precinct caucuses
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Trail Mix: The road to Colorado’s 2018 election, March 11 edition
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A STATEWIDE WIN’S A STATEWIDE WIN … State Treasurer Walker Stapleton, a leading Republican candidate for governor, was making the rounds at precinct caucuses Tuesday night at Lakewood High School, pitching his candidacy to Jeffco Republicans, who were convening in scattered classrooms. At one of his first stops, Stapleton delivered a rapid-fire introduction to the…
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Lamborn challenger Owen Hill drops petitions, plans to seek ballot through GOP assembly
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State Sen. Owen Hill, one of four Republicans challenging U.S. Rep. Doug Lamborn, has dropped plans to circulate petitions and will put all his chips on the 5th Congressional District assembly to make the June primary ballot, the Colorado Springs lawmaker told Colorado Politics. A campaign spokesman for Lamborn, who turned in petitions to the…
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Republican Walker Stapleton considering assembly bid in addition to petitioning on primary ballot
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Colorado State Treasurer Walker Stapleton, a front-runner for the Republican nomination for governor, has turned in petitions to qualify for the June primary but is considering also going through the assembly process – a move that could land him top-line designation on the ballot and potentially knock out the only other statewide elected official in…
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Democrat Cary Kennedy wins gubernatorial preference poll at Colorado caucuses
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Democratic gubernatorial candidate Cary Kennedy scored a win at Colorado’s precinct caucuses Tuesday night, receiving exactly 50 percent of the vote in a preference poll conducted to kick off a multi-step process to qualify for the June primary ballot. The former state treasurer prevailed over U.S. Rep. Jared Polis, who scored 32.5 percent of the…
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Civil rights legend John Lewis endorses gubernatorial candidate Jared Polis as Democrats head to caucus
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Democratic gubernatorial candidate Jared Polis released a video endorsement from civil rights legend John Lewis on Tuesday praising the Boulder congressman’s “courage” for supporting President Donald Trump’s impeachment. The video went out to 15,000 Polis supporters in text messages and emails, Polis’ campaign said, and will also run online statewide as a digital ad as Democrats prepare…
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Democrats, Republicans set to gather across Colorado for precinct caucuses
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That biennial ritual of neighbor-to-neighbor democracy, the precinct caucus, is nearly here. Across Colorado, Republican and Democratic voters will convene at 7 p.m. sharp on Tuesday, March 6, in schools, churches, community centers and other neighborhood gathering places, marking the parties’ first official step toward picking candidates. This year, Republicans are grappling with what party…
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In video, GOP state treasurer candidate Kevin Lundberg says caucusing can change the world
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Colorado’s precinct caucuses are just over a month away, and Republican Kevin Lundberg, a veteran state lawmaker and one of six GOP candidates for state treasurer, is urging voters to attend the neighborhood meetings in a lengthy campaign video that features historians, state and party officials and students. “The Colorado caucus is a beautiful thing,”…
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Colorado Republicans unveil plans to hold 2018 state assembly at Coors Event Center in Boulder
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Colorado Republicans will convene this year’s state assembly at the Coors Event Center on the University of Colorado campus in Boulder on Saturday, April 14, returning to the same hall where the GOP assembled four years ago, party officials said Friday. “We looked for a venue in Colorado, but they were all booked,” said state party…
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Colorado Democrats launch campaign urging party members to ‘Commit to Caucus’ as deadlines loom
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Precinct caucuses are fast approaching, but there’s an even earlier deadline for Coloradans who want to participate in the neighborhood political meetings – voters must be affiliated with the Democratic or Republican parties by Monday, Jan. 8, to caucus. That message is part of the Colorado Democratic Party’s “Commit to Caucus” campaign launched this week…
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Democratic attorney general candidate Phil Weiser plans to petition, keep caucus option open
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Phil Weiser, one of five Democrats running for attorney general, told supporters Wednesday to plan on helping him petition onto the primary ballot starting next month, but he also encouraged them to attend precinct caucuses and higher assemblies, potentially another route to the primary. A spokesman for Weiser told Colorado Politics the candidate intends to…
