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Colorado Springs officials already preparing for ‘near certain’ mayoral runoff

Mar 9, 2023

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Breeanna Jent

Before ballots for the nonpartisan April 4 municipal election have even hit residents’ mailboxes, city officials are already preparing for the likely possibility that two candidates will head for a showdown in May as they campaign to become Colorado Springs’ next mayor. With 12 candidates in the crowded running to succeed Mayor John Suthers, who…
Proposed water rule that could limit annexations sparks fierce opposition

Oct 20, 2022

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Mary Shinn

The titanic issues of limited water supply and the housing shortage clashed at the Colorado Springs Utilities board meeting Wednesday, along with major players in the housing industry. At the center of the debate is a proposed city ordinance that would require Utilities to have 130% of the water required to serve existing demand and the projected…
Colorado Springs City Council President Tom Strand running for mayor

May 30, 2022

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Mary Shinn

Colorado Springs City Council President Tom Strand joined the race for mayor Monday and promised to increase support for public safety if elected. The city needs more police, increased fire protection and upgrades to emergency management, Strand told a small crowd gathered at Memorial Park. “I think everybody is on edge and they feel nervous…
Trail Mix: The road to Colorado’s 2018 election, April 1 edition

Apr 1, 2018

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Ernest Luning

FAMILIAR TERRITORY? … U.S. Rep. Doug Lamborn learned this week that he successfully petitioned his way onto the Republican primary ballot and will be facing at least two GOP challengers in his bid for a seventh term representing the 5th Congressional District. It’s a familiar situation for Lamborn, who was first elected in 2006, to…
Colorado Springs City Councilman Tom Strand abandons primary challenge to U.S. Rep. Doug Lamborn

Dec 23, 2017

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Conrad Swanson

Colorado Springs City Councilman Tom Strand is ending his bid to unseat incumbent Republican Congressman Doug Lamborn before it began. “The pieces for ’18 just didn’t roll together. … It seemed like I was trying to put a square peg in a round hole to make this happen,” Strand said Friday of his decision not…
‘You are the swamp’: Conservative leaders demand Mitch McConnell step aside, cite failure to support Darryl Glenn

Oct 12, 2017

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Ernest Luning

A group of nationally prominent conservative organizers on Wednesday called on Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and other Republican Senate leaders to resign, charging they’ve failed to pass any substantive legislation even as the GOP controls every branch of government. “Republicans were given full control of the federal government,” the leading conservatives wrote in a…
Retired Texas judge, former missionary Bill Rhea launches ‘centrist Republican’ challenge to Doug Lamborn

Oct 11, 2017

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Ernest Luning

Calling himself a “distinctly centrist Republican,” retired Texas judge Bill Rhea on Tuesday jumped in the crowded GOP primary for the 5th Congressional District seat held by five-term incumbent U.S. Rep. Doug Lamborn. Rhea plans to focus his campaign on what he terms “a needed renewal of the core values of the Republican Party,” as…
Buoyed by 2016 senate bid that fell short, Darryl Glenn back in the running

Sep 22, 2017

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Ernest Luning

Congressional candidate Darryl Glenn likes to tell a story about a woman he met at a farmer’s market earlier this summer. “She was an older black lady, independent,” he says. “I stopped by and introduced myself, and she was like, ‘You’re a – Republican?’” He scowled like he was sniffing a carton of milk…
Colorado Springs City Councilman Tom Strand juggling obligations to run for Congress

Aug 27, 2017

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Ernest Luning

Tom Strand isn’t planning on giving up his seat on the Colorado Springs City Council to run for Congress against Republican Doug Lamborn, the entrenched 5th Congressional District incumbent up for election next year. Strand said his obligations to the council – he was elected as an at-large member in 2015, and as chairman of…
Colorado Springs Councilman Tom Strand says he plans to mount GOP run in 5th Congressional District

Aug 24, 2017

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Ernest Luning

Colorado Springs City Councilman Tom Strand plans to enter the crowded Republican primary for the 5th Congressional District seat held by five-term incumbent U.S. Rep. Doug Lamborn, he told Colorado Politics Thursday. The retired Air Force colonel and former member of the Colorado Springs School District 11 board said he’s been considering a run for…