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El Paso County Republicans set up alternative campaign headquarters amid intense infighting
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Volunteers lugged campaign signs and stuffed bags with fliers awash in red this past week at what has become the alternative hive of Republican campaign activity this season. The Peak Republicans office near Interstate 25 and Garden of the Gods Road was set up during intense Republican primary election battles locally and is now functioning…
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WATCH: Democrats slam Kirkmeyer over GOP candidate’s support for national abortion ban in new TV ad
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National Democrats took to the air Tuesday in Colorado with a TV ad linking Republican congressional candidate Barb Kirkmeyer to a potential national ban on abortion. The 30-second spot, released by the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee’s independent expenditure arm, includes archival footage of the GOP nominee in Colorado’s 8th Congressional District saying she “[doesn’t] agree…
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Republican politicos plan rival fundraiser as alternative to El Paso County GOP’s annual dinner
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Dozens of Republican elected officials, candidates and party officers are throwing a rival fundraiser next month in Colorado Springs on the same night the El Paso County GOP is holding its annual dinner across town. The dueling soirees are the latest demonstration of a widening rift between the county Republican Party’s leadership and the party’s…
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Conservative group attacks Democrat Diana DeGette over gas prices in digital ad campaign
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A leading conservative group is hammering U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette with a digital ad linking the Denver Democrat to Biden administration polices the group claims have led to soaring gas prices, but a spokesman for DeGette told Colorado Politics she holds oil companies responsible for much of the pain consumers are feeling at the pump.…
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Democrat Jena Griswold raises $850K for reelection as secretary of state, smashing Colorado records
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Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold raised more than $850,000 for her reelection bid during the first fundraising period of 2022, the Democrat’s campaign told Colorado Politics on Friday. The sum dwarfs receipts reported in any previous quarter by down-ballot, statewide Colorado candidates, including candidates for attorney general, secretary of state or state treasurer. Her…
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2 Colorado Spring Republicans on primary ballot following re-do of House District 21 assembly
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After a court-ordered re-do of the House District 21 Assembly Saturday, the Republican primary race to represent southern El Paso County in the state house will be competitive. Current House District Rep. Mary Bradfield, who is running for reelection, will now join Karl Dent, a private security company owner, on the ballot. Karl DentGazette file…
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National Democratic super PAC reserves $4.4 million for TV ads in Denver market
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The House Democrats’ chief political action committee is booking $4.4 million worth of TV advertising this fall in the Denver market, part of a massive early ad reservation that suggests which races the Democrats consider their midterm battlegrounds. While the House Majority PAC has yet to target individual contests, the Denver TV market covers voters…
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State GOP chair Kristi Burton Brown makes good on vow to visit all 64 Colorado counties
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It took nearly a year, but Colorado Republican Kristi Burton Brown has fulfilled one of the promises she made in her campaign for state GOP chair – visit every one of the state’s 64 counties during her first year in office. Burton Brown completed the journey earlier this month with a stop in Pitkin County…
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Republican El Paso County candidates say GOP hampered campaigns ahead of assembly
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El Paso County Republican candidates are concerned the GOP leadership hampered individual campaign efforts ahead of Saturday assemblies, gatherings candidates rely on to make the June primary ballot. The party assemblies where candidates for offices such as county commissioner, sheriff and state representative compete for votes from elected delegates to make the ballot are expected…
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Republican Jan Kulmann 1st to qualify for primary ballot in Colorado’s new congressional district
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Republican Jan Kulmann, the mayor of Thornton, on Friday became the first candidate to qualify for the primary ballot in Colorado’s newly created 8th Congressional District after election officials determined she submitted a sufficient number of valid signatures on nominating petitions. Kulmann, an oil and gas engineer, is one of five Republicans seeking the nomination…