Tag: ken buck
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Nearly a dozen Republicans pack Colorado’s 4th CD primary, Democratic leaders want exemptions from open meetings law | WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
Today is Feb. 19, 2024, and here’s what you need to know: With just weeks until precinct caucuses and less than a month to go before nominating petitions are due, it’s crunch time in the Republican primary for Colorado’s safest GOP-held congressional seat. At last count, 11 candidates are vying for the chance to replace…
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Republicans are trying to impeach a top Biden official — could it backfire?
Republicans on the House Homeland Security Committee pushed forward two articles of impeachment against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas early Wednesday morning, setting up a full House vote on the matter. The GOP has called for Mayorkas’s impeachment for months, alleging he has neglected his duty to secure the southern border, but impeaching the head…
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Denver’s presiding juvenile court judge suspended, Julia Marvin replaces Said Sharbini, Johnson pleads for immigration action in DC | WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
Today is Jan. 19, 2024, and here’s what you need to know: A Democratic House District 31 vacancy committee on Thursday selected Julia Marvin of Thornton to replace former Democratic Rep. Said Sharbini. Two candidates competed for the HD31 seat: Julia Marvin and Jacqueline Phillips. Both have filed to run for the seat for the…
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Mike Lynch arrested in 2022 on DUI suspicion, experts examine Israel-Hamas war, student enrollment is down statewide | WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
Today is Jan. 18, 2024, and here’s what you need to know: State House Minority Leader Mike Lynch, a Republican candidate in Colorado’s open 4th Congressional District, was arrested in 2022 on suspicion of drunken driving and being in possession of a gun while intoxicated, law enforcement records show. The Wellington lawmaker is one of…
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Three openings in Republican districts; what will the GOP make of it? | SONDERMANN
Those of you who a couple of months ago predicted that all three Republican members of Congress from Colorado would announce plans to give up their seats, please step forward. Liars. The truth is that no one, no matter how wired in, expected or anticipated this. The exodus started with Ken Buck’s announcement that he…
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TRAIL MIX | Candidate switcheroos are nothing new in Colorado
Wouldn’t you know it, less than a week after last week’s Trail Mix column went to press, it was obsolete. In the holiday news lull, it had seemed like a good opportunity to take stock of the candidate line-ups in major Colorado races. While savvy political watchers have been expecting at least a few additional contenders…
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A year ahead of primary, a vast field of Dems readies to run against Boebert
The Democrats’ eagerness to take on Lauren Boebert in Colorado’s 3rd Congressional District next year has already set records and prompted the state party to launch an unprecedented voter-contact strategy more than a year before voters will pick the party’s nominee. At 10 candidates and counting, more Democrats have filed paperwork to run against the…
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A year ahead of primary, a vast field of Dems readies to run against Boebert
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Democrats’ eagerness to take on Lauren Boebert in Colorado’s 3rd Congressional District next year has already set records and prompted the state party to launch an unprecedented voter-contact strategy more than a year before voters will pick the party’s nominee. At 10 candidates and…
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Colorado’s political landscape has changed significantly in 10 short years | TRAIL MIX
A decade in politics can be a lifetime. Especially in a state with term limits and the kind of rapid, uneven growth Colorado has experienced since Denver was still trying to shake its long-discarded reputation as a cow town, even a few years can turn the political world on its head. Throw in the 24-hour…