Tag: Unaffiliated Voters
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Turnout surges and winning margins stretch as final returns post in Colorado’s 2026 primary
County clerks finished posting unofficial results in Colorado’s primary election on Friday, drawing a line under a series of nominating contests that witnessed upsets, surprises and outright shockers by the time the votes were tallied. While the outcome changed in only one major, top-ticket race after the initial returns were reported on June 30, several…
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Registered voters on the eve of the 2026 primaries | Cronin & Loevy
The Colorado Secretary of State’s Office has published the latest voter registration figures for the state and its counties as of June. Colorado ranks among the highest states for independent, or unaffiliated, voters. Only Alaska and Massachusetts have more. New Hampshire, New Jersey, Maine and Oregon also rank highly. So here is what the state looks like politically as Coloradans are voting in this year’s party primary elections. Keep in…
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Colorado GOP request to block unaffiliated voters from receiving Republican primary ballots denied by judge
A federal judge on Tuesday denied the Colorado Republican Party’s request for an emergency injunction barring unaffiliated voters from participating in the state’s upcoming Republican primary election. U.S. District Court Judge Philip A. Brimmer said that preventing unaffiliated voters from receiving Republican primary ballots just weeks before ballots for the June 30 primary are scheduled…
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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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Colorado GOP votes down bid to ask court to prevent unaffiliated voters from voting in June primary
Members of the Colorado Republican Party’s executive committee rejected a proposal Thursday night to seek an emergency injunction in federal court to prevent unaffiliated voters from participating in the state’s upcoming June primary election. The proposed motion, backed by Colorado Republican National Committeeman Randy Corporon, was in response to a federal judge’s recent ruling that…
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Combat veteran, author Matt Cavanaugh launches independent challenge to Jeff Crank in Colorado’s 5th CD
Army combat veteran and author Matt Cavanaugh on Tuesday launched an independent bid to challenge first-term Republican U.S. Rep. Jeff Crank in Colorado’s 5th Congressional District, predicting that its voters are hungry for an alternative to what he termed the “broken two-party system.” “I’m as unhappy with this same old, broken Washington as everybody else…
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Federal court to determine unaffiliated voters’ eligibility to participate in primaries
A hearing Tuesday in U.S. District Court for Colorado will decide whether Republicans can obtain a preliminary injunction against the state to block unaffiliated voters from participating in the June 28 primary. A decision from Judge John Kane could come as soon as Friday, according to the Department of Law. The state GOP central committee…