Tag: house district 17
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Strong front-runners emerge in El Paso County’s House and Senate primaries
The initial results Tuesday night in the five competitive primaries for the legislators representing El Paso County show clear front-runners in all races, with one candidate commanding at least 60% of the early results. Republicans Jill Haffley and Jamie Koch faced off in the primary for District 16. Haffley led the initial results with 65.3%…
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Primary preview: Regina English, Chauncy Johnson face off in House District 17
State Rep. Regina English is facing a young, ambitious Democratic activist in the primary election for House District 17. The choice between English and Chauncy Johnson in District 17, representing the southern portion of Colorado Springs from the east side of downtown to the Colorado Springs Airport, is the only competitive Democratic legislative primary in…
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The rise and fall of former Mobolade booster Derrick Bernard Jr., and his radio station, The Slide
There was a time — just last year, in fact — when Derrick Bernard Jr. was by all appearances a respected community activist and rap artist in Colorado Springs. But in November he was convicted of first-degree murder, and separately indicted in federal court for a hate crime hoax. In the federal indictment, the 35-year-old Black man,…