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ENDORSEMENT WATCH | EMILY’s List gets behind Democratic legislative candidates
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EMILY’s List, a national group that backs pro-abortion-rights Democratic women candidates, has endorsed 14 Colorado legislative candidates, including a half dozen running for seats that could determine which party has the majority in the state Senate. The group’s president, Stephanie Schriock, said the group’s picks “have the backbones and experience to fight for Colorado’s women…
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Ken Toltz to manage Rebecca Cranston’s Colorado Senate campaign
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Anti-gun violence activist Ken Toltz, who considered a run for Congress this year, is managing Rebecca Cranston’s race for state Senate in Larimer County. Cranston, who lives in Fort Collins, is the only Democrat on the primary ballot, and Rob Woodward of Loveland is the only Republican. John Keil of Loveland is running as a…
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Rebecca Cranston upsets Ralph Trenary in closely watched Colorado Senate race
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DENVER – Ralph Trenary turned to the older Democrat sitting next to him at the Larimer County Assembly Saturday and said, “Well, the show’s over.” The increasingly watched race in Colorado Senate District 15 took another sharp turn when political newbie Rebecca Cranston upset the former Loveland city councilman and community do-gooder. And she didn’t…
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Rebecca Cranston picks up Blue Rising Colorado support in state Senate race
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DENVER – Rebecca Cranston of Fort Collins picked up the endorsement of Blue Rising Colorado Friday in her bid for state Senate in District 15, The 2-year-old small-donor group backs pro-abortion rights state candidates who support gun violence prevention, as well as progressive positions on education, healthcare and immigration. “Rebecca is committed to fighting for…
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Republican Nic Morse, a former congressional nominee, drops primary bid in Larimer County’s Senate District 15
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Larimer County Republican Nic Morse is withdrawing from the race for the Senate District 15 seat held by term-limited state Sen. Kevin Lundberg, R-Berthoud, who is seeking the GOP nomination for state treasurer, Colorado Politics has learned. Morse, a marketing executive and the 2016 Republican nominee for the congressional seat held by U.S. Rep. Jared…
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Colorado state Senate candidate Rebecca Cranston loves on Loveland for Valentine’s Day
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Democratic Colorado Senate District 15 candidate Rebecca Cranston released her first campaign video to coincide with Loveland’s role in celebrating Valentine’s Day. Because it has love in its name, Loveland is called the Sweetheart City. Each year since 1947 love letters from all over the world have been remailed from the city in Senate District…
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Tickets still available for Northern Colorado AIDS Project benefit Saturday
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Tickets are still available for the Northern Colorado AIDS Project‘s annual Sowing Seeds of Change reception at Bath Garden Center in Fort Collins. Tickets are available by clicking here. The event starts at 6, but at 7:30 p.m., “let your inner diva shine and get your karaoke on!” organizers said. The money helps people in…
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Ken and Perry Buck among slew of GOP officials backing state Senate candidate Rob Woodward
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U.S. Rep. Ken Buck and his wife, state Rep. Perry Buck, are among a number of prominent northern Colorado Republicans throwing their support behind restauranteur Rob Woodward in the GOP primary for Larimer County’s open Senate District 15 seat, his campaign announced Monday. Others Woodward backers include former U.S. Rep. Bob Schaffer, state Rep. Hugh McKean, Larimer…
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Rep. Leslie Herod’s Leadership Fund announces primary endorsements
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Most lawmakers with their own political action funds keep it on the down-low. But Rep. Leslie Herod is not most lawmakers. The Denver Democrat and first lesbian African-American woman elected to the Colorado General Assembly rolled out a list of endorsements Tuesday from the Herod Leadership Fund, which works to elect progressive candidates of color,…
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GOP state Senate candidate Nic Morse wins support of Larimer County Commissioner Steve Johnson
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Larimer County Commissioner Steve Johnson is throwing his support behind fellow Republican Nic Morse, a former congressional candidate, in the GOP primary for the open Senate District 15 seat Johnson used to represent. “I’ve known Nic for a while now, and I can attest to his understanding of the issues facing not only our county,…
