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Colorado Democrats elect Morgan Carroll as state party chair

Mar 12, 2017

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Ernest Luning

Colorado Democrats elected former Senate President Morgan Carroll as state party chair Saturday at a central committee meeting in Denver. “I believe what we need right now is a movement, not just a club, and I believe the Democratic Party should be on the front lines of the resistance – we must adapt or face extinction,”…
Morgan Carroll elected chair of Colorado Democrats as party rebuilds

Mar 11, 2017

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Peter Marcus

Former state Sen. Morgan Carroll of Aurora was elected Saturday to be the next leader of Colorado Democrats. Surrounded by dozens of supporters on a stage in a downtown Denver hotel conference room, Carroll appeared to bridge progressive and establishment ends of the party. She spoke on a gloomy Saturday morning as a light rain…
Barbara Jones drops out of Democratic state chair race, endorses Clear Creek County’s Tim Mauck

Mar 10, 2017

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Ernest Luning

Barbara Jones, one of the three candidates for Colorado Democratic Party state chair, withdrew from the race just days before the election and threw her support to Clear Creek County Commissioner Tim Mauck, the dark horse candidate running against former congressional candidate and former Senate President Morgan Carroll. Jones, the state party’s incumbent 2nd vice…
Former Missouri Senate candidate Jason Kander set to keynote Democrats’ annual dinner

Feb 27, 2017

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Ernest Luning

Jason Kander, the Missouri Democrat who might have had the best campaign ad of the 2016 election season, will deliver the keynote speech at the Colorado Democrats’ 84th Annual Dinner, the party announced Monday. In a 30-second TV commercial that won widespread praise and became a viral internet sensation, Kander, an Army veteran and then-Missouri…
Palacio comes up short in bid for Democratic National Committee vice chair

Feb 26, 2017

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Ernest Luning

Colorado Democratic Party Chairman Rick Palacio fell short Saturday in his bid for a vice chair position on the Democratic National Committee at the party’s winter meeting in Atlanta, but he cheered the newly elected chair’s embrace of his chief rival in an attempt to bring Democrats together. Democrats voted in former Labor Secretary Thomas Perez as…
Palacio loses DNC vice chair race, Perez applauded in Colorado as chair

Feb 26, 2017

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JOEY BUNCH

Colorado Democrats had a positive reaction Saturday when former U.S. Labor Secretary Tom Perez was elected chairman of the Democratic National Committee. Colorado state party chairman Rick Palacio lost his bid to be the DNC’s vice chairman, however. Palacio lost in a crowded field to New York City Assemblyman Michael Blake. U.S. Rep. Grace Meng, another New…
Herod, Polis among honorees at Colorado Democrats’ Annual Dinner

Feb 17, 2017

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Ernest Luning

The Colorado Democratic Party plans to hand out a slew of awards at the party’s 84th Annual Dinner, including a new award honoring a young volunteer – although this year it’s going to two recipients. Honorees this year include state Rep. Leslie Herod, D-Denver, the party’s Rising Star Award winner; U.S. Rep. Jared Polis, Democrat…
Colorado Democrats seek nominations for awards at annual fundraising dinner

Feb 9, 2017

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Ernest Luning

The state Democratic Party’s annual fundraising dinner is fast approaching, and the deadline to nominate party stalwarts for a slew of awards is arriving even sooner. The party is accepting nominations through Friday, Feb. 10, in four award categories, including a new honor that will be handed out for the first time this year, according…
DNC vice chairman candidate Palacio warns against Gorsuch confirmation

Feb 7, 2017

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Ernest Luning

Colorado Democratic Party Chairman Rick Palacio says the stakes are profound but it’s also personal whether Judge Neil Gorsuch winds up on the U.S. Supreme Court. Palacio, the first openly gay man to chair a major party in Colorado, says he’s only able to marry his partner – they’re engaged right now – because of…
Who knew Rick Palacio was running for #DNCViceChair? Apparently, all of Twitterspace

Jan 27, 2017

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DAN NJEGOMIR Colorado Politics

Either Rick Palacio threw a Twitter party, and nobody came – or we weren’t invited. While Colorado media have been reporting this afternoon that the outgoing state Democratic Party chair is now seeking the national party’s vice chairmanship, we couldn’t help notice he already has been tweeting about it for some time. Since Inauguration Day, in fact. Yet, it…