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Second Gentleman, Biden official visit ‘underserved’ Globeville Elyria-Swansea neighborhoods

Mar 25, 2024

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Noah Festenstein

Prominent White House officials visited the Globeville and Elyria-Swansea neighborhoods in Denver last week. The visitors saw what they called a community left behind, underserved and over-polluted – reminding them why they provided $35.4 million in federal assistance to revitalize the area. Second Gentleman Douglas Emhoff and U.S. Intergovernmental Affairs Director Tom Perez on Thursday…
Second Gentleman, Biden official visit ‘underserved’ Globeville Elyria-Swansea neighborhoods

Mar 25, 2024

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Noah Festenstein

Prominent White House officials visited the Globeville and Elyria-Swansea neighborhoods in Denver last week. The visitors saw what they called a community left behind, underserved and over-polluted – reminding them why they provided $35.4 million in federal assistance to revitalize the area. Second Gentleman Douglas Emhoff and U.S. Intergovernmental Affairs Director Tom Perez on Thursday…
Second Gentleman, Biden official visit ‘underserved’ Globeville Elyria-Swansea neighborhoods

Mar 25, 2024

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Noah Festenstein

Prominent White House officials visited the Globeville and Elyria-Swansea neighborhoods in Denver last week. The visitors saw what they called a community left behind, underserved and over-polluted – reminding them why they provided $35.4 million in federal assistance to revitalize the area. Second Gentleman Douglas Emhoff and U.S. Intergovernmental Affairs Director Tom Perez on Thursday…
Gov. John Hickenlooper, DNC Chair Tom Perez plan Tuesday rally to support ‘quality, affordable’ health care

Aug 8, 2017

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Ernest Luning

Republican plans to overturn Obamacare might be on the ropes, but Democrats aren’t letting up. Democratic National Committee Chair Tom Perez plans to join Gov. John Hickenlooper and House Speaker Crisanta Duran, D-Denver, along with activists, on the steps of the Colorado Capitol for a rally Tuesday morning against attempts to “strip and sabotage health…
Webb, Ruiz among Democrats named to DNC commission on presidential nomination process

Apr 17, 2017

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Ernest Luning

Former Denver Mayor Wellington Webb and Emmy Ruiz, Colorado state director for Hillary Clinton’s 2016 campaign, are among the 21 members named to a commission tasked with healing divisions within the national Democratic Party by suggesting reforms for its presidential nominating process, the Democratic National Committee announced Monday. The Democratic Unity Reform Commission is the…
Hickenlooper praises Perez as DNC chair, shrugs off notion of ‘party of no’

Feb 27, 2017

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Peter Marcus

Gov. John Hickenlooper on Sunday morning was shown national love as a politician who has won in down Democratic years and as a potential 2020 presidential candidate. Hickenlooper spoke during an appearance on “Meet the Press with Chuck Todd,” where he was asked about the direction of the Democratic Party. Sadness for Democrats stemming from…
Palacio loses DNC vice chair race, Perez applauded in Colorado as chair

Feb 26, 2017

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JOEY BUNCH

Colorado Democrats had a positive reaction Saturday when former U.S. Labor Secretary Tom Perez was elected chairman of the Democratic National Committee. Colorado state party chairman Rick Palacio lost his bid to be the DNC’s vice chairman, however. Palacio lost in a crowded field to New York City Assemblyman Michael Blake. U.S. Rep. Grace Meng, another New…
Report: Trump White House ‘scouring’ Hickenlooper’s background

Feb 15, 2017

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Ernest Luning

The White House considers Gov. John Hickenlooper a potential challenger to President Donald Trump in 2020 and has hired consultants to “scour” his background, according to a report in the New York Post. The story by Post reporter Aaron Short relies on anonymous sources “close to the administration,” and has the salacious whiff of a…
Harber: Do DC insiders have it all wrong about Hillary’s veep choices?

Jun 10, 2016

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Aaron Harber

It is fascinating to watch the myopia and silliness of political “experts” as speculation swirls about presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton’s selection of a running mate. Secretary Clinton’s top priority will be selecting someone who would be an excellent president in the event she couldn’t serve. Having been in the White House as first…