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Trump inauguration attracting who’s who of Colorado Republicans to D.C.

Jan 17, 2017

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JOEY BUNCH

Colorado will be well-represented at Donald Trump’s inauguration festivities this week, as social media, announcements from attendees and lists from event organizers show. All of Colorado’s Republican and Democratic members of the House and Senate are expected to attend as of Tuesday. About 50 House Democrats are boycotting the event, citing the president-elect’s spat with Democratic…
TRUMP ELECTED 45TH PRESIDENT, COLORADO UNDERDOGS CELEBRATE

Nov 9, 2016

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Colorado Politics

Hurtling down his track of defying immense odds this election, Donald Trump officially became president-elect of the United States just after midnight Nov. 9, smashing national expectations – and even the most recent polling numbers – as voters eager to shake up the nation’s political establishment chose the billionaire businessman to lead the country. An unexpected Republican nominee,…
The 2016 Colorado Election Quiz

Nov 2, 2016

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Ernest Luning

As the 2016 election season draws to a close, we thought there would be no better way to reward readers who have paid close attention to the campaigns than offer a quiz about the seemingly endless ordeal. From the sharp reversals and near-daily bombshells of the presidential contest to the stunning upsets and jaw-dropping tangents…
The Hot Sheet, August 9, 2016

Aug 9, 2016

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Jared Wright

VOL. 01 NO. 148 | AUGUST 09, 2016 | COLORADOSTATESMAN.COM/THE-HOT-SHEET | © 2016By TCS Editor and Publisher Jared Wright DENVER – Good morning. Yesterday, Colorado activist groups of all sorts of varieties submitted petition signatures to Colorado Secretary of State Wayne Williams‘s office in attempts to legislate from the streets, placing issues near and dear to their hearts on the November general election…
Trump’s Colorado campaign announces senior staff

Aug 8, 2016

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Ernest Luning

Donald Trump’s Colorado campaign on Monday announced its senior staff, including several operatives and politicians familiar to state Republicans. “The team we have assembled in Colorado will help bring victory to the Trump campaign in November. I am confident that every staff member will help spread Mr. Trump’s message of change throughout the state,” state…
Glenn wins Republican nomination for U.S. Senate seat

Jun 29, 2016

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Ernest Luning

Riding a wave of endorsements from some of the nation’s top conservatives, El Paso County Commissioner Darryl Glenn emerged Tuesday from a crowded Republican primary field to face U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet in November. Glenn, who describes himself as an “unapologetic Christian, constitutional conservative, pro-life, Second Amendment-loving American,” jolted the state GOP for the second…
Bennet swamps GOP Senate hopefuls in pre-primary fundraising

Jun 21, 2016

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Ernest Luning

THIS STORY HAS BEEN UPDATED U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet raised $1.65 million – more than 10 times as much as any of the Republicans hoping to unseat him – in the most recent reporting period, pre-primary finance reports show, although GOP candidate Jack Graham wrote his campaign a check for $500,000, bringing his self-funding total…
Cruz backs Glenn in Republican U.S. Senate primary

Jun 17, 2016

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Ernest Luning

In his first endorsement since suspending his presidential campaign, Texas Sen. Ted Cruz got behind Republican Darryl Glenn, one of five GOP candidates in the U.S. Senate primary, and plans to headline a rally for the El Paso County commissioner Monday morning near Denver International Airport, the Glenn campaign announced Friday. “Darryl earned the support…
In Colorado, Hillary campaign so Hillary, Trump campaign so Trump

Jun 17, 2016

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John Tomasic

After winning wild-ride party primaries, Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump are now pivoting to the general election, looking ahead to the swing-state contests where the White House will be won or lost. In Colorado, the candidates are extending the distinct approaches they followed in the primary contests, and they are wildly different tacks. Indeed, it’s…
UPDATED: Colorado officials react to mass shooting at Orlando nightclub

Jun 12, 2016

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Ernest Luning

Colorado officials, candidates and organizations reacted with heartbreak, shock and condemnation to the news Sunday morning that a gunman wielding an assault-type rifle opened fire at a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida, killing at least 50 people and wounding dozens of others in what authorities say is the worst mass shooting in U.S. history: Senate…