Tag: Pat Schroeder
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Colorado remains among a shrinking pool of states with glass ceilings at top of the ticket | TRAIL MIX
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Will 2026 be the year Colorado voters shatter one of the state’s stubborn and seemingly incongruous glass ceilings? The Centennial State approaches next year’s sesquicentennial — preparing to celebrate the 150th anniversary of statehood — with an increasingly rare distinction in the almanac of American politics. Across all those years, voters have never elected a…
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The passing of Pat Schroeder reminds us how far we’ve come | Vince Bzdek
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save It wasn’t that long ago. Many of us who read this paper regularly can remember back to 1973, back when Pat Schroeder took office as the first women to represent Colorado in Congress. Schroeder’s passing this week at 82 reminds us that we’ve come a…
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Democratic leaders call party mates’ tactics to boost Ron Hanks, others during primary ‘unethical’
Issue One, a bipartisan group that works to lessen political polarization and limit the influence of big money over politics, issued a letter Monday with 35 prominent former Democratic elected officials, including a half dozen from Colorado, who criticized recent efforts by Democratic groups to intervene in Republican primaries. Signatories to the letter include former Gov.…
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TRAIL MIX | Minimal job requirements make for eclectic cast of U.S. lawmakers
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A year from now, Coloradans will be nearly finished with the process of hiring their congressional representatives for the next two years. In just 52 weeks, ballots will start going in the mail to Colorado’s registered voters — and if past performance is a guide, most…
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This was a week for our daughters to dance | Vince Bzdek
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save I don’t know about you, but I thought 22-year-old poet Amanda Gorman stole the show at the Presidential Inauguration this week with her electric recital of “The Hill We Climb.” She amassed nearly 900,000 Twitter followers over the course of the day, and I think…
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YESTERYEAR: Lamm threatens veto if GOP draws extremely favorable congressional maps
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Thirty-five Years Ago this week in The Colorado Statesman … House Majority Leader Ron Strahle’s congressional redistricting plan was already drawing veto threats from Gov. Dick Lamm, who swore he would never accept a Republican-drawn map that guaranteed the GOP five safe seats with just…
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YESTERYEAR: Lamm flirts with presidential run on Ross Perot’s Reform Party ticket
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Twenty Years Ago this week in The Colorado Statesman … Former Gov. Dick Lamm was remaining a Democrat — for the time being — but would be working hard to help Ross Perot’s Reform Party get its presidential candidate on the ballot in Colorado, and…