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Democrat Yadira Caraveo qualifies by petition for primary ballot in Colorado’s new 8th CD
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State Rep. Yadira Caraveo, a Thornton pediatrician, became the first Democrat on Tuesday to qualify for the party’s primary in Colorado’s newly created 8th Congressional District after election official determined she submitted more than enough signatures to make the ballot. The announcement came just hours before Caraveo was set to compete with Adams County Commissioner…
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Pam Anderson qualifies for GOP primary against Tina Peters for Colorado secretary of state
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Republican secretary of state candidate Pam Anderson on Monday qualified for Colorado’s June primary ballot after election officials determined she submitted enough valid signatures on nominating petitions. Anderson, a former Jefferson County clerk and former executive director of the Colorado County Clerks Association, is running for the GOP nomination against Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters, who…
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Joe O’Dea makes Colorado’s Republican US Senate primary ballot by petition
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Construction company owner Joe O’Dea has qualified for the Republican primary for the nomination to challenge Democratic U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet, election officials said Monday. O’Dea is the first Republican to secure a spot on Colorado’s June 28 primary ballot for the seat. Seven other Republicans are vying to make the ballot at Saturday’s state…
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El Paso GOP chair attacks Lamborn after he cites ‘troubling irregularities’ in assembly process
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Long-simmering tension between competing factions in the local Republican Party spilled into public view on March 31 when El Paso County GOP Chairwoman Vickie Tonkins tore into U.S. Rep. Doug Lamborn in a combative email denouncing the Colorado Springs Republican as dishonest and corrupt after Lamborn accused Tonkins and her allies of rigging the nomination…
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Republican congressional candidate Barb Kirkmeyer qualifies for 8th CD primary ballot by petition
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State Sen. Barb Kirkmeyer on Friday became the third Republican to qualify for the June primary ballot in Colorado’s newly created 8th Congressional District by submitting enough valid signatures on nominating petitions, the Colorado Secretary of State’s Office said. Kirkmeyer, a former Weld County commissioner, is one of five GOP candidates running in the evenly…
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Adam Frisch is 2nd Democrat challenging Lauren Boebert to make primary ballot by petition
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Congressional candidate Adam Frisch, one of nine Democrats running against Republican U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert, has qualified for Colorado’s June primary ballot by submitting enough valid signatures on petitions, the Secretary of State’s Office said Thursday. The former Aspen City Council member is the second Democrat to make the primary in the Republican-leaning 3rd Congressional…
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Republican Jan Kulmann 1st to qualify for primary ballot in Colorado’s new congressional district
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Republican Jan Kulmann, the mayor of Thornton, on Friday became the first candidate to qualify for the primary ballot in Colorado’s newly created 8th Congressional District after election officials determined she submitted a sufficient number of valid signatures on nominating petitions. Kulmann, an oil and gas engineer, is one of five Republicans seeking the nomination…
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Michael Bennet lands endorsements from environmental, foreign policy groups
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A leading national conservation group and an organization that advocates for American involvement in global affairs endorsed U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet’s bid for a third term, with both citing the Colorado Democrat’s leadership on issues they peg as important to state voters. The National Resources Defense Council Action Fund hailed Bennet as a “climate champion”…
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Republican US Rep. Doug Lamborn qualifies for June primary ballot in bid for 9th term
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U.S. Rep. Doug Lamborn has qualified for the Republican ballot in the 5th Congressional District after turning in a sufficient number of petition signatures, state officials said Wednesday, making the eight-term incumbent the first congressional candidate to secure a spot in Colorado’s June primary election. “We had way more names than we actually needed,” Lamborn…
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Republicans sue to block unaffiliated voters from voting in primaries
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Republicans filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado against Secretary of State Jena Griswold, challenging a 2016 voter-approved ballot measure that allows unaffiliated voters to participate in primaries. The lawsuit was authorized by the state GOP central committee last September, after turning down a request to call off the 2022…
