Tag: Yadira Caraveo
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Manny Rutinel defeats Shannon Bird in Colorado’s 8th CD Democratic primary, will face Gabe Evans
State Rep. Manny Rutinel ran away with the Democratic nomination in Colorado’s most competitive congressional district on Tuesday, defeating former state Rep. Shannon Bird in the primary in Colorado’s 8th CD, where he will face Republican U.S. Rep. Gabe Evans in what’s expected to be one of the most expensive and competitive House races in…
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Democrat Evan Munsing suspends campaign in primary to challenge Gabe Evans in Colorado’s 8th CD
Democratic congressional candidate Evan Munsing announced Wednesday that he is suspending his campaign to challenge Republican U.S. Rep. Gabe Evans in Colorado’s most competitive U.S. House district, saying his bid to run as an outsider committed to reform has been drowned out by a flood of spending by Washington insiders. Munsing’s withdrawal less than two…
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Evans challenger Evan Munsing qualifies by petition for Democratic primary ballot in Colorado’s 8th CD
Thornton Democrat Evan Munsing, one of three major Democratic candidates challenging Republican U.S. Rep. Gabe Evans’ bid for a second term, became the first candidate to qualify for Colorado’s 8th Congressional District primary after submitting a sufficient number of valid petition signatures, state officials said Friday. Munsing, a Marine Corps combat veteran and investment executive,…
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Colorado Republicans Gabe Evans, Bill Owens endorse Barb Kirkmeyer’s gubernatorial campaign
Republican State Sen. Barb Kirkmeyer’s campaign to be Colorado’s next governor has landed endorsements from the last Republican to unseat a Democratic member of Congress in the state and the last Republican to be elected governor. U.S. Rep. Gabe Evans and former Gov. Bill Owens said in their respective endorsements that Kirkmeyer’s experience in all…
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Colorado Democrat Yadira Caraveo drops bid to win back 8th Congressional District seat
Former U.S. Rep. Yadira Caraveo announced on Friday that she was ending her campaign to reclaim the Colorado congressional seat the Thornton Democrat lost last year in one of the closest U.S. House races in the country. Caraveo, a pediatrician and the first Latina to represent the state in Washington said in a statement that…
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Colorado lawmakers, DIA seek support from TSA to curb long security lines
Those long security lines at Denver International Airport are “rough and getting worse.” With the holiday rush nearly here, and a record number of annual passengers expected at DIA this year, some members of Colorado’s congressional delegation are calling on the Transportation Security Administration to step in. DIA has experienced an “unprecedented increase” in the…
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Congresswoman seeks answers on Commerce City train derailment
U.S. Rep. Yadira Caraveo wants answers from BNSF about why a freight train derailed near the active SunCor Refinery in June. The incident happened more than two weeks ago and there’s still little information as to what happened, according to the Thornton Democrat. Caraveo wrote a letter to BNSF President and CEO Katie Farmer noting…
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Amprius Technologies, Inc. to create gigawatt-scale factory in Brighton
Amprius Technologies, Inc. (NYSE:AMPX), signed a letter of intent for a 775,000 square-foot lithium-ion battery production facility in Brighton, according to a Monday news release. The company plans to create a gigawatt scale factory to support lithium-ion battery production which will benefit the U.S. electric mobility market, according to the release by Gov. Jared Polis…
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Who’s got the juice? | 2022 IN REVIEW
The political turmoil and transformation of 2022 revealed the movers and shakers of Colorado’s political realm. Colorado Politics identified 10 of the individuals and groups who had the biggest wins and made the most impact on state politics this year: Gov. Jared Polis Polis was reelected for his second term as governor in November, winning…
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Democrat Yadira Caraveo defeats Barb Kirkmeyer in Colorado’s 8th CD | ELECTION NIGHT 2022
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Democratic state Rep. Yadira Caraveo, a Thornton pediatrician, has won the election to represent Colorado’s new 8th Congressional District, defeating Republican state Sen. Barb Kirkmeyer in a race that came down to the wire. The race likely lived up to its billing as the most…