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Outside political spending floods House and Senate primary races
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Independent expenditure committees (IECs), which include 527 political groups, have been on an unprecedented spending spree during the primary season on state House and Senate races. One candidate – Zach Neumann, who’s running for the Democratic nod for the Senate seat currently held by Sen. Irene Aguilar – has been the biggest beneficiary, to the…
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Independent expenditure committees take campaign spending to new level
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Raising Colorado. Prosperity Through Property Rights. Colorado Working Families Party. These are some of the names that are showing up on campaign fliers and other materials designed to sway votes for major party candidates in the June 26 primary. They’re “independent expenditure committees,” or IECs – groups that spend money to back candidates but don’t…
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Spending by outside groups alone for Colorado school board races exceeds $2 million
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Outside groups trying to sway voters with mailers, phone calls and yard signs on the Colorado’s two most controversial school board elections have now spent more than $2 million, with more than $1 million spent in a little more than two weeks in October. The spending has strongly favored pro-charter candidates in the races for…
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NOONAN: 61 independent expenditure committees plan to spend in 2018 — and hide their donors
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Active independent expenditure committees, aka political action committees (PACs), currently number 61 registered at the Colorado Secretary of State’s Office. These committees collect money to support candidates. The sources of the funds are undeclared, so only the total amount of donations shows in Secretary of State’s Office forms. These PACS do not coordinate with candidates.…
