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Colorado vacancy panels face challenge: Replacing senator and representative from the same area
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Two vacancy committees that will convene in the next month or so will have an interesting challenge: Picking a new state senator and state representative who will represent the same geographic area. The vacancy election for Senate District 25, represented by the late Sen. Faith Winter, D-Broomfield, will meet on Dec. 23 at 6:30 p.m.…
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House District 14 vacancy process deemed insufficient by Colorado Secretary of State, requires a redo
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Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold has rejected the nominating paperwork for the vacancy in House District 14. On Sept. 22, a Republican vacancy committee met to choose a replacement for former Rep. Rose Pugliese of Colorado Springs. The issue, according to Griswold’s office, is the notice to inform the vacancy committee about the meeting.…
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FOCUS ON THE SPRINGS | Williams’ vacancy committee expansion signed into law
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The number of people in charge of filling vacant seats in the Colorado legislature will soon expand, thanks to a bill led by Colorado Springs Republican Rep. Dave Williams. Gov. Jared Polis signed Williams’ bill, House Bill 1044, into law on Tuesday. The bill is set to take effect in August, increasing the minimum amount…
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Bill to expand election vacancy committees clears first hurdle
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A state House panel yesterday advanced a Republican-sponsored measure that seeks to expand the composition of committees that fill political vacancies. The decision departs from practice – as a general rule, House Republicans whose bills end up in the Democratic-controlled House State, Civic, Military & Veterans Affairs Committee have only one likely outcome: “postponed indefinitely.”…
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State Republicans OK Shane Sandridge election to replace ex-state Rep. Dan Nordberg
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The Colorado Republican Party made it official Tuesday: Shane Sandridge, a Colorado Springs investment consultant and former police officer, won a vacancy election to fill the term of former state Rep. Dan Nordberg, the Colorado Springs Republican who announced last month he was stepping down to take a job as regional administrator of the Small Business Administration…
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State Republicans to announce ruling Tuesday on contested HD 14 vacancy election
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Call him Schrödinger’s rep. Like the cat made famous by Austrian physicist Erwin Schrödinger’s 1935 thought experiment in quantum mechanics, Colorado Springs Republican Shane Sandridge can be considered both alive and dead – in the political sense – until the Colorado GOP reveals how the party’s executive committee ruled last week on a complaint challenging the…
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Republican committee member takes complaint over HD 14 vacancy election to state GOP
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The Republican precinct officer who charged that improprieties should invalidate last week’s vacancy committee election to replace state Rep. Dan Nordberg escalated her complaint to the Colorado GOP Thursday after the committee chair dismissed her objections and said the election followed the rules. Kanda Calef, a member of the House District 14 Republican vacancy committee,…
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Shane Sandridge picked by GOP vacancy committee to fill state Rep. Dan Nordberg’s term
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A Republican vacancy committee on Thursday elected Shane Sandridge, a Colorado Springs investment consultant and former police officer, to become the next representative of state House District 14. Sandridge will replace state Rep. Dan Nordberg, R-Colorado Springs, who is stepping down in January to take a job as regional administrator of the Small Business Administration.…
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State Rep. Dan Nordberg resigning from legislature to take SBA position with Trump administration
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State Rep. Dan Nordberg plans to resign his legislative seat to serve as regional administrator for the U.S. Small Business Administration, the Colorado Springs Republican announced Monday. His resignation takes effect at the beginning of January, and a GOP vacancy is scheduled to meet on Dec. 21 to fill the remainder of his term. “I’m ready…
