tim neville
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With new state House and Senate maps, let the games begin
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The wait is over. And the scramble has begun. Now that the Colorado Supreme Court has approved new state House and Senate maps, candidates are crafting designs to run for more competitive seats that also appear to shrink the influence of rural communities at the state Capitol. The new maps will reshape Colorado’s political landscape, and,…
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INSIGHTS | It’s hard to find common ground on guns
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EDITOR’S NOTE: Joey Bunch is away, so this week we revisit his Insights column of Feb. 23, 2018. Maybe if partisans didn’t go too far. I don’t know. It confounds me why we can’t talk constructively about guns in this state, or this nation, without both sides shutting down. Indecision lives in gridlock. If one…
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NOONAN | ‘Money, as always, is the biggest issue’ as Election Day nears
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The midterm elections will answer hard questions about money, issues, candidates and voting. When the answers come in from approximately half of 3.3 million active registered voters – the likely turnout – the political crowd should learn some important lessons. Money, as always, is the biggest issue. According to the secretary of state, as of…
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Republicans replace Colo. state House candidates on Nov. ballot
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The Colorado Republican Party has added three new candidates to the November ballot to replace two who dropped out of their races and a third who hopes to become lieutenant governor. In House District 25, Steven Szutenbach of Evergreen will vie for the seat currently held by Republican Rep. Tim Leonard of Evergreen. Leonard dropped…
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Campaign cash: Stapleton raises $255K, Polis drops $1.6M into gov. campaign
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The Walker Stapleton campaign for Colorado governor has collected more than a quarter-million dollars in contributions since late June, while opponent Jared Polis has written his campaign a check for $1.6 million. And Democrat Polis has significantly outspent Republican Stapleton over the last few weeks. That’s according to the latest campaign finance reports to the…
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NOONAN | Expect bare knuckles, scorched earth as state Senate races heat up
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The general election contests for control of Colorado’s state Senate will follow two of philosopher Thomas Hobbes’s depictions of human experience: nasty and brutish. They won’t be, as Hobbes also wrote, short. Seventeen senate districts are up, but four will be hardest fought. Voters should expect mail depicting opponents as lying “swamp creatures.” That designation…
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INSIGHTS: Red flag bill shows need for a white flag in partisan litmus tests
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Close to midnight on one of the final days of the legislative session, Colorado House of Representatives Republicans met in a caucus to discuss removing one of their rising stars, Cole Wist, from his leadership position as assistant minority leader. His offense was sponsoring a bill to disarm people authorities deem to be a threat…
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Mother’s Day reminds Colo. politicos who made them special
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With Mother’s Day brightening the springtime, Colorado Politics reached out to some of the state’s best-known politicos to find out what lessons on life they learned from the woman who gave them life. We begin with Gov. John Hickenlooper’s essay about his own mother, the woman he often references in talks with reporters about the…
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Colo. Senate advances bill to tackle same issue as House red flag measure: mental health
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The Republican-controlled Senate State, Veterans and Military Affairs Committee later Monday is expected to hear the “red flag” proposal on guns, House Bill 1436, and kill the measure, likely along party lines. At the same time, Republicans are pushing for a bill to address the mental health issue that is also embedded in the red flag…
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Attempt to fix 2017 civil asset forfeiture bill moves forward
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An effort to complete a deal worked out by Gov. John Hickenlooper’s staff and opponents of a 2017 law reforming Colorado’s civil asset forfeiture statutes sailed through the state Senate Finance Committee Wednesday. The measure passed on a 5-0 vote despite losing one of its main sponsors. House Bill 1020 is intended to put in…
