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10th Circuit tosses GOP challenge to Colorado’s campaign spending limits
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The federal appeals court based in Denver on Monday rejected an attempt by a trio of Republicans to temporarily block enforcement of the voluntary campaign spending limits Colorado voters enacted two decades ago as an anti-corruption measure. Although the plaintiffs brought their lawsuit and request for an injunction in early 2022, prior to the midterm…
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Parks sworn in to represent House District 51
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State Rep. Amy Parks, R-Loveland, was sworn in Monday to represent the House seat left vacant by the late Rep. Hugh McKean. Parks, who was sworn in by House Speaker Alec Garnett, will serve the last 43 days of McKean’s term. McKean had died suddenly on Oct. 30. A Larimer County HD51 vacancy committee picked…
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Q&A with Sen. Jerry Sonnenberg | At the end of 16 years of public service
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State Sen. Jerry Sonnenberg, R-Sterling, is the only one of 100 lawmakers in the 2022 session who has served for a full 16 years: four consecutive two-year terms in the House followed by two consecutive four-year terms in the Senate. First elected in 2006 to the House and in 2014 to the Senate, his district…
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Colorado’s limits on campaign contributions in federal judge’s hands
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Litigants gave their final pitches on Thursday morning about whether a federal judge should immediately block Colorado’s constitutional limits on campaign contributions because they are so low as to violate the First Amendment. The plaintiffs, who are three current or former Republican candidates for office, contend that the current caps on how much individuals may…
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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,…
