steve barlock
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Colorado Republican gubernatorial candidate Victor Mitchell says he’d refuse to campaign with Donald Trump
Republican gubernatorial candiate Victor Mitchell says he’s often called the “nice Donald Trump” in a video interview posted online Monday, but also says he’ll decline to campaign with Trump in Colorado if he wins the GOP nomination next year. “No,” Mitchell tells host Jason Bane of the Colorado Pols political website. “No thanks. Donald Trump…
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Insights: What I learned about the Colorado governor’s race on stage at #WCS17
I got to know four of our Republican gubernatorial candidates in front of a few thousand of their friends at the Western Conservative Summit in Denver recently. The Centennial Institute, which puts on what amounts to spring break for conservatives outside the D.C. Beltway, asked me to chat up Victor Mitchell, Steve Barlock, Doug Robinson and…
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Republican gubernatorial candidate Victor Mitchell launches radio ad campaign
Republican gubernatorial candiate Victor Mitchell is hitting the airwaves Friday with radio ads that portray him as an innovator prepared to tackle Colorado’s problems from the perspective of a successful businessman. The three ads, titled “Business Mind,” “Vocational” and “Regulation,” introduce Mitchell as “our kind of guy for governor” and include the candidate talking about…
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Republican George Brauchler wins Western Conservative Summit’s Colorado gubernatorial straw poll
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZyJ5CRU8U4 Republican George Brauchler won the Western Conservative Summit’s straw poll for next year’s gubernatorial election in Colorado with nearly twice the vote of his nearest competitor, organizers announced Sunday. Brauchler, the 18th Judicial District attorney, led the vote with 39 percent of the vote in the highly unscientific poll. Entrepreneur and former state lawmaker…
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‘The face of the Trump campaign in Colorado’: Weston Imer talks about life as one of the president’s most visible supporters
When people think of the Trump campaign in Colorado, they might think of Weston Imer. And he has this on good authority. “Eric Trump told me that I am the kid of the Trump campaign, I am the face of the Trump campaign in Colorado,” the 13-year-old Imer told Colorado Politics. “And they wanted me…
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Republican George Brauchler raises just over $190,000 for Colorado gubernatorial campaign
Republican gubernatorial candidate George Brauchler raised $190,696 in the just-completed fundraising quarter – nearly all of it from Colorado residents and with donors to date in all 64 of the state’s counties, his campaign said Monday. Brauchler received contributions from 673 donors, with just over 95 percent of them from Colorado. After spending $46,731, he ended…
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Colorado Republican gubernatorial candidate Victor Mitchell calls on primary rival Doug Robinson to return Utah contributions
Colorado Republican gubernatorial candidate Victor Mitchell on Monday called on primary rival Doug Robinson to return campaign contributions he’s received from Utah residents – including Mitt Romney, Robinson’s uncle, and other members of the Romney clan – but Robinson rejected the demand and mocked Mitchell’s fundraising record. Robinson, a former investment advisor, reported raising $206,532…
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Self-funding Colorado GOP gubernatorial candidate Victor Mitchell reports modest fundraising haul
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…
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Colorado conservation leaders, gun owners rally around gubernatorial candidate George Brauchler
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…
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Colorado’s GOP gubernatorial hopefuls hit Hickenlooper with blizzard of criticism over climate order
Republicans who want to take his place after next year’s election pelted Gov. John Hickenlooper with criticism Tuesday when the Democrat declared that Colorado would join the U.S. Climate Alliance, a coalition supporting a global climate agreement to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. While praise poured in for Hickenlooper’s move from Democrats and environmental groups, four GOP…