Tag: Endorsements
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Hickenlooper lands endorsements from Elizabeth Warren, Ministerial Alliance in US Senate primary
U.S. Sen. John Hickenlooper won endorsements this week from a progressive Democratic colleague and a coalition of metro-area African American faith leaders as voting began in Colorado’s primary election. U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts and the Greater Metro Denver Ministerial Alliance threw their support behind Hickenlooper’s reelection campaign, calling the former two-term governor a…
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Republicans Kirkmeyer, Bottoms say they won’t back Marx if he wins Colorado’s gubernatorial primary
Two of the Republicans running for governor of Colorado said Tuesday night in a debate that they won’t support the third candidate if he wins next month’s primary election. State Sen. Barb Kirkmeyer and state Rep. Scott Bottoms said that Colorado Springs-based ministry leader Victor Marx, the race’s fundraising leader, won’t have their backing if…
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Hickenlooper primary challenger Julie Gonzales endorsed by national progressive group Indivisible
State Sen. Julie Gonzales’ bid to challenge U.S. Sen. John Hickenlooper in Colorado’s Democratic primary got a boost Tuesday from Indivisible when the national arm of the progressive grassroots group endorsed the Denver lawmaker. The national group’s endorsement comes less than a week before Gonzales is expected to land a top-line designation on the June…
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Trump switches endorsement back to Jeff Hurd, says Hope Scheppelman is ending run in Colorado’s 3rd CD
In a surprise twist, President Donald Trump on Friday said he is again endorsing Republican U.S. Rep. Jeff Hurd after pulling his support from the Grand Junction Republican last month and instead backing his primary challenger in Colorado’s 3rd Congressional District. In a post on his Truth Social platform, Trump said that Hope Scheppelman, the…
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Trump pulls endorsement from Jeff Hurd over tariffs, backs Colorado Republican’s primary challenger
President Donald Trump on Saturday rescinded his endorsement of U.S. Rep. Jeff Hurd and threw his support behind the Colorado Republican’s primary challenger, Hope Scheppelman, citing the first-term incumbent’s “lack of support” for the administration’s tariff policy. The move comes after Hurd joined five Republicans and nearly all House Democrats earlier this month in voting…
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Hickenlooper endorsed by Planned Parenthood Action, environmental group in Colorado’s U.S. Senate race
A pair of progressive national groups that advocate for abortion rights and fighting climate change have endorsed U.S. Sen. John Hickenlooper’s bid for reelection, with both calling the Colorado Democrat a proven fighter for their causes. Planned Parenthood Action Fund said in its endorsement statement that Hickenlooper has stood by the organization’s agenda in the…
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Democrat Brittany Pettersen throws support behind Michael Bennet in Colorado’s gubernatorial primary
U.S. Rep. Brittany Pettersen on Thursday formally endorsed fellow Democrat Michael Bennet in Colorado’s gubernatorial primary, saying she’s counted the state’s senior senator among her “most important mentors and allies” since working on his first run for office. Bennet is facing Attorney General Phil Weiser in next year’s Democratic primary for the office held by…
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Denver Gazette endorsements: 2024 ballot
The Denver Gazette editorial board’s stance for the 2024 General Election
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ENDORSEMENT: Vote a GOP slate and pull the Legislature back from the brink
One of the swiftest paths to extreme politics is one-party rule. The ruling party gets giddy wielding so much power and inevitably abuses it, pushing the envelope ever further with progressively more reckless policies. The party locked out of power responds with ever-more hysterical indignation each election cycle, matching the extreme politics of the party…
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ENDORSEMENT: Vote for Gabe Evans — soldier, statesman, farmer & cop — in Congressional District 8
The boundaries of Colorado’s newest congressional district were drawn to make it competitive — and that’s just how it turned out. The 8th Congressional District’s debut in November 2022 involved a hotly contested face-off, and once again, this fall’s race is likely to be too close to call only weeks out from Election Day. Meanwhile,…