Tag: Shad Murib
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Tina Peters thanks Polis for shortening her sentence, calls Colorado Democrats’ censure a ‘travesty’
Two days after the Colorado Democratic Party formally condemned Gov. Jared Polis over his decision last week to shorten Tina Peters’ prison sentence for tampering with election equipment, Peters heaped praise on the term-limited Democrat and slammed his party for what she described as an attempt to bury the truth. “I feel it is important…
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Colorado Democrats formally rebuke Gov. Jared Polis for shortening Tina Peters’ prison sentence
The Colorado Democratic Party on Wednesday formally censured Democratic Gov. Jared Polis for reducing the prison sentence of Tina Peters, the former Mesa County clerk convicted of election-related felonies, and barred the term-limited governor from speaking or appearing as an honored guest at party functions until further notice. Nearly 90% of the Democrats’ state central…
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Colorado GOP asks judge to bar state from sending Republican primary ballots to unaffiliated voters
The Colorado Republican Party on Monday asked a federal judge to issue an emergency injunction to prevent the state’s unaffiliated voters from being able to cast ballots in the GOP’s upcoming primary election. Lawyers for the party argue in a motion filed in U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado that requiring Republicans to…
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Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear set to headline Colorado Democrats’ annual fundraising dinner
Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear, one of the Democrats’ top 2028 presidential prospects, is scheduled to deliver the keynote address at the Colorado Democratic Party’s annual fundraising dinner in June in Denver, the party said Friday. Serving his second term as governor of the otherwise solidly Republican state, Beshear chairs the Democratic Governors Association and is…
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Trump pardons Tina Peters, but Colorado officials say he can’t reverse state convictions | TRAIL MIX
President Donald Trump said late on Dec. 11 that he had issued a pardon for Tina Peters, the former Mesa County clerk convicted of orchestrating a scheme to breach secure election equipment, though Colorado officials and legal experts immediately countered that the president’s broad pardon powers don’t extend to state-level crimes like those committed by…
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Democrats cheer as Colorado voters hand wins to ballot measures, candidates backed by party | ANALYSIS
It was a good night for Democrats in Colorado Tuesday, as voters passed statewide and local ballot questions endorsed by the party, while rejecting Republican candidates in key municipal and school district elections. While none of the choices in the state’s off-year election carried partisan labels, both major parties poured resources and attention into contests…
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Colorado Democratic Party agrees to move Election Night watch party after recorder threatens lawsuit
Denver Clerk and Recorder Paul Lopez: ‘The law states that the location must be free of electioneering all of Election Day’
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Colorado’s Democratic convention delegates throw support behind Kamala Harris as party’s nominee
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Many of Colorado’s leading Democratic elected officials and others who will have a say in picking the party’s presidential ticket said Sunday that they support nominating Vice President Kamala Harris after President Joe Biden’s historic decision to withdraw from the race less than four months…
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Colorado Democratic Party demands name change from group saying ‘gender-affirming’ care is dangerous
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The Colorado Democratic Party on Friday demanded that a new group that describes “gender-affirming care” as “dangerous and disturbing” to cease using the word “Democrats” in its name. The chair of the Democratic Party of Denver also made a similar demand. “The Kremlin would be proud,” the Democrats for an Informed Approach to Gender replied. …
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COVER STORY | Polis loyalists follow candidate’s decree: Keep campaign ‘joyous’
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save If Democrat Jared Polis’ campaign for governor has a mantra — and you can bet the five-term congressman from Boulder’s operation has a mantra — it’s this: “Be joyous.” That’s according to Lisa Kaufmann, who chairs the Polis campaign and has helped chart the dot-com…