Tag: primary election
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El Paso County finishes counting ballots for the primary election
The El Paso County Clerk and Recorder’s Office has completed counting ballots submitted for this week’s primary election. The office finished tabulating local ballots as of 7 p.m. Wednesday, according to an announcement Thursday morning. County residents cast 163,611 votes in the election, meaning that just under a third of the county’s 501,759 active voters…
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Nonprofit leader, Washington, D.C., insider compete to challenge Rep. Crank
Two Army veterans, one a nonprofit leader and the other a Washington, D.C., insider, are vying in Tuesday’s primary for the chance to challenge Republican U.S. Rep. Jeff Crank in November’s general election. During the Biden administration, Jessica Killin served as the chief of staff for Vice President Kamala Harris’ husband, Doug Emhoff. Prior to…
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Primary preview: Former city councilwoman, party organizer vie to flip commissioner district blue
Two primary candidates in District 5 are hoping to be the first Democrat elected to the El Paso County Board of County Commissioners in more than 50 years. Yolanda Avila is a former criminal defense investigator who served as the District 4 Colorado Springs City Councilmember until last year. Christian Seale is a community organizer…
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As number of unaffiliated voters grow in Colorado, experts note patterns, behavior
For the first time in Colorado’s history, more primary ballots are going to voters without a party affiliation than to registered Democrats or Republicans. As such, political experts said, candidates today need to appeal to a new block of people — unaffiliated voters are not monolithic in their political views — who have begun to…
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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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Colorado judges cannot serve as temporary election workers, ethics panel says
The Colorado Supreme Court’s ethics panel advised members of the judiciary last month that they cannot serve as temporary election workers. The Colorado Judicial Ethics Advisory Board, which consists of judges, lawyers and a non-attorney, cited two reasons why appointed judges should refrain from serving as elections judges. First, with the exception of nonpartisan elections,…
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Bill Wysong, state Rep. Don Wilson neck-and-neck in Republican race for El Paso County District 3
Colorado Springs neighborhood advocate Bill Wysong and state Rep. Don Wilson were within about 2 points to earn the Republican nomination Tuesday in the race for El Paso County District 3 commissioner, according to unofficial results in the primary election. Unofficial returns from the Secretary of State’s Office updated at 9:25 p.m. show Wysong edging ahead, capturing…
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From upsets to pepper spray, Colorado has seen its share of primary election stunners | TRAIL MIX
From Lauren Boebert’s upset win to the time Levi Tillemann pepper-sprayed himself, primary races
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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
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
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…