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Bennet challenger Joe O’Dea hits airwaves with Spanish-language radio ad
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Republican U.S. Senate candidate Joe O’Dea has released a Spanish-language radio ad narrated by his wife, whose grandparents immigrated to the United States from Mexico in the early part of the last century, his campaign said. O’Dea, a wealthy construction company owner and one of seven GOP candidates running against Democratic U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet,…
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Colorado GOP calls on Tina Peters to suspend campaign for secretary of state in wake of felony indictments
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The Colorado Republican Party’s statewide officers on Wednesday called on Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters to suspend her campaign for secretary of state while under indictment on multiple felony charges related to allegations the Grand Junction Republican tampered with voting equipment. In an extraordinary joint statement issued hours after prosecutors released the 13-count grand jury…
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TRAIL MIX | After a decade in China, Bennet challenger Gregory Moore plans to speak his mind
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Jefferson County Republican Gregory Moore says the seeds of running for office were planted in the summer of 2020, when he returned to the United States after roughly a decade teaching political science at universities in China, though it wasn’t until a year ago in the wake of the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S.…
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Republican lawmakers roll out 44-bill package as part of Commitment to Colorado
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Fresh from opening day speeches, Republican lawmakers unveiled a 44-bill package to address affordability, education and public safety, part of the GOP’s Commitment to Colorado program announced last August. In a news conference Wednesday, Senate Minority Leader Chris Holbert of Douglas County outlined some of the proposals addressing “the rising cost of living, skyrocketing crime…
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SONDERMANN | The day American exceptionalism died
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To be a political columnist and not note the one-year anniversary of Jan. 6 is akin to visiting the Sistine Chapel and failing to look up. Few will forget where they were and how they took in the news on that horrible day. For those of my generation, it was a signal moment on par…
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Cole Wist, former House Assistant Minority Leader, leaves GOP
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Former state Rep. Cole Wist of Centennial, who spent two years as assistant House Minority Leader in the 2017-18 sessions, announced Tuesday via Twitter that he’s leaving the GOP and becoming an unaffiliated voter. Wist has not been shy about expressing his frustration with the Republican Party, which he accused of abandoning its conservative principles…
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Bob Schaffer endorses Republican Gino Campana in Colorado’s US Senate primary
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Former Republican congressman and 2008 U.S. Senate nominee Bob Schaffer on Tuesday endorsed Republican Gino Campana in the GOP primary for the seat held by Democratic U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet. Schaffer, headmaster of Liberty Common charter schools in Fort Collins and a former chairman of the Colorado State Board of Education, cited Campana’s views on education and…
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Former Green Beret joins crowded GOP primary for Colorado’s new congressional seat
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A decorated Army Special Forces combat veteran and first-generation immigrant on Monday became the sixth Republican to launch a campaign to represent Colorado’s new 8th Congressional District. “Everything I fought for on the battlefield is at risk both at home and abroad from the radical liberal policies being pursued in Washington, DC.,” said Tyler Allcorn, 37,…
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Former Unity Party nominee challenges Lamborn again, but this time as a Republican
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The Navy veteran who mounted an unsuccessful third-party run against U.S. Rep. Doug Lamborn last year is giving it another try next year in the Republican primary. Rebecca Keltie, the 2020 Unity Party nominee in the Colorado Springs-based 5th Congressional District, faults the eighth-term incumbent for going years without holding any town halls. She said…
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With new state House and Senate maps, let the games begin
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The wait is over. And the scramble has begun. Now that the Colorado Supreme Court has approved new state House and Senate maps, candidates are crafting designs to run for more competitive seats that also appear to shrink the influence of rural communities at the state Capitol. The new maps will reshape Colorado’s political landscape, and,…
