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Former Unity Party nominee challenges Lamborn again, but this time as a Republican
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The Navy veteran who mounted an unsuccessful third-party run against U.S. Rep. Doug Lamborn last year is giving it another try next year in the Republican primary. Rebecca Keltie, the 2020 Unity Party nominee in the Colorado Springs-based 5th Congressional District, faults the eighth-term incumbent for going years without holding any town halls. She said…
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BEST OF COPO 2018 | Colorado’s dark horses: What makes non-major-party candidates run?
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Colorado Politics is taking a look back at some of our most significant and compelling stories of 2018. This story originally was published Nov. 5, just before the general election. For some minor-party and unaffiliated candidates, running for office is a labor of love. Others run to advance their party’s name recognition to the point…
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COVER STORY | Colorado’s dark horses: What makes non-major-party candidates run?
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For some minor-party and unaffiliated candidates, running for office is a labor of love. Others run to advance their party’s name recognition to the point where their candidates will someday be viable. But don’t suggest to any of them that a vote for a candidate who doesn’t have a “D” or “R” by their name…
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Unity Party fields two more candidates, declares its primaries will be open to unaffiliated voters
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The Unity Party of Colorado decided at its first meeting as an official minor political party that it wants unaffiliated voters to have the chance to vote in its primaries – and the party’s founder welcomes a primary challenger in his run for governor next year. The party also tripled the number of candidates running…
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Unity Party sets inaugural state convention as Colorado’s newest official minor party
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Now that the Unity Party has been elevated to minor party status in Colorado, its organizers say it’s time for a state convention to adopt bylaws, elect officers and approve a platform. And nachos. Anyone affiliated with the party – there were 1,002 as of last Monday, the secretary of state’s office said – can…
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Unity Party gains official status as minor political party in Colorado
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After logging more than 1,000 members earlier this week, the Unity Party officially became a minor party in Colorado, Secretary of State Wayne Williams announced, and its founder couldn’t be happier. “This is very exciting,” said Bill Hammons, who has appeared on the ballot four times on the ticket and is running for governor in…
