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Q&A with Colorado lawmaker Barb Kirkmeyer | Republican says she’ll be a governor who ‘knows how to govern’
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State Sen. Barb Kirkmeyer says her decades of experience in government — as a county commissioner, director of a state department and state legislator — have prepared her to be a “really great governor,” and the Brighton Republican argues that’s what it’ll take to pull Colorado out of the tailspin she says it’s in. The…
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Colorado Democrat Yadira Caraveo drops bid to win back 8th Congressional District seat
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Former U.S. Rep. Yadira Caraveo announced on Friday that she was ending her campaign to reclaim the Colorado congressional seat the Thornton Democrat lost last year in one of the closest U.S. House races in the country. Caraveo, a pediatrician and the first Latina to represent the state in Washington said in a statement that…
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Republican Jeff Crank endorsed by Koch network’s Americans for Prosperity Action in Colorado’s 5th CD
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Americans for Prosperity Action, the deep-pocketed political arm of billionaire Charles Koch’s conservative advocacy network, on Thursday announced it’s throwing its support behind Republican Jeff Crank in the crowded GOP primary for the seat held by retiring U.S. Rep. Doug Lamborn. Calling Crank – a podcaster and political consultant who previously served as state director…
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Citing Colorado’s Justice Samour, US Supreme Court appears skeptical of Trump disqualification bid, GOP chair explores Dominion Voting machines | WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
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Today is Feb. 9, 2024, and here’s what you need to know: During Thursday’s oral arguments before the nation’s highest court about Donald Trump’s constitutional eligibility to remain on the ballot, the justices explicitly and indirectly channeled the member of Colorado’s Supreme Court who wrote the most impassioned critique of the legal effort to disqualify…
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US Supreme Court hears disqualification case against Trump today, House Speaker Mike Johnson endorses Gabe Evans in 8th CD | WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
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Today is Feb. 8, 2024, and here’s what you need to know: In the days leading up to the U.S. Supreme Court’s historic consideration of whether Donald Trump is constitutionally barred from seeking another term as president, 73 sets of legal briefs representing thousands of individuals and organizations flooded in to offer perspectives on the…
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Lauren Boebert lands 5th in GOP straw poll, Janak Joshi jumps into 8th CD race | WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
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Today is Jan. 29, 2024, and here’s what you need to know: U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert’s middling finish in a straw poll Thursday night drew gasps from the crowd that had just witnessed the Colorado lawmaker face off against eight other Republicans in a congressional primary debate at a rec center in Fort Lupton. The…
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Lauren Boebert finishes in middle of the pack in straw poll at inaugural GOP primary debate
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U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert’s middling finish in a straw poll Thursday night drew gasps from the crowd that had just witnessed the Colorado lawmaker face off against eight other Republicans in a congressional primary debate at a rec center in Fort Lupton. The headline-grabbing incumbent’s performance in the decidedly non-scientific survey – Boebert landed in…
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Former Colorado Springs state lawmaker Janak Joshi jumps in GOP primary in Colorado’s 8th CD
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Former state Rep. Janak Joshi on Friday joined the field of Republicans hoping to challenge Democratic U.S. Rep. Yadira Caraveo in Colorado’s 8th Congressional District. Vowing he’ll be “big government’s worst enemy,” the former physician, who represented Colorado Springs districts for three terms last decade in the legislature, said his unabashedly conservative track record makes…
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Who’s got the juice? | 2022 IN REVIEW
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The political turmoil and transformation of 2022 revealed the movers and shakers of Colorado’s political realm. Colorado Politics identified 10 of the individuals and groups who had the biggest wins and made the most impact on state politics this year: Gov. Jared Polis Polis was reelected for his second term as governor in November, winning…
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Democrat Yadira Caraveo defeats Barb Kirkmeyer in Colorado’s 8th CD | ELECTION NIGHT 2022
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Democratic state Rep. Yadira Caraveo, a Thornton pediatrician, has won the election to represent Colorado’s new 8th Congressional District, defeating Republican state Sen. Barb Kirkmeyer in a race that came down to the wire. The race likely lived up to its billing as the most competitive congressional seat in the state, with the contest remaining…
