state treasurer
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Colorado is ‘well positioned’ for a US debt default, says state Treasurer Dave Young
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With eight days to go until the United States is unable to pay its bills, the White House and Congress are still nowhere near an agreement on raising the national debt ceiling. The U.S. reached its $31.4 trillion debt ceiling – the limit on how much the government can borrow – in January. Treasury Secretary…
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Democrat Dave Young pulls in CEA endorsement in state treasurer’s race
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Dave Young, a state representative from Greeley and one of three Democrats running for state treasurer, notched an endorsement from Colorado’s largest teachers union Thursday. Colorado Education Association President Kerrie Dallman said the union, which counts 35,000 members, voted unanimously to throw its support behind Young in the three-way primary because of the former teacher’s…
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Trail Mix: The road to Colorado’s 2018 election, March 18 edition
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TREASURER HUNT … There are six Republicans running for state treasurer, and if current trends continue, primary voters could have nearly that many to choose from in June. Two of the candidates – Denver businessman Brian Watson and state Rep. Polly Lawrence of Roxborough Park – have turned in petitions, which are awaiting verification but…
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State Rep. Polly Lawrence, a Republican candidate for state treasurer, submits nominating petitions
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State Rep. Polly Lawrence, a Douglas County Republican running for Colorado state treasurer, turned in nearly 20,000 petition signatures Monday to secure a spot on the June primary ballot, her campaign said. “Each of the signatures and the people behind them, willing to put their name literally on the line, means so much to me,”…
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Republican Brian Watson first to turn in nominating petitions for state treasurer’s race
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Republican Brian Watson, a candidate for Colorado state treasurer, on Monday turned in petition signatures to the secretary of state’s office in hopes of securing a spot on the June primary ballot. The real estate CEO is one of six Republicans running for the office held by term-limited Walker Stapleton, a GOP candidate for governor.…
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Former Rep. Steve Lebsock’s decision to join GOP likely expels him from treasurer’s race
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When former Rep. Steve Lebsock of Thornton decided to change his party affiliation Friday afternoon, it may have changed a lot more for him than that. According to several sources, it may have disqualified him for the state treasurer’s race that he so vigorously tried to hold onto during Friday’s expulsion debate. Lebsock, according to…
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Ken Salazar, state lawmakers endorse Democrat Dave Young for state treasurer
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State Rep. Dave Young, a Greeley Democrat, announced Wednesday that his campaign for state treasurer has won endorsements from former Interior Secretary Ken Salazar and three current and former state lawmakers. Young is one of four Democrats running to replace term-limited State Treasurer Walker Stapleton, a Republican candidate for governor. “I am supporting Dave Young…
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Republican Justin Everett tops straw poll at Colorado Christian University state treasurer forum
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Republican state Rep. Justin Everett handily won a straw poll conducted Monday night after a bipartisan forum for state treasurer candidates at Colorado Christian University in Lakewood. The three-term lawmaker from Littleton, nicknamed “Justin Neverett” and “Dr. No” for his penchant to vote against legislation, led the 10 candidates on the ballot with 34.9 percent…
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Trail Mix: The road to Colorado’s 2018 election, Feb. 4 edition
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THE HITS KEEP COMING: Remember the difficulty some state-level campaigns had filing their quarterly campaign finance reports last month, including a couple whose initial reports listed some of their major contributors’ donations twice? It turns out neither the candidates nor their compliance agents were to blame. Election officials at the Colorado secretary of state’s office…
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Republican state treasurer candidate Polly Lawrence plans to petition onto primary ballot
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Republican Polly Lawrence, a candidate for Colorado’s state treasurer, plans to petition onto the June primary ballot rather than pursue the nomination through the caucus and assembly process, her campaign said. “She’s going to take it straight to the people,” her campaign manager, Sara Boyd, told Colorado Politics. “She’s absolutely committed to the people in…
