presidential primaries
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TRAIL MIX | Is Colorado becoming the new Iowa?
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In just the last week, three potential Democratic 2020 presidential candidates have landed in Colorado, including one who lives here but spent much of the last week in other states. Get used to it. Not only is the field wide – more than 20 Democrats have either expressed interest in running or been the subject…
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Athanasopoulos stresses grassroots, counterinsurgency tactics in bid for state GOP chair
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Former congressional candidate and Army veteran George Athanasopoulos is running an aggressive campaign for Colorado Republican Party chairman, unafraid to call out the party and his current opponent as he argues the GOP should pick him to turn the state red. “I am the one person that will change the Republican Party in a way…
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El Paso County’s Jeff Hays to launch bid for state Republican chairman
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El Paso County Republican Party Chairman Jeff Hays likes to talk football and politics, but chances are that even the most detailed political discussion will soon start sounding like football. “Everything in my life is a football analogy,” he said with a chuckle in a recent interview with The Colorado Statesman, and he wasn’t kidding.…
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? Letter: Voters should reject Propositions 107 and 108
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Editor: As Republican campaigners we are faced with ballots unsecured overnight by Democrat clerks; people casting votes in adjacent districts just before polls close; large numbers of provisional ballots cast by people who haven’t moved; van-loads of people arriving at a polling place with only one able to speak English and all giving the same address; harvesting ballots from apartment house lobbies; same…
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Lundberg and Lawrence: Editing, approving ‘Blue Book’ a legitimate function of lawmakers
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Legendary humorist Mark Twain once said, “A lie can travel halfway round the world before the truth puts its shoes on.” In the Internet Age, a lie can “go viral” before truth can hit the “reply” button. So, it’s doubly important to set the record straight when major media outlets like the Denver Post and…
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Blake: Bending over backwards for the unaffiliated voter
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The group that would make it even easier for unaffiliated voters to participate in Colorado’s primary elections is circulating two different initiatives – an unusual move. One, currently called No. 98, would open the current primary – held on the last Tuesday in June – to all unaffiliated voters; the other, No. 140, would restore…
