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Farm bill passes Congress despite 3 ‘no’ votes from Colorado Republicans
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A long-awaited, $867 billion farm bill is on its way to President Trump’s desk with overwhelming bipartisan support — despite “no” votes from three Colorado Republican congressmen. The U.S. House on Wednesday voted 369-47 to approve the farm bill and send it to the president for signing after the Senate approved the compromise version on…
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Tipton leads Mitsch Bush in Colorado’s 3rd CD, bipartisan poll shows
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Republican Scott Tipton, the incumbent in Colorado’s sprawling 3rd Congressional District, has a 5 percentage point lead over Democratic challenger Diane Mitsch Bush days before election day, a bipartisan polling team said Saturday. The live interview poll of 500 likely voters in the district, which includes about half the state and stretches from Grand Junction…
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CRONIN & LOEVY | Will Election Night 2018 be a double whammy?
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Two political waves could be washing across Colorado on election night this Tuesday. The first is a “blue wave” of Democratic votes from folks who dislike Republican President Donald Trump. The second is a “big dollars” wave of Democratic votes caused by the fact Democratic gubernatorial candidate Jared Polis has spent more than $20 million…
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Democrat gains traction in Colorado’s 3rd District congressional race
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Democrat Diane Mitsch Bush appears to be gaining traction in her bid to unseat Republican U.S. Rep. Scott Tipton in Colorado’s sprawling 3rd Congressional District. The national election forecast blog FiveThirtyEight on Tuesday ranked the race as a toss-up between the two candidates, a shift from the safe lead that incumbent Tipton enjoyed late last…
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ENDORSEMENT WATCH | Gun-debate groups choose sides in Colorado’s CD3
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Prominent national organizations on both sides of the gun debate are taking sides in Colorado’s 3rd Congressional District. The National Rifle Association Political Victory Fund this week endorsed U.S. Rep. Scott Tipton, the Republican seeking a fifth term, while Giffords, the gun safety organization founded by former U.S. Rep. Gabby Giffords, endorsed former state Rep.…
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Election forecasters make their calls on Colorado’s congressional races
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The hotly-contested race for Colorado’s 6th Congressional District in Denver’s suburbs is expected to sway towards Democratic candidate Jason Crow, who is vying to unseat Republican incumbent U.S. Rep. Mike Coffman, election forecasters say. The state’s next most-contested race is the 3rd District in southern and western Colorado, though Democratic candidate Diane Mitsch Bush is…
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BIDLACK | Being well read is a virtue — unless you enter politics
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My Editor at Colorado Politics is dashingly handsome (Ed: correct), kind (Ed: to a fault), and is a relentlessly mean taskmaster (Ed: hey, wait a minute…). Therefore, when I sit down to write one of my twice-weekly columns, I know I’m only a misplaced comma away from oblivion. And he really, really wishes I’d write…
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Attorney general, congressional candidates debate at Club 20
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GRAND JUNCTION – Club 20’s Saturday night debate lineup featured the first face-to-face confrontation between the major party candidates for the state’s 3rd Congressional District and a lively debate – the second but most intense to date – between the major party candidates for attorney general. The Club 20 debates mark the unofficial start to…
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Congressional candidate Diane Mitsch Bush defends socialist reading
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A socialist for Congress from Colorado? Let those with an untarnished search history cast the first stone. If you were to pluck a given journalist out of the bunch and examine their internet search history, you’d find some pretty odd stuff, guaranteed. For example, when I was a crime reporter, my search history would have…
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THE PODIUM | Let’s reauthorize the crown jewel of conservation programs
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Last week I joined fellow community members, park staff and elected officials at our stunning Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park to celebrate the addition of 2,494 acres to the park. The Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF), one of America’s best and oldest conservation programs, made this possible. And yet, despite the program’s…
