Tag: Heidi Ganahl
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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…
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Ex-Republican Danielle Neuschwanger launches gubernatorial run on third-party ticket
Danielle Neuschwanger, the Elbert County rancher who lost her bid earlier this month for a spot in Colorado’s Republican gubernatorial primary, said on Saturday that she is running on a third-party ticket — despite objections by some Republicans that her campaign will split the conservative vote and boost chances of Democratic Gov. Jared Polis winning…
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Republican Heidi Ganahl qualifies for Colorado’s gubernatorial primary ballot by petition
Heidi Ganahl on Tuesday became the first Republican gubernatorial candidate to qualify for the June primary ballot after state election officials determined she submitted enough valid signatures on her petitions. One of a dozen Republicans seeking the nomination to challenge Democratic Gov. Jared Polis, Ganahl was the only GOP gubernatorial candidate to submit petitions. The…
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Gov. Jared Polis touts record on campaign tour, vows to make Colorado ‘more affordable’
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Gov. Jared Polis hit the campaign trail Wednesday with stops in seven Front Range cities on the second day of a four-day, statewide tour that formally kicked off the Democrat’s reelection bid. Accompanied by his running mate, Lt. Gov. Dianne Primavera, Polis said he accomplished…
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GOP Senate candidate Eli Bremer tests positive for COVID-19
Republican U.S. Senate candidate Eli Bremer tested positive for COVID-19 and plans to cancel in-person campaigning until he meets medical guidelines to resume public appearances, his campaign said Tuesday. The 2008 Olympian and former El Paso County GOP official, one of eight Republicans seeking the nod to challenge Democratic incumbent Michael Bennet, told Colorado Politics…
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GOP group sets forum for Colorado gubernatorial candidates
Nine of the Republicans running for the chance to challenge Democratic Gov. Jared Polis are scheduled to appear at a candidate forum in Fort Lupton in early January, the Republican Women of Weld announced. Dick Wadhams, a leading Republican strategist and former chairman of the Colorado GOP, will moderate the two-hour forum, which will be…
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Filing seeks to release mother jailed for criticizing judge’s order terminating parental rights
An Arapahoe County mother of three has been incarcerated for more than nine months due to a “series of confusing and unconstitutional orders” that barred the woman from discussing with others or speaking out against a ruling terminating her parental rights, a court filing states. The orders came from former District Court Judge Natalie Chase,…
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Looking back, look ahead on the Polis agenda
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save At the end of October, the Friday before Election Day, Gov. Jared Polis stood amid a vast swath of southern Colorado evergreens pocked by a masked, socially distanced cadre of politicians and bureaucrats. Of the hundreds of bills he’s signed in the last two years,…
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INSIGHTS | Women voters are the new force in politics, and Colorado leads the way
Kamala Harris is the face of this year’s election, but she doesn’t stand alone. Women of color are the political force capable of reshaping the American political landscape the way it’s already configured Colorado. Two days before the election, our Ernest Luning reported the stark differences borne out in an eleventh-hour poll. The Keating-OnSight-Melanson survey…