self-funding candidates

Campaign finance initiative makes November ballot

Sep 4, 2018

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Marianne Goodl

The last of the statewide ballot measures awaiting review – a campaign finance initiative – cleared the Colorado Secretary of State’s Office Tuesday, making it a baker’s dozen of questions voters will be asked to decide in November. The measure is a constitutional amendment on campaign finance, initiative 173, backed by former state Rep. BJ…
Out West Roundup: Friess will spend ‘whatever it takes’ in Wyoming governor’s race

May 18, 2018

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Associated Press

Wyoming Wyoming governor candidate Friess will spend “whatever it takes” to win CHEYENNE – Republican candidate for governor Foster Friess is slowly developing policy positions, but it’s hard to tell yet how his broad political convictions will compare to his primary opponents who are more well-versed in state government issues. Friess – a successful investor,…
Walker Stapleton, Cary Kennedy lead crowded gubernatorial primary fields in fundraising

Jan 17, 2018

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Ernest Luning

Republican Walker Stapleton and Democrat Cary Kennedy, the current and former state treasurers, brought in the most contributions in their respective primary fields for the final quarter of 2017, according to campaign finance reports filed with the Colorado secretary of state. But neither had the most money in the bank among their primary cohorts at…
Tom Tancredo says ‘it won’t take much’ to push him into Colorado GOP’s gubernatorial primary

Aug 23, 2017

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Ernest Luning

A Golden-based political action committee began circulating a petition Tuesday urging Tom Tancredo to run in next year’s GOP primary for governor of Colorado, but the former five-term congressman told Colorado Politics he’s so angry at Republicans that “it won’t take much” to persuade him to run. Tancredo called it “infuriating” and “appalling” that Republican…
Colorado GOP gubernatorial candidate George Brauchler announces members of campaign finance committee

Aug 10, 2017

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Ernest Luning

Prosecutor George Brauchler, a Republican candidate for governor of Colorado, on Wednesday announced more than a dozen members of his campaign’s finance committee. The list includes several prominent GOP donors who have contributed in past cycles to one of Brauchler’s likely primary opponents. “I am not one of the many millionaire self-funders in this race,”…
DaVita CEO Kent Thiry says he won’t run for governor of Colorado, plans to support ‘centrist’ candidates

Jul 24, 2017

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Ernest Luning

After spending millions of dollars last year to make it easy for unaffiliated voters to help decide primary races in Colorado, DaVita Inc. President and CEO Kent Thiry, a Republican, announced Monday he won’t be running for governor next year but said he plans to support candidates and causes in upcoming elections. “I have held…
Democrat Levi Tillemann blasts Republican Victor Mitchell’s attack on Utah donors as ‘dogwhistle politics’

Jul 19, 2017

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Ernest Luning

Democratic congressional candidate Levi Tillemann on Tuesday condemned as “bigoted” and “clearly dogwhistle politics” a demand issued by Victor Mitchell, a Republican running for governor of Colorado, that one of his primary opponents – a member of a famous Mormon family that includes Mitt Romney – return all campaign contributions he’s received from Utah residents. But Mitchell…
Self-funding Colorado GOP gubernatorial candidate Victor Mitchell reports modest fundraising haul

Jul 14, 2017

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Ernest Luning

Republican gubernatorial candidate Victor Mitchell, who launched his candidacy by writing his campaign a check for $3 million in February, plans to report he still has $2.65 million in the bank after raising $13,098 in the most recent fundraising quarter, a campaign aide told Colorado Politics Thursday. While that might not sound like much for…
Colorado conservation leaders, gun owners rally around gubernatorial candidate George Brauchler

Jul 14, 2017

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Ernest Luning

Dozens of leaders in Colorado’s wildlife conservation and gun-rights communities gathered to launch the Sportsmen and Gun Owners for Brauchler coalition in support of Republican gubernatorial candidate George Brauchler last Saturday in Douglas County. “This coalition solidifies statewide support for the Brauchler for governor campaign with a very important, reliably Republican constituency,” said coalition co-chair…