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GOP strategists skeptical Cynthia Coffman can petition onto primary ballot for governor
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Colorado Attorney General Cynthia Coffman plans to petition her way onto the Republican primary ballot for governor, but her modest fundraising, lack of a statewide organization and late start add up to long odds against her, say two GOP strategists who have managed successful signature-gathering efforts for statewide candidates in recent election cycles. “It is…
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Tom Tancredo waves a white flag at Jared Polis and thumbs his own party in the eye
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No sooner had Colorado Politics’s Ernest Luning broken the news that Republican frontrunner Tom Tancredo was dropping out of the Colorado governor’s race, citing insufficient fund-raising, than the ever outspoken ex-congressman was speaking out once again – this time, against the state GOP. And a gleeful Colorado Democratic Party was of course standing at the ready…
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Democrats dance on Tancredo’s exit from governor’s race, warn his spirit remains
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Democrats seized upon word Republican Tom Tancredo was withdrawing Tuesday from Colorado’s gubernatorial race to declare the election unwinnable for any Republican – while taking the opportunity to lash the controversial former congressman and his platform to the remaining field of GOP primary contenders. “Even former front-runner Tom Tancredo knows there is no path to…
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Citing insufficient resources, Republican Tom Tancredo drops out of Colorado governor’s race
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Former U.S. Rep. Tom Tancredo is ending his bid for the Republican nomination for Colorado governor on Tuesday because he hasn’t raised the money he believes would be necessary to win an expensive election against a wealthy Democrat willing to spend millions on his campaign, Colorado Politics has learned. “I do not want to win…
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Q&A with Jason Salzman: Where activism meets journalism
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Let conservatives go ahead and wave off his brand of journalism as slanted and partisan if they so choose; Jason Salzman readily owns up to his leftward leanings – but he’ll tell you facts are facts. The onetime Rocky Mountain News media critic turned progressive blogger, who gamely takes on Colorado’s right-of-center political pantheon, says…
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Sen. Cory Gardner’s approval tumbles; Tancredo, Polis lead on name recognition
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Washington politics is taking a toll on U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner’s standing with the home folks, a new University of Colorado survey finds. The survey was taken in November as part of an annual project by the American Politics Research Lab, but the annual Colorado Political Climate Survey was released Thursday. Democratic Gov. John Hickenlooper…
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Victor Mitchell wins straw poll at Colorado Hispanic Republicans’ gubernatorial forum
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Republican Victor Mitchell topped a straw poll conducted Wednesday night by the Colorado Hispanic Republicans at a forum for gubernatorial candidates in Westminster. The entrepreneur and former state lawmaker garnered 38 percent of the vote, running well ahead of four other Republicans who participated in the forum and one – former U.S. Rep. Tom Tancredo…
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Following hullabaloo, flu-stricken Tom Tancredo misses Colorado Hispanic Republican forum
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Flu season collided with campaign season this week, sidelining Republican gubernatorial candidate Tom Tancredo for a few days and keeping him from participating Wednesday night in a forum sponsored by the Colorado Hispanic Republicans – this after organizers initially said Tancredo couldn’t take part, but then relented after his supporters raised a hue and cry and…
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Gubernatorial candidate Cynthia Coffman plans to petition onto GOP primary ballot
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Attorney General Cynthia Coffman, a Republican candidate for governor of Colorado, said Wednesday she plans to petition her way onto the June primary ballot rather than go through the caucus and assembly process. She joins three other GOP gubernatorial candidates who began circulating petitions on Tuesday, setting up what could be a six-way primary for…
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Walker Stapleton, Cary Kennedy lead crowded gubernatorial primary fields in fundraising
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Republican Walker Stapleton and Democrat Cary Kennedy, the current and former state treasurers, brought in the most contributions in their respective primary fields for the final quarter of 2017, according to campaign finance reports filed with the Colorado secretary of state. But neither had the most money in the bank among their primary cohorts at…