roger barris
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Q&A with Roger Barris | ‘I want a government so small that we don’t have to fight over it’
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It’s tough enough trying to get noticed as a third-party candidate. It’s tougher still in a race perennially dominated by only one of the two major parties. In such cases, a third party’s pick doesn’t even get a chance to tip the scales between a Democrat and a Republican. None of that deterred Roger Barris, the…
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Independent Nick Thomas submits signatures to run in CD2
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Nick Thomas said Thursday he submitted more than 1,300 signatures to get on the ballot in November as an independent candidate in the 2nd Congressional District. The Secretary of State’s Office still has to verify at least 800 of them as registered voters from the district for Thomas to stay in the race to succeed…
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Joe Biden endorses Joe Neguse for 2nd CD seat in Congress
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Former Vice President Joe Biden on Thursday endorsed Joe Neguse, one of two Democrats running in a primary for the open 2nd Congressional District seat, calling the former University of Colorado regent and son of Eritrean immigrants “the embodiment of the American Dream.” “We need to send him to Washington to fight for working-class families…
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Two cheers for a health-care transparency proposal
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Recently, the Colorado House of Representatives considered draft legislation entitled “The Comprehensive Health Care Billing Transparency Act” (HB18-1358). This Act would have, among other things, required health care providers to publish prices so that patients would know in advance the cost of medical treatment. The Act was killed in committee at the end of April.…
