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Former Trump advisor Kellyanne Conway headlines reception for Bennet challenger Gino Campana
Kellyanne Conway, the first woman to run a winning presidential campaign, is slated to appear at a reception for Republican U.S. Senate candidate Gino Campana Friday night in Colorado Springs ahead of the Colorado GOP’s state assembly. Conway, a veteran pollster and longtime advisor to former President Donald Trump, managed Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign and…
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Doug Lamborn endorses Bennet challenger Eli Bremer in Colorado’s Republican US Senate primary
U.S. Rep. Doug Lamborn is throwing his support behind U.S. Senate candidate Eli Bremer, one of seven Republicans hoping to challenge Democratic U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet. Lamborn, who is serving his eighth term representing the El Paso County-based 5th Congressional District, is so far the only Republican member of Colorado’s congressional delegation to make an…
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Republican Heidi Ganahl qualifies for Colorado’s gubernatorial primary ballot by petition
Heidi Ganahl on Tuesday became the first Republican gubernatorial candidate to qualify for the June primary ballot after state election officials determined she submitted enough valid signatures on her petitions. One of a dozen Republicans seeking the nomination to challenge Democratic Gov. Jared Polis, Ganahl was the only GOP gubernatorial candidate to submit petitions. The…
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Democrat Yadira Caraveo qualifies by petition for primary ballot in Colorado’s new 8th CD
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
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
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
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
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
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
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…