Tag: Colorado Republican Party
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Democrats cheer as Colorado voters hand wins to ballot measures, candidates backed by party | ANALYSIS
It was a good night for Democrats in Colorado Tuesday, as voters passed statewide and local ballot questions endorsed by the party, while rejecting Republican candidates in key municipal and school district elections. While none of the choices in the state’s off-year election carried partisan labels, both major parties poured resources and attention into contests…
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Republicans choose Ava Flanell in do-over of district vacancy election
A vacancy committee on Saturday took a second try at replacing Rep. Rose Pugliese, the Republican leader who resigned last month. The GOP committee picked Ava Flanell to replace Pugliese for the northern Colorado Springs House district. In fact, the vacancy committee also chose Flanell on Sept. 22, but the election was declared invalid by…
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Just whose Republican Party is it, anyway? | Vince Bzdek
It’s gratifying to see the Colorado Republican Party begin to take the necessary steps to restore credibility to the party after voters rejected Dave Williams and his reign of chaos in the recent primary election. Williams lost the Republican primary for the 5th Congressional District resoundingly to Jeff Crank. And now both the Republican State…
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Colorado Republicans call for special session, Polis says it’s the voters’ turn to weigh in
Republicans in the Colorado Senate asked to go back to work at the Capitol on Thursday, calling on Gov. Jared Polis to convene a special legislative session. The Colorado legislature meets to pass laws for 120 days each year from January through May. But the governor can summon lawmakers in the offseason to work on…
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Colorado GOP vows legal action against fliers claiming it endorsed Ron Hanks in U.S. Senate primary
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Colorado Republican Party plans to pursue criminal charges against whoever is producing fliers that claim the GOP has endorsed one of the two primary candidates running for the state’s U.S. Senate seat. While the organization that is paying for the fliers is unknown —…
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2022 SESSION: Republicans lose out on legislation but force concessions
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save As Republicans hold only 39 seats of Colorado’s 100-member legislature, the minority party ran into issues for their priority legislation but partly succeeded in diminishing several Democratic initiatives. Only five of the Colorado Republican Party’s…
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D.C.-based GOP elections group targets Colorado General Assembly
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Republican State Leadership Committee has drawn a bead on the Colorado General Assembly, primarily the state Senate, in this year’s election. Colorado is one of two states where the RSLC intends to flip one or more chambers. The other is Minnesota. Mason DiPalma, RSLC’s deputy…
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Ellen Kessler accuses ‘lazy’ and ‘nasty’ ranchers of wolf ‘bait’ to get reimbursement
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Animal rights activist Ellen Kessler, a gubernatorial appointee to the State Board of Veterinary Medicine, is back in the news with what rural Coloradans and their allies claim is another attack on ranchers. Kessler, appointed to the state vet board in 2020, has earned the…
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Incumbent Colorado lawmaker coached public testimony for redistricting hearings
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A state lawmaker looking to protect the fortunes of his Republican caucus as Colorado’s political maps are redrawn this year held a video training earlier this summer to coach people on how to provide testimony intended to keep the incumbent legislators in power after the…
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Pro-Trump demonstrators take the streets on Saturday to protest the election
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save About 70 demonstrators gathered Saturday near the Colorado State Capitol to protest what they alleged was fraud in the presidential election. Calling themselves the Colorado Election Integrity Project, the group waved “Trump 2020” banners and…