tom tancredo

Tom Tancredo asks supporters for advice on running for Colorado governor

Oct 30, 2017

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JOEY BUNCH

Tom Tancredo can’t make up his mind. He said as much Friday afternoon when he sent a mass e-mail to Republican supporters and operatives (or potential campaign donors) asking for their thoughts on whether he should run for governor next year. “I’m reaching out to you today before I have to make a very important…
INSIGHTS: Bannon’s visit with Tancredo sends a message in the governor’s race

Oct 29, 2017

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JOEY BUNCH

It doesn’t matter what Stephen K. Bannon does or doesn’t do for Tom Tancredo. The point is made. The bell is rung. Perception is a headline, and reality is a footnote. The architect of Donald Trump’s political rise visited with the former congressman in Colorado Springs recently. The summit put a new seal of approval…
Vice President Mike Pence promises Colorado donors Republicans will pass tax reform this year

Oct 27, 2017

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Ernest Luning

Vice President Mike Pence on Thursday told a ballroom full of Republicans in Greenwood Village that a unified GOP will fulfill a key campaign pledge of President Donald Trump by enacting tax reform legislation. “I’m going to make a prediction tonight: We’re going to pass the largest tax cut in American history, and we’re…
Colorado Democrats sound alarm over Tom Tancredo’s lead in GOP primary poll for governor

Oct 26, 2017

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Ernest Luning

Calling former U.S. Rep. Tom Tancredo “the de facto leader of the Colorado GOP,” a spokesman for the Colorado Democratic Party on Wednesday expressed alarm at a poll showing Tancredo leading the GOP gubernatorial primary field by a wide margin. Tancredo, who says he’s still considering whether to run for governor in next year’s election,…
Poll conducted by former Trump data aide shows Tom Tancredo atop Colorado GOP gubernatorial field

Oct 25, 2017

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Ernest Luning

Although he hasn’t launched a campaign yet, Tom Tancredo holds a wide lead in Colorado’s crowded Republican gubernatorial primary field and is in a statistical tie with leading Democratic candidate Jared Polis, according to a survey conducted by the pollster who set up the polling and data operations for Donald Trump’s presidential campaign. The poll…
‘The only enduring brand’? Tom Tancredo ponders 3rd run for Colorado governor

Oct 16, 2017

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Ernest Luning

Tom Tancredo strolled into the packed conference room in the back of a Wheat Ridge bowling alley on a recent Thursday evening and took a seat. He was the headliner at the monthly North Jeffco Tea Party meeting, but first the group of about 50 activists heard from school board candidates and a young man…
Right will lead the right at CUT awards breakfast featuring — surprise! — Tancredo

Oct 10, 2017

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DAN NJEGOMIR Colorado Politics

Tom Tancredo says he’s taking the public’s temperature, gauging its appetite for yet another gubernatorial run. A more world-weary reading of the former congressman/forever firebrand’s ad hoc stumping around the state is that it’s a case of, “Oh please, no! Really? Me? You want me to run for guv? Again?” Either way, Colorado’s favorite fusion…
Democrats Ken Toltz, Kristopher Larsen jump into crowded 2nd Congressional District primary

Oct 5, 2017

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Ernest Luning

Gun control activist and businessman Ken Toltz and Nederland Mayor Kristopher Larsen, an actual rocket scientist at the University of Colorado, announced this week they’re jumping into the crowded Democratic primary for the 2nd Congressional District seat held by Democrat Jared Polis, a candidate for governor. They join a primary field that includes former CU…
Tom Tancredo challenges Mike Coffman to run against him for governor in GOP primary

Sep 27, 2017

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Ernest Luning

In an earlier time, it might have been pistols at 20 paces. On Wednesday, however, former U.S. Rep. Tom Tancredo challenged Mike Coffman, the Republican who succeeded him in Congress, to run against him for governor of Colorado in next year’s GOP primary. “Run against me – absolutely, I’m all for it, buddy,” Tancredo taunted…
Gubernatorial candidates Walker Stapleton, Jared Polis throw punches over energy industry setbacks

Sep 27, 2017

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Ernest Luning

Gubernatorial candidates Walker Stapleton and Jared Polis traded barbs Tuesday over Colorado’s setback requirements for oil and gas operations – and got in a few insults for good measure. Stapleton, the Republican state treasurer who launched his campaign over the weekend, threw a punch at Polis, a wealthy Democratic congressman, when the topic came up…