Tag: Assembly
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Joe O’Dea makes Colorado’s Republican US Senate primary ballot by petition
Construction company owner Joe O’Dea has qualified for the Republican primary for the nomination to challenge Democratic U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet, election officials said Monday. O’Dea is the first Republican to secure a spot on Colorado’s June 28 primary ballot for the seat. Seven other Republicans are vying to make the ballot at Saturday’s state…
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Republican delegates advance Lamborn challenger Dave Williams to 5th CD primary ballot
State Rep. Dave Williams won top-line designation Saturday on Colorado’s Republican primary ballot in the 5th Congressional District, guaranteeing that U.S. Rep. Doug Lamborn will face at least two GOP challengers in his bid for a ninth term. Williams, a three-term state lawmaker from Colorado Springs, was the only candidate to emerge from the Republicans’…
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El Paso GOP chair attacks Lamborn after he cites ‘troubling irregularities’ in assembly process
Long-simmering tension between competing factions in the local Republican Party spilled into public view on March 31 when El Paso County GOP Chairwoman Vickie Tonkins tore into U.S. Rep. Doug Lamborn in a combative email denouncing the Colorado Springs Republican as dishonest and corrupt after Lamborn accused Tonkins and her allies of rigging the nomination…
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Bennet challenger Joe O’Dea hits airwaves with Spanish-language radio ad
Republican U.S. Senate candidate Joe O’Dea has released a Spanish-language radio ad narrated by his wife, whose grandparents immigrated to the United States from Mexico in the early part of the last century, his campaign said. O’Dea, a wealthy construction company owner and one of seven GOP candidates running against Democratic U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet,…
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Republican congressional candidate Barb Kirkmeyer qualifies for 8th CD primary ballot by petition
State Sen. Barb Kirkmeyer on Friday became the third Republican to qualify for the June primary ballot in Colorado’s newly created 8th Congressional District by submitting enough valid signatures on nominating petitions, the Colorado Secretary of State’s Office said. Kirkmeyer, a former Weld County commissioner, is one of five GOP candidates running in the evenly…
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Republican Erik Aadland switches to assembly after petitions fall short for 7th CD primary
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Republican congressional candidate Erik Aadland will try to win a spot on the June primary primary ballot at next month’s 7th Congressional District assembly after failing to qualify by petition, his campaign said. Petitions submitted by Aadland, a former oil and gas executive and first-time…
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Boebert challenger Alex Walker qualifies for Democratic primary ballot by petition
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Congressional candidate Alex Walker, one of eight Democrats hoping to challenge Republican U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert in Colorado’s 3rd Congressional District, has qualified for the June primary ballot, the secretary of state’s office said late Friday in a statement declaring Walker submitted enough valid signatures on his…
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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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Law enforcement groups withhold support for Polis’ public safety pitch
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Three of the state’s largest law enforcement groups told Gov. Jared Polis in a letter Thursday that proposals pushed by Democrats in the legislature — which he has signed into law — have contributed to soaring criminality…