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Michael Bloomberg, outside groups pour in $15 million in Colorado

Oct 18, 2022

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Marianne Goodland

Outside groups playing in Colorado’s elections received nearly $15 million, with former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg making the single biggest splash, the latest campaign finance reports show. Bloomberg gave $2 million to a committee running ads against GOP gubernatorial candidate Heidi Ganahl and $1 million to Everytown for Gun Safety, according to reports…
GOP groups outspending Democratic allies in Colorado Senate races

Oct 5, 2022

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Marianne Goodland

The latest campaign finance reports show the “soft money” group dedicated to supporting Republicans running in Colorado Senate races is outspending its Democratic counterpart by nearly a 2-to-1 margin. The Senate Majority Fund’s independent expenditure committee, which backs Senate Republican candidates, and All Together Colorado, the Democrats’ soft side IEC, collectively spent about $6 million on…
Envelope with checks found in Colorado Capitol bathroom creates sticky situation

Feb 24, 2022

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Marianne Goodland

It’s like something out of a Hollywood movie: a mysterious envelope, stuffed with money, shows up in the most unlikely of places. But it’s not a movie – it actually occurred on Thursday in the Colorado state Capitol. A House staffer went into the men’s public bathroom at the north end of the Capitol basement…
NOONAN | ‘Money, as always, is the biggest issue’ as Election Day nears

Nov 1, 2018

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Paula Noonan

The midterm elections will answer hard questions about money, issues, candidates and voting. When the answers come in from approximately half of 3.3 million active registered voters – the likely turnout – the political crowd should learn some important lessons. Money, as always, is the biggest issue. According to the secretary of state, as of…
Colo. campaign finance: Bloomberg strikes again; Dem committee sets a spending record

Oct 3, 2018

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Marianne Goodl

Former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg has shown up again on Colorado campaign finance reports, with another donation to a Colorado campaign. The latest reports from the Secretary of State’s TRACER campaign finance system, covering Sept. 13-26, show the billionaire ex-mayor gave $500,000 to Fair Maps Colorado, which advocates on behalf of two ballot measures…
Colorado Christian University calls on legislators to reject campaign donations from marijuana industry

Oct 13, 2017

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Ernest Luning

In a stern letter to state lawmakers, the president of Colorado Christian University and the director of the school’s conservative think tank on Thursday called on legislators to refuse campaign donations from the marijuana industry, saying the legalized drug “has devastated Colorado by nearly every metric.” “It has come to our attention that state legislators…
Pot industry raising campaign cash for Colorado Senate Republicans

Oct 10, 2017

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JOEY BUNCH

If you like pot and Republicans, and have a few Benjamins to burn, there’s an event for your social calendar Wednesday evening in Denver. The Colorado Cannabis Industry is staging a fundraiser to re-elect Republicans to the state Senate. It’s slated for 5 to 7 p.m. at Cap City Tavern. Individual tickets are $250 each,…
Talking GOP politics in a smoke-filled bar: Inside the 4th Annual Senate Majority Fund Reception

Oct 6, 2016

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Mike McKibbin

A smoky haze filled the air inside Churchill’s Restaurant & Bar in downtown Denver’s Brown Palace Hotel, which may have signified the outlook by Republicans gathered about a month before the general election. This certainly was not the first time Colorado politicos have converged on Churchill’s to fundraise, strategize or otherwise just chat – nor…