Tag: 8th Congressional District
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Democrat Shannon Bird to step down from Colorado legislature to campaign full-time for Congress
State Rep. Shannon Bird, a Westminster Democrat, said Sunday that she plans to resign from the Colorado legislature next month in order to focus on running for the 8th Congressional District seat held by Republican U.S. Rep. Gabe Evans. Bird is one of four Democrats — two of whom are state lawmakers — seeking the…
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Colorado Democrat Yadira Caraveo drops bid to win back 8th Congressional District seat
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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Democrat Yadira Caraveo defeats Barb Kirkmeyer in Colorado’s 8th CD | ELECTION NIGHT 2022
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save 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…
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Colorado Board of Ed: Peggy Propst poised to win Republican Primary for 8th District state BOE
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Peggy Propst appeared to win the Republican nomination for the Colorado Board of Education’s new 8th District, according to the unofficial tally of early ballots. Propst, who served on the state board from 2004 to 2010, was nearly 11 percentage points ahead of her opponent,…
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Republican Jan Kulmann 1st to qualify for primary ballot in Colorado’s new congressional district
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Republican Jan Kulmann, the mayor of Thornton, on Friday became the first candidate to qualify for the primary ballot in Colorado’s newly created 8th Congressional District after election officials determined she submitted a sufficient number of valid signatures on nominating petitions. Kulmann, an oil and…
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Latino Victory Fund backs Democrat Yadira Caraveo in Colorado’s new congressional district
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A national group that works to increase the number of Latino members of Congress on Thursday endorsed state Rep. Yadira Caraveo, a Thornton pediatrician, in the Democratic primary in Colorado’s new 8th Congressional District. Nathalia Reyes, head of the Latino Victory Fund, said Caraveo has…
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California Democrat Katie Porter endorses Yadira Caraveo in Colorado’s new congressional district
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The California congresswoman known for wielding a dry-erase whiteboard to illustrate her points has endorsed state Rep. Yadira Caraveo, the Thornton pediatrician running in the Democratic primary in Colorado’s new 8th Congressional District. U.S. Rep. Katie Porter, an Irvine Democrat, said in a release that…