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Tom Tancredo endorses Gino Campana in Colorado’s Republican US Senate primary
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Former U.S. Rep. Tom Tancredo on Tuesday endorsed Gino Campana in the Republican primary for the U.S. Senate seat held by Democrat Michael Bennet. “If you want a real, conservative patriot fighting for you in Washington, D.C., then you have to join me in supporting Gino Campana,” Tancredo said in a statement. “There is simply…
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GOP secretary of state candidate Pam Anderson responds to Peters bid with call for ‘professionalism’
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Republican secretary of state candidate Pam Anderson responded to Monday’s announcement that Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters is entering the GOP primary for the seat with a call for a “return to professionalism” in the office and a vow to serve as a “fair referee” overseeing Colorado’s elections. Anderson, a former two-term Jefferson County clerk…
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State Supreme Court decides political caucuses are off-limits for judges
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Although state judges have been allowed to participate in political caucuses since 2010 without running afoul of the rules of judicial conduct, the Colorado Supreme Court has now decided to prohibit them from doing so. In a change effective Jan. 21, involvement in a “caucus-type election” now violates the prohibition against judges making political speeches…
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Colorado’s double-ballot rejection rate: 2.4%
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The rate at which ballots cast by unaffiliated voters were rejected in Colorado’s June primary elections was 2.4 percent, lower than some forecasts before the election, Secretary of State Wayne Williams said Friday. Proposition 108, which Colorado voters approved in 2016, allowed the state’s unaffiliated voters for the first time this year to cast ballots…
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COPO SPECIAL REPORT: Colorado 2018 primary roundup
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Voters have spoken in Colorado’s first primaries to include unaffiliateds. Here’s our report on what they said and what it means. > PRIMARY 2018: 7 takeaways from Tuesday > PRIMARY 2018: Colorado’s winners and losers > PRIMARY 2018: Colorado votes by the numbers > PRIMARY 2018: Polis, Stapleton to face off in November for Colo.…
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PRIMARY 2018: Colorado votes by the numbers
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Here’s a look at key voting statistics from the June primaries as reported by Secretary of State Wayne Williams (vote totals as of early Thursday). Total ballots returned: 1,173,563 Ballots cast by Democrats: 468,403 Ballots cast by Republicans: 414,375 Ballots cast by unaffiliated voters: 290,785 Ballots cast by women: 627,480 Ballots cast by men: 538,562…
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PRIMARY 2018: 7 takeaways from Tuesday
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Colorado voters have set the stage for the fall election – and we’ve learned a lot in the wake of the primary that ended Tuesday. Here are some highlights: Governor’s race, back where it startedA year or more ago, most insiders expected a general election between Republican Walker Stapleton and Democrat Jared Polis. The insiders…
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PRIMARY 2018: CoPo’s election night coverage
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Colorado voters have set the stage for the fall election – and the Colorado Politics team was in the thick of the primary-election-night action. Here’s a roundup of our election night coverage. And stay with us over the next few days as we unpack the election results and explain what they mean for the fall…
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PRIMARY 2018: No contest — these candidates have already won
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The primary election that ended today will decide dozens of Democratic and Republican races across Colorado – but in many other races, there was no mystery because there was only one candidate in each party. Those uncontested candidates will automatically advance to the November ballot. Here is a list of uncontested races in Colorado. U.S. House…
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PRIMARY 2018: Nearly a million Coloradans voted by election-day afternoon
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With three hours to go before the voting deadline in Colorado’s primary election, 983,703 voters had already cast their ballots. And for the first time in a Colorado primary election, that total included a sizable number of unaffiliated voters. Colorado Secretary of State Wayne Williams – the overseer of statewide elections – said that as…
