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Judge tosses election-skeptic group’s claims against voting rights organizations
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A federal judge has thrown out the claims of a Colorado group that falsely believes the 2020 presidential election was fraudulent and accused multiple voting rights organizations of defaming its members. Earlier this year, three civic organizations whose missions include voter registration and education sued the U.S. Election Integrity Plan, which is not affiliated with…
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DeSantis again tops Trump in 2024 straw poll at Colorado conservative summit
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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis ran ahead of former President Donald Trump for the second year running in a 2024 presidential election straw poll conducted at the Western Conservative Summit in Aurora, summit organizers said late Saturday. Sponsored by Colorado Christian University’s Centennial Institute and billed as the largest gathering of conservatives in the western United…
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Letter: How to participate in elections like an adult
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Editor: Over the course of my adult life, I have had the privilege to vote in eight presidential elections. In four of those contests, my candidate won, and in four the opposite happened. Sometimes I expected to vote for a winner and was disheartened when the result was contrary and other times I was pleasantly…
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Trump rides chutzpah to victory in presidential race
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He felt it in the breeze. Nearing the end of his long, improbable journey to victory in the presidential race, Donald Trump, the candidate of so much tumult and bluster, waxed nostalgic about how he got there. “I had great parents, great parents,” Trump told the crowd at a rally in steamy Orlando, Florida. “I…
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TRUMP ELECTED 45TH PRESIDENT, COLORADO UNDERDOGS CELEBRATE
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Hurtling down his track of defying immense odds this election, Donald Trump officially became president-elect of the United States just after midnight Nov. 9, smashing national expectations – and even the most recent polling numbers – as voters eager to shake up the nation’s political establishment chose the billionaire businessman to lead the country. An unexpected Republican nominee,…
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Jensen: Obama’s thoughts on Clinton are revealing
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“She is a fundamentally good and decent person.” You really need no further explanation as to why this is a laugh line. Just know it was someone talking about Hillary Clinton. That “someone” is President Obama, furiously trying to save Hillary’s sliding campaign amid the FBI re-opening her criminal investigation. One of the millions of…
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Colorado to decide on adopting a presidential primary
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For many, this year’s major party caucuses in Colorado were messy and confusing: Democrats struggled to accommodate every voter, and Republicans didn’t choose presidential delegates because the national party insisted the vote be binding. Independent voters were left out in the cold. But party loyalists swear by the grassroots give-and-take of these straw polls that…
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Eric Trump to campaign in Weld County Tuesday
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Colorado is getting even more major presidential campaign attention this week – now from the Republican side. Eric Trump, son of Republican presidential nominee Donald J. Trump plans to visit his father’s new campaign office in Weld County on Tuesday morning. He will make an appearance at the new Weld County Trump for Colorado office in Greeley…
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Reagan: Perfect Pence
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Now that was a debate. The Mike Pence-Tim Kaine bout Oct. 4 wasn’t the main event of 2016. It was what they call in boxing an “undercard” match. It was a contest between two natural lightweights – the VP candidates. There was no exciting 12th round knock out. But Pence and Kaine engaged in a good, spirited…
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Steady Pence gets wide praise, but Kaine lands jabs on Trump
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Republican Mike Pence won bipartisan plaudits for a calm and collected performance in the vice presidential debate. But Democrat Tim Kaine was claiming mission accomplished for forcing his opponent to confront -or not – Donald Trump’s long list of provocative remarks. Pressed by Kaine to defend his running mate throughout the 90-minute debate Tuesday, Pence…
