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YESTERYEAR: Colorado turns blue, kids vote their consciences and Norton talks bioterrorism

Nov 10, 2016

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Colorado Politics

… Ten Years Ago this week in the Colorado Statesman … Colorado turned blue. At the Colorado Convention Center Hyatt, more than a thousand Democrats showed up to cheer the winning candidates. A famous trio of Democratic women took the stage, Senate President Joan Fitz-Gerald, House Majority Leader Rep. Alice Madden, and Democratic state party chair Pat Waak,…
YESTERYEAR: Reagan lands at Stapleton to raise funds for Senate candidate Ken Kramer

Sep 22, 2016

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Ernest Luning

Thirty Years Ago this week in The Colorado Statesman … President Ronald Reagan’s 90-minute visit to Colorado to headline a fundraiser for Republican Senate candidate U.S. Rep. Ken Kramer went off without a glitch and hauled in $912,000, the most ever raised at a single event in state history. “As we used to say on…
YESTERYEAR: Bush clears brush, raises big bucks during Colorado visit

Aug 25, 2016

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Ernest Luning

Fifteen Years Ago this week in The Colorado Statesman … More than a year before the midterm elections, President George W. Bush made a stop in Colorado – his first since assuming the presidency – as part of his “Heartland” tour, signaling the start of the political season. Before attending an enormous fundraiser for U.S.…
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…
Western Slope Dems look down ballot in post-Bernie world

Aug 2, 2016

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David O. Williams Special to Colorado Politics

With the official nomination of Hillary Clinton as the Democratic Party’s presidential candidate, longtime Democrats and progressive political activists on Colorado’s Western Slope are grappling with the impacts on down-ballot races in a post-Bernie Sanders world. Some candidates and party officials are predicting a Democratic exodus of disaffected Bernie backers to the Green Party, while…
BARTELS: Honoring “The Lady of the House”

Jun 24, 2016

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LYNN BARTELS Special to Colorado Politics

Lawmakers past and present showed up Tuesday to pay tribute to Lee Bahrych, the former chief clerk of the state House who loved the Capitol as much as she despised the pranks rowdy lawmakers were prone to pull. Former staffer Donna Acierno recalled how Bahrych once got so annoyed with Rep. Scott McInnis she…
BARTELS: Secretary of State Wayne Williams visits Eagle, Mesa counties

Mar 23, 2016

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Lynn Bartels

“It’s great to get away from the Front Range and visit my friends on the Western Slope,” Williams said. “Hearing what’s going on their communities helps me make better decisions as the Colorado secretary of state.” Williams toured Eagle County’s election division in the morning, before new equipment from Dominion Voting Systems arrived in…
BARTELS: Secretary Wayne Williams’ Denver Broncos shirt elicits cheers in D.C.

Feb 10, 2016

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Lynn Bartels

Secretary of State Wayne Williams missed today’s Super Bowl parade in Denver, but he got a warm welcome in Washington, D.C., with his Denver Broncos championship T-shirt. The parade route went right by Williams’ office at 1700 Broadway — he captured a good picture of the orange- and blue-stripe painted on the street for…