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Fundraising for school board candidates show lopsided differences in Jeffco, DPS
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JEFFERSON COUNTY In Jeffco, school board candidate fundraising appears to be a tale of the haves and have nots. Two of the three incumbents on the school district’s board of education have out-raised their opponents by margins of at least 15 to 1. The third incumbent, board chair Ron Mitchell, raised almost $33,000 through last Friday,…
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Jeffco school board candidates square off in first public forum
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What a different two years makes. The first forum for the five candidates vying for three seats on the Jefferson County Board of Education took place Wednesday night. Everyone was polite and civil and agreed more than they disagreed. But the lines were clearly drawn on several issues, most notably transparency around the district’s budget,…
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School board races set in Douglas County, Jeffco and Loveland
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Sept. 1 marked the final deadline for candidates interested in running for school board seats around the state. And in what’s likely to be one of the most contentious races – in Jefferson County, where three board members were kicked out of office two years ago – two candidates filed to run at the 11th…
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Two years after the recalls wars, replacement JeffCo school board members await opposition
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Part campaign rally, part family reunion, a kickoff for the re-election of three Jefferson County school board members this week brought together many who had fought the recall wars in 2015 as well as set the path for the upcoming November election. The three board members – Susan Harmon, Ron Mitchell and Brad Rupert –…
