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Colorado Democrat Joe Neguse calls on House GOP to end ‘paid vacation,’ hold town halls | TRAIL MIX
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After concluding the 17th in-person town hall he’s held this year — more than every other member of Colorado’s U.S. House delegation combined — Democratic U.S. Rep. Joe Neguse vented frustration over the state’s Republican lawmakers’ refusal to schedule any public forums while the GOP-controlled House of Representatives remained shuttered amid what was by then…
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Jason Crow lays out foreign policy rooted in ‘working-class interests,’ homegrown values | TRAIL MIX
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U.S. Rep. Jason Crow, the Aurora Democrat who represents Colorado’s 6th Congressional District, last week called for Congress to reassert its role in steering a revamped foreign policy that lives up to American values, rejects corruption at home and abroad, and draws on a broader range of talent to rejuvenate a system he warned has…
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Elissa Slotkin, Jason Crow urge fellow Democrats to ’play offense’ in response to Trump | TRAIL MIX
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Calling the second Trump administration “an existential threat to democracy,” Michigan Sen. Elissa Slotkin urged donors attending a campaign fundraiser for fellow Democrat U.S. Rep. Jason Crow to push party leaders to abandon their defensive crouch and get serious. Delivering informal keynote remarks at the annual Crow Fest on Sept. 27 at Breckenridge Brewery in…
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Colorado remains among a shrinking pool of states with glass ceilings at top of the ticket | TRAIL MIX
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Will 2026 be the year Colorado voters shatter one of the state’s stubborn and seemingly incongruous glass ceilings? The Centennial State approaches next year’s sesquicentennial — preparing to celebrate the 150th anniversary of statehood — with an increasingly rare distinction in the almanac of American politics. Across all those years, voters have never elected a…
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TRAIL MIX | Politics as entertainment in the clickable era
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A movie that hit theaters this month tells the story of Gary Hart’s downfall, but “The Front Runner,” starring Hugh Jackman, also bring to life the moment when American politics changed forever – when the Colorado senator who almost became president was undone by a press corps that decided to give politicians the tabloid treatment.…
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TRAIL MIX | Is Colorado becoming the new Iowa?
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In just the last week, three potential Democratic 2020 presidential candidates have landed in Colorado, including one who lives here but spent much of the last week in other states. Get used to it. Not only is the field wide – more than 20 Democrats have either expressed interest in running or been the subject…
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TRAIL MIX | Hoping to build a powerful coalition from the center out
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Americans have never been as sharply or deeply divided along partisan lines, research shows, but at the same time the ranks of the unaffiliated – voters who don’t feel at home in either major party – are growing at a record pace. Just glance at a screen, and the results of the most recent round…
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TRAIL MIX | No. 2 pick not a No. 1 attention getter
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Before this year, Colorado’s major-party gubernatorial nominees had to name running mates for just four elections – and the pick has rarely attracted much attention. Walker Stapleton is looking to change that. Until the 2002 election, voters decided in party primaries which lieutenant governor candidates would advance to the fall ballot. That was before tension…
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TRAIL MIX: Tom Tancredo, Bernie Sanders will flavor Colorado’s fall campaign
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Elsewhere at ColoradoPolitics.com, we take a look at the just-completed June primary and consider the winners and losers left in its wake. Two towering and political figures, Tom Tancredo and Bernie Sanders, don’t fit neatly into either category – they appear to have won some and lost some – but have done as much as…
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Trail Mix: Can’t keep track? Follow the string
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You know the familiar creepy scene in crime dramas when we discover the culprit’s lair and get a glimpse into the twisted mind behind the mayhem we’ve been witnessing? There’s usually a wall covered with photos and newspaper clips – though, to be fair, those might brand it as a period piece these days –…
