Author: Ernest Luning
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Former top D.C. aide, veteran Jessica Killin launches Democratic challenge to Jeff Crank in Colorado’s 5th CD
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Colorado Springs Democrat Jessica Killin, an Army veteran and former top congressional and White House aide, announced Tuesday that she’s challenging first-term Republican U.S. Rep. Jeff Crank in Colorado’s 5th Congressional District, predicting that the…
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Democratic state lawmaker Jessie Danielson announces run to be Colorado’s top election official
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save State Sen. Jessie Danielson, a Wheat Ridge Democrat and veteran political organizer who helped write Colorado’s election laws, on Tuesday announced she’s running in the 2026 primary for secretary of state, the state’s top election official. “I’m running for secretary of state to defend a…
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Republican Gabe Evans brings in $847K for 2nd quarter in Colorado’s battleground 8th CD
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Republican U.S. Rep. Gabe Evans raised nearly $850,000 in the second quarter for his 2026 reelection bid in Colorado’s most competitive congressional seat, his campaign said Tuesday. Evans is defending the closely divided 8th Congressional District, the state’s newest district, after unseating Democratic incumbent Yadira…
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Former top D.C. aide, veteran Jessica Killin launches Democratic challenge to Jeff Crank in Colorado’s 5th CD
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Colorado Springs Democrat Jessica Killin, an Army veteran and former top congressional and White House aide, announced Tuesday that she’s challenging first-term Republican U.S. Rep. Jeff Crank in Colorado’s 5th Congressional District, predicting that the reliably Republican district is poised to flip in next year’s…
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Democrat Michael Bennet’s Colorado gubernatorial campaign raises more than $1.7 million for quarter
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Colorado gubernatorial candidate Michael Bennet, the state’s senior U.S. senator, raised more than $1.7 million in the year’s second quarter, the Democrat’s campaign said Monday. Bennet finished the fundraising period — his first in the race — with more than $1.3 million in the bank…
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Colorado Democrat John Hickenlooper’s US Senate campaign raises over $1.5 million in latest quarter
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save U.S. Sen. John Hickenlooper’s campaign said Monday that the Colorado Democrat brought in more than $1.5 million in the second quarter and finished the fundraising period with more than $2.7 million on hand for his 2026 reelection bid. The quarter’s haul pushes the former two-term…
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Colorado Republicans’ vice chair vacancy election revives battle for soul of state GOP | TRAIL MIX
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Colorado’s Republicans plan to fill the state party’s vacant vice chair position later this month in an election pitting two starkly different visions of the state GOP and the party’s path back from the sidelines in a state that’s turned an increasingly brighter blue in…
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SBA confirms it will move six offices out of Denver, other ‘sanctuary cities’
The Small Business Administration confirmed it is moving its office out of Denver and five other “sanctuary cities.” SBA Administrator Kelly Loeffler disclosed that decision in February, though she didn’t specifically mention Denver or any other city in her memo. On Thursday, Loeffler said the SBA will relocate its regional offices out of municipalities that do…
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Colorado Democrat Michael Bennet’s gubernatorial trial balloon could scramble 2026 field | TRAIL MIX
Only a week ago, the contours of next year’s statewide elections in Colorado seemed clear, if the eventual results were still anybody’s guess. For the first time since the early 1900s, all four of Colorado’s major statewide executive offices will be open on the 2026 ballot — all the Democratic incumbents, Gov. Jared Polis, Attorney…
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Colorado Democrats book Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren to keynote annual fundraising dinner
U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren is scheduled to deliver the keynote address at the Colorado Democratic Party’s annual fundraising dinner in May, the party announced this week. The progressive former law professor won election to the U.S. Senate in 2012 and was reelected to her third term last year. In 2020, she finished fourth in Colorado’s…