Tag: Kristi Burton Brown
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Colorado State Board of Education shifts slightly with new Republican seat
Several new faces will be seated on the Colorado State Board of Education, with three Republicans and one unopposed Democrat winning the elections on Tuesday. The District 2 seat was decided in the primary election, with Democrat Kathy Gebhardt defeating her intra-party opponents. She did not face a general election contest. In District 8, it…
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State Board of Education Republican candidates lead in 3 districts
Republican Yazmin Navarro, Republican Sheri Wright and Republican Kristi Brown all lead early
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State Supreme Court declines to hear appeal on Priola recall
The Colorado Supreme Court turned down an appeal from the backers of an effort to recall state Sen. Kevin Priola, a move that pushes future recalls efforts back until after the General Assembly goes back into session on Jan. 9. The issue is who gets to sign the recall petitions for Priola, a Henderson Democrat…
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White House proposes mineral withdrawal at Thompson Divide
The Biden administration on Wednesday announced plans to shield roughly 225,000 acres of public land in western Colorado from new mining leases for 20 years. The proposal places Thompson Divide, which boasts of prodigious elk herds and headwaters to some of the best fishing grounds in Colorado, under a hiatus on new mining and drilling…
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2 new seats, high stakes in Colorado State Board of Education election
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Colorado’s State Board of Education is growing from seven to nine seats, and political control of the body that sets education policy could be at stake in November’s election. The addition of two seats due to Colorado’s growing population — one representing a new 8th…
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It’s time for the adults to take Colorado Republicans home from Fantasyland | Vince Bzdek
A pretty entertaining, temporary theme park was installed in Colorado Springs’ Broadmoor World Arena last weekend. Call it Republican Fantasyland. Or maybe just plain ol’ Conspiracyland. Just like the artificial world we all loved as kids, it had plenty of fantastical story lines, an Enchanted Forest of cheering fenceposts, and a cast of characters as…
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El Paso GOP chair attacks Lamborn after he cites ‘troubling irregularities’ in assembly process
Long-simmering tension between competing factions in the local Republican Party spilled into public view on March 31 when El Paso County GOP Chairwoman Vickie Tonkins tore into U.S. Rep. Doug Lamborn in a combative email denouncing the Colorado Springs Republican as dishonest and corrupt after Lamborn accused Tonkins and her allies of rigging the nomination…
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Colorado GOP chair Kristi Burton Brown makes good on vow to visit all 64 Colorado counties
It took nearly a year, but Colorado Republican Kristi Burton Brown has fulfilled one of the promises she made in her campaign for state GOP chair — visit every one of the state’s 64 counties during her first year in office. Burton Brown completed the journey earlier this month with a stop in Pitkin County…
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PERSPECTIVE: Republican leader hopes to balance Colorado
Democrats control 100% of Colorado’s government and hold all statewide offices, with the exception of one at-large seat on the Democrat-controlled University of Colorado Board of Regents. Republicans hope to change the balance in November. The Gazette’s editorial board met with Colorado Republican Party Chair Kristi Burton Brown to discuss how her party hopes to…
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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…