Tag: Candidates
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Colorado’s primary a Potemkin village revisited | Jimmy Sengenberger
Legend has it that in 1787, the Russian leader Grigory Potemkin erected elaborate fake settlements populated by joyful peasants along Empress Catherine the Great’s route through newly conquered Crimea. His objective was to conceal reality behind an illusion of prosperity. Hence the term “Potemkin village.” This month, Colorado has a Potemkin primary, littered with candidates whose reality belies…
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Westminster voters to choose mayor, councilmembers
Westminster residents will elect three city councilmembers and a new mayor during the Nov. 4 election. Voters in the city of around 115,000 will choose from eight City Council candidates running for the open seats and three mayoral candidates, two of whom have already served on the council for years. The mayor and councilmembers are…
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National Democratic super PAC reserves $4.4 million for TV ads in Denver market
The House Democrats’ chief political action committee is booking $4.4 million worth of TV advertising this fall in the Denver market, part of a massive early ad reservation that suggests which races the Democrats consider their midterm battlegrounds. While the House Majority PAC has yet to target individual contests, the Denver TV market covers voters…