has indicted two petition circulators on allegations that they forged signatures while gathering support for a proposed constitutional amendment on the 2024 ballot. The Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser’s office said the circulators — Cherell Long of Nevada and Martin Arellano of Texas — were working for a Colorado Springs–based canvassing…
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Victor Marx, Phil Weiser lead Colorado gubernatorial fundraising, as all campaigns’ hauls top $20 million
Colorado gubernatorial candidates and the independent expenditure committees backing them hauled in more than $20 million between them by the end of April, as the primary election approaches, according to campaign finance reports filed this week. Republican Victor Marx and Democrat Phil Weiser, the state’s term-limited attorney general, each raised over $1 million in the…
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Democrat Jena Griswold holds wide lead in Colorado attorney general primary, her internal poll shows
Democratic attorney general candidate Jena Griswold, Colorado’s term-limited secretary of state, holds a wide lead over her three primary opponents just weeks before ballots are set to go out to voters, a new internal poll released by her campaign on Monday shows. Griswold counts more than twice as much support among likely primary voters as…
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SCOTUS arguments, varied workload: 6 Colorado solicitors general talk about job
Six current and former solicitors general of Colorado, including two who have since become members of the bench, spoke to attorneys on Wednesday about how the role has changed over time, what the workload entails, and their experiences arguing at the U.S. Supreme Court. “It is an incredible amount of time that you put in…
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Colorado candidates square off up and down the ballot ahead of primary election
With just over two months to go until ballots are counted in Colorado’s primary, candidates are squaring off in high-stakes contests for their party’s nominations in statewide and congressional races approaching the midterm election. For the first time in memory, state voters will have the chance to elect an entire new slate of state-level executive…
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Colorado Supreme Court weighs transgender services case involving Children’s Hospital and federal threats
Some members of the Colorado Supreme Court expressed discomfort on April 14 with having to decide whether to order Children’s Hospital Colorado to resume providing certain services to transgender children, which could trigger a “death sentence” if the federal government imposes consequences. “I’m assuming there’s no middle ground here with the federal administration, in terms…
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Republicans Scott Bottoms, Victor Marx win spots in Colorado gubernatorial primary at party assembly
Two Christian ministry leaders from Colorado Springs qualified Saturday for the Republican gubernatorial primary ballot at the Colorado GOP’s state assembly in Pueblo in a party meeting that dragged late into the night. State Rep. Scott Bottoms, an Assemblies of God pastor at Church at Briargate, who is known as one of the legislature’s most…
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Colorado appeals court orders new sentencing for Tina Peters, upholds convictions
Colorado’s second-highest court determined on Thursday that a trial judge improperly sentenced former Mesa County clerk Tina Peters based upon her exercise of protected speech, while at the same time upholding her convictions. The three-judge Court of Appeals panel also concluded that President Donald Trump’s attempted pardon of Peters for state-level convictions last year was…