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Poll: Colorado voters don’t like Trump, Democrats lead Tancredo in gubernatorial match-ups

Dec 12, 2017

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Ernest Luning

All four of the leading Democratic gubernatorial candidates are leading Republican Tom Tancredo at the same time President Donald Trump’s approval rating is in the dumps with Colorado voters, according to a new poll from Democratic-leaning Public Policy Polling. The survey, released Monday from the North Carolina-based polling firm, finds unaffiliated voters in Colorado – a…
GOP candidate Barlock’s path to Trump is a winding road through Denver history

Nov 26, 2017

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JOEY BUNCH

(Editor’s note: This is the latest in a series of personal profiles about candidates for Colorado governor. Read here about Donna Lynne, Victor Mitchell, Cary Kennedy and Tom Tancredo.) Steve Barlock might have entered the Colorado governor’s race through the Donald Trump door, but he and his family delivered him there through the winding road…
Keating poll shows Democrat Cary Kennedy leading Republican Tom Tancredo in Colorado governor’s race

Nov 16, 2017

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Ernest Luning

A new statewide poll of likely Colorado voters shows Democrat Cary Kennedy ahead of Republican Tom Tancredo by 16 points in a general election match-up between the leading gubernatorial candidates. According to the survey, conducted over the past week by Colorado-based Democratic polling firm Keating Research and obtained exclusively by Colorado Politics, Kennedy, a former…
Walker Stapleton clobbers primary competition in straw poll at GOP gubernatorial forum

Nov 16, 2017

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Ernest Luning

Colorado State Treasurer Walker Stapleton notched a landslide win in a straw poll conducted Monday night at a Weld County forum for Republican gubernatorial candidates, attracting a hair under half the vote. Out of 85 votes cast in the non-binding straw poll, Stapleton received 42, ahead of runner-up Tom Tancredo, the former congressman who launched…
Republican gubernatorial candidate George Brauchler considering switch to Colorado attorney general race

Nov 9, 2017

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Ernest Luning

Republican George Brauchler is considering jumping from Colorado’s crowded gubernatorial primary to a run for attorney general after Republican incumbent Cynthia Coffman announced Wednesday she was switching to the governor’s race, his campaign said. Coffman’s long-anticipated move leaves the attorney general race without a Republican candidate at the same time the GOP field for governor…
Come for the chuckwagon buffet, stay for the GOP candidates in Fort Lupton

Nov 2, 2017

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JOEY BUNCH

Potentially all the Republican candidates for governor could share the spotlight with a chuckwagon buffet at the Republican Women of Weld’s forum in Fort Lupton on Nov. 13. And if you want to see it, and enjoy the buffet, you’ll have to buy a ticket as soon as possible. R-WOW, as I like to call…
INSIGHTS: Bannon’s visit with Tancredo sends a message in the governor’s race

Oct 29, 2017

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JOEY BUNCH

It doesn’t matter what Stephen K. Bannon does or doesn’t do for Tom Tancredo. The point is made. The bell is rung. Perception is a headline, and reality is a footnote. The architect of Donald Trump’s political rise visited with the former congressman in Colorado Springs recently. The summit put a new seal of approval…
Updated: Say what? 5280 doesn’t have Walker Stapleton in the top 8 for governor

Oct 29, 2017

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JOEY BUNCH

After this story got some traction of Twitter Monday, 5280 sent us a statement about what happened with its odd analysis more than five weeks after Walker Stapleton officially announced his candidacy. That announcement, however, had been imminent and widely reported for months. Here’s what Geoff Van Dyke, 5280’s editorial director, sent me by way…
Poll conducted by former Trump data aide shows Tom Tancredo atop Colorado GOP gubernatorial field

Oct 25, 2017

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Ernest Luning

Although he hasn’t launched a campaign yet, Tom Tancredo holds a wide lead in Colorado’s crowded Republican gubernatorial primary field and is in a statistical tie with leading Democratic candidate Jared Polis, according to a survey conducted by the pollster who set up the polling and data operations for Donald Trump’s presidential campaign. The poll…
Republican George Brauchler sweeps Colorado gubernatorial straw polls conducted by local Tea Party groups

Oct 12, 2017

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Ernest Luning

Republican George Brauchler has overwhelmed the competition in a series of gubernatorial straw polls conducted by a pair of local Tea Party groups in recent months. Brauchler, the 18th Judicial District attorney and one of seven Republicans running in next year’s election for governor, left fellow candidates in the dust in three polls filled out…