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Polis fires back at GOP attack over income taxes, calls on Stapleton to release tax records
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U.S. Rep. Jared Polis said Tuesday he’ll be glad to discuss releasing more of his tax returns once Walker Stapleton, his Republican opponent in the Colorado gubernatorial race, matches the seven years of tax records that Polis released a decade ago when he first ran for Congress. Meanwhile, his campaign is firing back at a…
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Candidates for governor clash on plans for rural Colorado
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Gubernatorial candidate Walker Stapleton was meeting voters in Greeley, Fort Morgan and Sterling Monday as his campaign rolled out his Rural Colorado Priorities Plan. The Republican from Denver said if he’s elected governor, he’ll tackle rural broadband internet needs and connect his administration to the state’s farmers and ranchers. “As governor, I will be a…
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Stapleton takes Club 20 limelight alone in governor’s race
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Republican gubernatorial nominee Walker Stapleton got a gift from his Democratic rival, Jared Polis: the lone spotlight on a high-profile stage. “I’m disappointed Congressman Polis chose not to be here,” Stapleton said in his opening at Club 20’s gathering in Grand Junction Saturday night. He identified himself as a “proud member” of Club 20, the…
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State Republican Party and Walker Stapleton christen Colorado Springs "victory office"
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The path to Republican victories in the November elections runs through El Paso County, party representatives and candidates said Wednesday as the Colorado Republican Party set up shop in downtown Colorado Springs. “I need your help,” GOP gubernatorial candidate Walker Stapleton told about two dozen local Republicans at an event christening the state party’s newest…
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Democrats continue to spoof alleged Stapleton absenteeism
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Colorado Democrats made it clear Wednesday they’d prefer Republican gubernatorial nominee Walker Stapleton eat lunch at his desk. A campaign fundraiser from noontime to 1:30 p.m. was too much for the party to tolerate, sending a press release and video about the alleged offense to the press. “Earlier today, we were wondering Where Is Walker?…
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Money flowing into governor’s race tops $21M
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More than $27.7 million has flowed into campaign coffers of all kinds in Colorado in the most recent reporting period, from July 28 to Aug. 29, according to the secretary of state’s campaign finance system, TRACER. GOVERNOR’S RACE Campaign contributions to the two major party candidates in the race for governor have reached $21.37 million.…
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Campaign finance initiative makes November ballot
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The last of the statewide ballot measures awaiting review – a campaign finance initiative – cleared the Colorado Secretary of State’s Office Tuesday, making it a baker’s dozen of questions voters will be asked to decide in November. The measure is a constitutional amendment on campaign finance, initiative 173, backed by former state Rep. BJ…
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Despite primary attack ad, teachers back Polis now
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What occurred at the state Capitol Tuesday was the tale of two tapes: one from Republican gubernatorial nominee Walker Stapleton in 2010 and another from May that Colorado education advocates spent over $1.1 million to put on TV to attack Jared Polis, who nonetheless won the Democratic nomination. About three dozen educators and legislators backing…
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Oil & gas industry focused on fighting setbacks, not Colo. governor’s race
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The Colorado Oil and Gas Association has enough to do without getting deeply involved in who Colorado’s next governor should be, the trade group’s chief says. Dan Haley, COGA’s president and CEO, told Colorado Politics that his 265 members would make their individual choices about whether to donate money to Republican Walker Stapleton or (less…
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Polis says rail, bike lanes part of the Front Range traffic solution
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Stumping for governor on the Western Slope this weekend, Jared Polis said the solution for Front Range traffic includes bicycles and trains between Denver and Fort Collins and “zip lanes and reversible lanes” in the mountains, he told The Steamboat Pilot & Today. He said building more lanes on interstates 25 and 70 can’t solve…