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Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear set to headline Colorado Democrats’ annual fundraising dinner
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Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear, one of the Democrats’ top 2028 presidential prospects, is scheduled to deliver the keynote address at the Colorado Democratic Party’s annual fundraising dinner in June in Denver, the party said Friday. Serving his second term as governor of the otherwise solidly Republican state, Beshear chairs the Democratic Governors Association and is…
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New Weiser ad in Colo. AG’s race from creator of Hick’s shower spot
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Attorney general candidate Phil Weiser totes a whiteboard around the state asking Coloradans what rights they want him to protect in a television ad the Democrat released Friday. Dubbed “Whiteboard,” the 30-second ad begins with Weiser wheeling the contraption through the streets of downtown Denver and finishes on the shores of a lake with family…
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2 weeks, nearly $17.5M: Who’s contributing to Colorado campaigns?
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The checkbooks are wide open in the oil and gas industry, which poured nearly $7.9 million over a two-week period alone into its main committee for influencing the vote on two Colorado ballot measures for November. All told, nearly $17.5 million flowed into campaign committees from Aug. 30 to Sept. 12. Protecting Colorado’s Environment, Economy…
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Campaign cash: Stapleton raises $255K, Polis drops $1.6M into gov. campaign
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The Walker Stapleton campaign for Colorado governor has collected more than a quarter-million dollars in contributions since late June, while opponent Jared Polis has written his campaign a check for $1.6 million. And Democrat Polis has significantly outspent Republican Stapleton over the last few weeks. That’s according to the latest campaign finance reports to the…
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Republican AGs group up ad buy to back George Brauchler
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The Republican Attorneys General Association upped its ad buy for George Brauchler Tuesday to $250,000, telling Colorado Politics, “This is just the beginning.” That’s bad news for Phil Weiser, who spent heavily to ward off a Democratic primary challenge from state Rep. Joe Salazar, an underfunded underdog from Thornton. RAGA released the ad, called “Protect,”…
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PRIMARY 2018: State Rep. Joe Salazar concedes attorney general nomination to Phil Weiser
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Colorado State Rep. Joe Salazar conceded the Democratic nomination for attorney general to Phil Weiser on Saturday. Weiser takes the victory by less than 1 percent, separated by 5,136 votes out of 590,960 cast, according to the Secretary of State’s Office. The Secretary of State’s Office has been counting votes in the narrow race since…
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Colorado Dems, GOP playing politics over who should return ‘tainted’ donations
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Play ball! That’s what’s going on in purple-state Colorado as Democrats and Republicans get in some spring training on “tainted” donations with November elections in mind. Monday the Colorado Democratic Party was shopping around a story about a new Super PAC called Fighting for Colorado based in Washington, D.C., and led by California GOP consultant…
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How George Brauchler became the lone Republican candidate for AG
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Ruling out a long-shot candidate with name recognition and a truckload of campaign cash, George Brauchler, ladies and gentlemen, is your Republican nominee for Colorado attorney general next year. Unless Congressman Ken Buck changes his mind, then maybe it’s a horse race. And if that’s the case, history gives him the edge on winning…