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Sexual harassment cases taking a toll on lawmakers, not just the accused
DENVER – As the Colorado Senate debated the fate of Sen. Randy Baumgardner over sexual harassment charges in a rare evening session, Sen. Lucia Guzman was thinking of sunrise on Good Friday, a time of atonement and healing. The resolution to expel Baumgardner failed in a 17-17 tie after a four-hour hearing. In speech after speech,…
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Sen. Randy Baumgardner prevails in Senate vote on expulsion
DENVER – The Colorado Senate tied 17-17 over whether to expel Sen. Randy Baumgardner Monday night, falling seven votes short of the two-thirds needed to remove him. The Republican from Hot Sulphur Springs is accused by a former legislative aide who said he “grabbed and slapped her buttocks on four separate occasions” during the legislative session…
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"Skinny" Winkler is now Rep. Winkler; Lebsock vacancy filled
DENVER – Alexander “Skinny” Winkler was sworn in Thursday morning to fill the vacancy in Colorado’s House District 34 in Adams County. Winkler, a Northglenn Republican, was elected by a GOP House District 34 vacancy committee on March 23 in a narrow one-vote win over Casey Cole of Thornton. Winkler will serve for the remaining 41 days…
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This legislator’s at risk of getting knocked off primary ballot after county assemblies
State Rep. Paul Rosenthal could lose his spot on the June primary ballot if Saturday’s county assembly results hold, but the Denver Democrat says he plans to persuade delegates over the next two weeks to send him back for a fourth term. After Democratic delegates chosen at precinct caucuses voted Saturday at Denver and Arapahoe…
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GOP vacancy committee chooses Winkler to replace Lebsock in Colo. House
DENVER – Republican Alex “Skinny” Winkler of Northglenn has been appointed to fill the Colorado House District 34 seat that became vacant when Rep. Steve Lebsock of Thornton, a Democrat, was expelled earlier this month. The Adams County vacancy committee met Friday night at the Northglenn Recreation Center to select a new House representative. Their…
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More Republican candidates to vie for House District 34 vacancy
Another Republican candidate has emerged in Adams County to seek the nomination for the Colorado House seat that became vacant when then-Rep. Steve Lebsock of Thornton was expelled from the House on March 2. There also are now two GOP candidates who will appear on the June 26 primary ballot, the result of voting at…
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Adams County vacancy committee to choose Lebsock’s replacement March 23
A vacancy committee from the Adams County Republican Party will meet March 23 to select a replacement for expelled Colorado state Rep. Steve Lebsock, according to state GOP spokesman Daniel Cole. The most likely replacement may be the person who’s already filed to run for the seat, Republican Casey Cole of Thornton, a real estate…
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Insights: Sexual harassment victims and accusers deserve a better process
“There is a cultural shift happening,” Colorado House Speaker Crisanta Duran of Denver tweeted the day Rep. Steve Lebsock was expelled from the legislature, the second state lawmaker nationally to be swept away by the #MeToo tide. Lebsock quickly left the building. Thanks, Steve, said no one. It was an agonizing seven hours of testimony…
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Colorado Republicans agree to fill Rep. Steve Lebsock’s House seat
Colorado Republicans said Friday morning they will take up Rep. Steve Lebsock on his tacit invitation for the GOP, not his former party, to fill his seat in north metro Denver. Lebsock, the House District 34 representative from Thornton, switched his party affiliation less than an hour before he was voted out 52-9 over multiple…
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Denver District Attorney Beth McCann to Senate President Kevin Grantham: no.
Denver District Attorney Beth McCann Thursday gave a strong “no” to Republican Senate President Kevin Grantham’s request for her to investigate sexual harassment claims in the General Assembly. In a letter obtained by Colorado Politics, McCann wrote that the state Constitution “gives the General Assembly authority to establish rules governing the conduct of its members,”…