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Primary opponent, GOP strategist warn past clients could haunt Democrat Jason Crow

Aug 7, 2017

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Ernest Luning

Will voters care if Democratic congressional candidate Jason Crow represented some unsavory characters early in his career as an attorney? It’s a serious vulnerability, says one of his primary opponents, and a veteran Republican strategist who won two statewide races in Colorado thanks to similar attacks on another Democrat agrees. Crow’s campaign team, however, says…
YESTERYEAR: Legislator’s party flip infuriates local union

Jun 1, 2017

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Rachael Wright

Thirty Years Ago this Week in the Colorado Statesman … State Rep. Faye Fleming, D-Thornton, switched her party affiliation from Democratic to Republican Feb. 14, 1987, only six weeks after she took office. One of her campaign contributors, United Steel Workers Local 8031, threatened to sue her for misrepresentation. The influential union also took to the…
YESTERYEAR: Colorado turns blue, kids vote their consciences and Norton talks bioterrorism

Nov 10, 2016

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Colorado Politics

… Ten Years Ago this week in the Colorado Statesman … Colorado turned blue. At the Colorado Convention Center Hyatt, more than a thousand Democrats showed up to cheer the winning candidates. A famous trio of Democratic women took the stage, Senate President Joan Fitz-Gerald, House Majority Leader Rep. Alice Madden, and Democratic state party chair Pat Waak,…
YESTERYEAR: Hart, Strickland discuss terrorism in wake of 9/11 attacks

Oct 20, 2016

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Ernest Luning

Fifteen Years Ago this week in The Colorado Statesman … Former U.S. Sen. Gary Hart and Democratic U.S. Senate hopeful Tom Strickland discussed the changing face of terrorism at a forum sponsored by the Colorado Young Democrats on the Auraria campus. “The events of Sept. 11, in my judgment, completely blurred the line between war…
YESTERYEAR: Bush clears brush, raises big bucks during Colorado visit

Aug 25, 2016

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Ernest Luning

Fifteen Years Ago this week in The Colorado Statesman … More than a year before the midterm elections, President George W. Bush made a stop in Colorado – his first since assuming the presidency – as part of his “Heartland” tour, signaling the start of the political season. Before attending an enormous fundraiser for U.S.…
BARTELS: Jon Keyser’s term limits pledge

Jun 18, 2016

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LYNN BARTELS Special to Colorado Politics

A phrase under Jon Keyser’s name on the primary ballot for Republican U.S. Senate candidates is causing consternation among some voters. It reads: “Signed declaration to limit service to no more than 2 terms.” “Pretty blatant campaigning ON THE BALLOT,” one voter remarked to the Colorado Secretary of State’s office. “Electioneering,” one woman complained…
YESTERYEAR: Reactions vary widely to U.S. Supreme Court ruling overturning Amendment 2

May 26, 2016

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Ernest Luning

Twenty Years Ago this week in The Colorado Statesman … Elected officials had a range of reactions to the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision overturning Colorado’s Amendment 2, the ballot measure passed four years earlier by state voters, that would forbid “protected status based on homosexual, lesbian or bisexual orientation.” The court “rejected the equal rights…
Romer vetoes bill outlawing same-sex marriages, Bain looks for GOP sweep

Mar 24, 2016

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Ernest Luning

Twenty Years Ago this week in The Colorado Statesman … Gov. Roy Romer wielded his veto pen “with open hands urging reconciliation and respect,” rejecting a bill that would have outlawed same-sex marriages in Colorado. Romer said he spent many hours studying the question and, despite an intense campaign waged by supporters and opponents, wound…