Tag: Heidi Ganahl
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DoBetterDNVR dustup shows the pitfalls and promise of citizen journalism | Vince Bzdek
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A high-profile experiment in citizen journalism is playing out in Denver right now, triggering animated argument on X and Instagram and at least one prominent podcast, as well as prompting an effort by a local media outlet to identify who is behind the anonymous posts.…
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The Colorado Republican Party needs an exorcism | Vince Bzdek
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Now that Democrats have tightened their blue-knuckled grip on state offices more tightly than ever before, and the expected national red wave turned out to be more of a pink ripple, where does the Republican Party go from here in Colorado? How can this setback…
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Apocalyptic rhetoric nothing new in American politics | Vince Bzdek
“Human sacrifice! Dogs and cats living together! Mass hysteria!” Those classic Bill Murray lines from “Ghostbusters” aptly capture the kind of end-of-the-world hyperbole flying around right now during the final runup to Election Day. Vince Bzdek Lauren Boebert shot her neighbors’ dogs (false). Heidi Ganahl claims that kids are “identifying as cats” rather than boys…
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No. 2 or No. 26? Polis, Ganahl debate Colorado’s fentanyl ranking
Gov. Jared Polis, who seeks reelection, and Heidi Ganahl, the Republican nominee, clashed over fentanyl deaths during a debate on Sunday, with the Democrat claiming a middle-of-the-pack ranking for Colorado and the challenger arguing the state sits near the top of the charts. So, who is correct? Based on the phrasing each candidate used, they…
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Independent expenditure committees rack up donations in preparation for fall blitz
Independent expenditure committees, which are expected to spend the biggest dollars in the coming seven weeks in support of candidates running for statewide offices in Colorado, took in $10.6 million between Sept. 1 and Sept. 14. Almost half of that came from one donor went into one committee backing Republican gubernatorial candidate Heidi Ganahl. Deep…
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The return of the flaming moderates: Primary election a victory for the Great American Middle | Vince Bzdek
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Hail to the flaming moderates. If this past Tuesday’s primary election was anything, it was a victory for the Great American Middle. Across Colorado, moderate, mainstream Republicans won their races against more extreme ones. The GOP candidates who supported election conspiracy theories and questioned the…
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Colorado GOP primary results pave way for more competitive November elections
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Colorado voters made two things clear in Tuesday’s primary election: The state’s blue streak could be put to the test in this year’s general election, and the Democrats who spent millions of dollars trying to pick Republican nominees failed spectacularly. In linked developments, voters in…
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Q&A with Heidi Ganahl | Colorado’s energy transition is ‘too far, too fast’
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Denver Gazette invited gubernatorial candidates to talk about energy and transportation. Republican candidate Greg Lopez declined the Q&A. In this interview, Republican candidate Heidi Ganahl argues that Colorado’s transition to renewable energy sources is going “too far, too fast,” hammering the poorest Coloradans. The…
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Owens slams Democrats’ ads boosting ‘2nd-tier’ GOP candidates for Colorado governor, US Senate
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Former Colorado Gov. Bill Owens on Friday denounced expensive ad campaigns launched this week by Democratic groups as a “disingenuous” attempt to influence the state’s Republican primaries for governor and U.S. Senate by encouraging GOP voters to nominate candidates he describes as “second tier.” “The…
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Colorado Court of Appeals rules gag order may be unconstitutional but mother of 3 slow to file appeal
A judge’s gag order barring a mother of three from speaking out against a ruling terminating her parental rights may have been unconstitutional, but the mother lost her right to challenge her contempt citation that landed her in jail because she failed to make a timely appeal, the Colorado Court of Appeals has ruled. “A…