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Frazier joins Keyser calling on Glenn to apologize for Bronze Star attack
The battle over Republican U.S. Senate candidate Jon Keyser’s combat record got more crowded Saturday when primary rival Ryan Frazier joined calls for Darryl Glenn to apologize for questioning how Keyser earned a Bronze Star for his service in Iraq a decade ago. But Glenn isn’t backing down. Noting that Glenn had declined the opportunity…
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Petition circulator says she forged signatures, group calls for expanded probe
The woman arrested in Denver Wednesday on 34 felony charges admitted she forged signatures on nominating petitions submitted for Republican U.S. Senate candidate Jon Keyser in an interview with a Denver TV station Wednesday. “I have forged signatures, yes,” Maureen Moss, 45, told 9News reporter Whitney Wild in a jailhouse interview. Meanwhile, the left-leaning organization…
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Keyser demands outside group revoke Glenn nod after rival questions Bronze Star stories
Republican U.S. Senate candidate Jon Keyser called on a powerful conservative organization to rescind its endorsement of a primary opponent on Thursday after El Paso County Commissioner Darryl Glenn questioned whether Keyser has been straight with voters about the activities that led to the Air Force intelligence officer winning a Bronze Star. Glenn, for his…
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Keyser petition circulator arrested on felony forgery charges
Denver police on Wednesday arrested the woman accused of forging signatures on petitions she was paid to gather for Republican U.S. Senate candidate Jon Keyser. Prosecutors filed 34 felony forgery charges Monday against Maureen Marie Moss, 45, who stands accused of submitting 34 fraudulent signatures belonging to voters in Denver, Jefferson and Arapahoe counties on…
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Republicans lash news health insurance rates could soar, companies dropping coverage
Republicans reacted angrily to news that 92,000 Coloradans could have to shop around for new health insurance plans and others could face rate increases as high as 40 percent, while U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet said Congress has to do more to curb rising health care costs. The Division of Insurance announced Tuesday that some health…
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Sarah Palin endorses Glenn in GOP Senate primary
Calling him a “proven warrior,” former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin endorsed Republican U.S. Senate candidate Darryl Glenn on Tuesday in posts on social media. “Darryl Glenn is a conservative outsider needed to take Washington by storm,” Palin wrote in her endorsement. Citing Glenn’s military service – he’s a retired lieutenant colonel in the Air Force –…
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‘Zombie hunter’ Ryan Frazier hits airwaves in Senate race
Republican U.S. Senate candidate – and, apparently, zombie hunter – Ryan Frazier hits the airwaves today with an ad aimed at setting the former Aurora city councilman apart from a crowded primary field of five candidates as mail ballots are set to drop statewide. “They just keep coming at us, devouring our freedoms and tax…
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Dems blast Keyser over charges in ad attacking Bennet, Iran deal
Colorado Democrats piled on Republican U.S. Senate candidate Jon Keyser Friday after the prominent fact-checking organization PolitiFact awarded its strongest “Pants on Fire!” designation to a claim the former state lawmaker made in a TV ad his campaign began airing this week, but the Keyser campaign disputed the ruling and stuck to its guns. Listing…
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Rivals rip Keyser over ‘lifelong Republican’ claim
Republican U.S. Senate candidate Jon Keyser’s primary opponents on Wednesday tore into the former state lawmaker – some more gently than others – after it emerged that Keyser had changed his voter registration to unaffiliated for two years despite boasting that he was “a lifelong Republican” at a recent debate. Keyser made the claim in…
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UPDATED: Judge tosses lawsuit aimed at keeping votes for Keyser from being counted
A judge on Tuesday dismissed a lawsuit filed late last week to remove candidate Jon Keyser from the Republican U.S. Senate primary, contending that the plaintiffs had waited too long to file it. Denver District Judge Morris Hoffman ruled as military and overseas voters were beginning to return their ballots for the June…