political consultants

Former Republican state lawmaker says he was only kidding about beheading reporters, ‘seditious leakers’

Jul 1, 2017

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Ernest Luning

After news broke this week that three CNN reporters had been fired because of problems with a story about Donald Trump and Russia, former Republican Colorado Sen. Shawn Mitchell entertained the notion in a social media post that “the guillotines will be kept busy” taking care of “hack reporters and seditious leakers” if there’s karmic justice…
Owen Loftus ranked among top political pros under 40 by trade group

Feb 24, 2017

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Ernest Luning

Colorado-based political communications specialist Owen Loftus has landed a spot on the American Association of Political Consultants’ prestigious 40 Under 40 list, the trade organization announced Thursday. The annual award salutes 40 leaders and innovators among political consultants and operatives under age 40. Loftus is 34. According to AAPC, Loftus is one of the leading…
No silver bullets: Jim Carpenter stresses fundamentals, agility

Nov 3, 2016

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Ernest Luning

Jim Carpenter likes to tell a story about a campaign stop more than two decades ago in a small town on the Eastern Plains. It’s no coincidence the story stars former three-term Colorado Gov. Roy Romer, a man Carpenter describes as the master of quick thinking and innovative approaches to the surprises any politician is…
GOP consultant Dustin Olson stresses authenticity, ability to connect with stories

Sep 22, 2016

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Ernest Luning

Republican political consultant Dustin Olson has been at the center of national politics and numerous local campaigns – he and his wife, Carolyn, just celebrated the 10th anniversary of Olson Strategies & Advertising, their Colorado-based firm – but it was a few days he spent touring Civil War battlefields and shopping at Wal-Mart with a comic…

political consultants

Former Republican state lawmaker says he was only kidding about beheading reporters, ‘seditious leakers’

Owen Loftus ranked among top political pros under 40 by trade group

No silver bullets: Jim Carpenter stresses fundamentals, agility

GOP consultant Dustin Olson stresses authenticity, ability to connect with stories