steve house

That’s a wrap: Colorado GOP’s House won’t seek another term, won’t run for guv

Jan 23, 2017

—

by

DAN NJEGOMIR Colorado Politics

Colorado Republicans issued a statement today announcing state GOP Chair Steve House will neither be a candidate for governor in 2018 nor seek another term at the helm of the state party. According to the press statement from party headquarters: Chairman House will focus on improving our healthcare system at the state and national level and will…
Johnson: Prop 108: The devil is in the details

Jan 10, 2017

—

by

Jared Wright

Now that the dust has settled with newly elected officials preparing to take office, we politicos immediately turn to the next election. Luckily for us, on a statewide level, 2018 looks to be just as rousing as 2016. Many individuals are talking about candidates for this race or that race. While this sounds gossipy, fun…
Former GOP lawmaker Victor Mitchell weighing run for governor

Jan 10, 2017

—

by

Ernest Luning

A Douglas County entrepreneur and former state lawmaker could be adding his name to the lengthy list of possible Republican candidates for governor in 2018, sources tell The Colorado Statesman. Victor Mitchell, who served a term in the Legislature a decade ago, is weighing a run, and Capitol veteran Steve Durham thinks Mitchell can bring…
El Paso County’s Jeff Hays to launch bid for state Republican chairman

Jan 9, 2017

—

by

Ernest Luning

El Paso County Republican Party Chairman Jeff Hays likes to talk football and politics, but chances are that even the most detailed political discussion will soon start sounding like football. “Everything in my life is a football analogy,” he said with a chuckle in a recent interview with The Colorado Statesman, and he wasn’t kidding.…
The Hot Sheet – Pistol packin’ teachers, GOP ends Tweet-gate, electors have HIGH hopes, must see ‘conservative’ TV and … MORE!

Dec 15, 2016

—

by

Colorado Politics

VOL. 01 NO. 206 | DECEMBER 15, 2016 | COLORADOSTATESMAN.COM/THE-HOT-SHEET | © 2016 DENVER – As our grandmothers used to say, “It’s going to be a Merry Christmas for the electric company!” You might also say the same for the attorneys involved in the rogue Hamilton ‘faithless’ Electors legal maneuvers. With billable hours at stake,…
The Hot Sheet — Guess what: Traffic is bad, Trump haters raise cash, Dems want a chair please, Const. amendment to STOP growth, a House divided and MORE …

Dec 2, 2016

—

by

Colorado Politics

VOL. 01 NO. 197 | DECEMBER 2, 2016 | COLORADOSTATESMAN.COM/THE-HOT-SHEET | © 2016 DENVER – Since we are certain very few of you are old enough to have seen the movie or understand the reference … We won’t say T.G.I.F! (says a curmudgeonly old person). Interesting week in political circles. Outside of eaaaarly speculation concerning the 2018 Colorado…
Mail ballots credited for Colorado’s top spot in national voter turnout

Dec 1, 2016

—

by

Mike McKibbin

Colorado voters turned out at higher rates than all but two other states in the Nov. 8 general election, with most credit given to mail-in ballots. The 2016 general election was the first presidential election year with mail-in ballots used across Colorado, which had more than 71 percent of voters mark and return their ballots.…
Athanasopoulos to run for Colorado GOP chair

Nov 29, 2016

—

by

Mike McKibbin

George Athanasopoulos, who ran unsuccessfully against U.S. Rep. Ed Perlmutter of Golden for the 7th Congressional District in the Nov. 8 general election, has announced his candidacy for chairman of the Colorado Republican Party. Athanasopoulos made the announcement on the Tuesday, Nov. 29 on the early morning show on KNUS-AM radio. The current state chair, Steve…
Colorado to decide on adopting a presidential primary

Oct 27, 2016

—

by

JAMES ANDERSON The Associated Press

For many, this year’s major party caucuses in Colorado were messy and confusing: Democrats struggled to accommodate every voter, and Republicans didn’t choose presidential delegates because the national party insisted the vote be binding. Independent voters were left out in the cold. But party loyalists swear by the grassroots give-and-take of these straw polls that…
Rayburn, other retired military brass back Trump

Sep 7, 2016

—

by

Ernest Luning

Retired Air Force Major Gen. Bentley Rayburn threw his support Tuesday behind a letter signed by 88 retired generals and admirals endorsing Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump over Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton. Rayburn, who chairs the Colorado Trump campaign’s military and veterans’ coalition, charged in a statement that the Obama administration “completely fell down on the job”…