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Poundstone says Maes has yet to repay loan; his financial reports say otherwise

By | 09.23.10 | 5:05 pm

Republican Dan Maes, in a recent campaign disclosure, says he refunded a $300 campaign contribution to longtime Republican activist Freda Poundstone. Never mind that nowhere in his disclosures does he claim to have received a campaign contribution from Poundstone.

Poll: Maes fading fast; Hickenlooper maintains strong lead

By | 09.23.10 | 10:28 am

Is GOP candidate for governor Dan Maes a closet Hickenlooper supporter? As he continues to struggle, his Democratic rival, Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper continues to make gains in a race that also features the insurgent run being made by former…

Maes vows to raise $500,000, more than double his total so far

By | 09.17.10 | 6:03 pm

Republican nominee for governor Dan Maes announced on his Facebook page today that he intends to raise $500,000 today, which if he does would sure shut that pesky Tom Tancredo up.

Tancredo during a debate today in Loveland…

Maes fined another $3,000 by Secretary of State for campaign finance violations

By | 09.16.10 | 11:50 am

The Colorado Secretary of State’s office confirmed today that it has levied an additional $3,000 in fines against Republican Dan Maes’ campaign for governor.

Secretary of State spokesman Rich Coolidge said the fines are in response to the

Maes: Post articles have been fair despite GOP attacks on paper

By | 07.17.10 | 1:56 pm

CENTENNIAL – Arapahoe and Denver County Republican leaders railed on the Denver Post Friday night, saying the newspaper has been attacking their candidates as part of an orchestrated corporate agenda to take down Republicans. Dan Maes, one of the GOP…

Secretary of State hobbled in battle against clean-elections violators

By | 12.04.09 | 8:40 am

Voters in Colorado care about clean elections and voted through a ballot initiative specifically to enact laws governing campaign finances in 2002. Lawbreakers have been caught and fined. But that’s apparently where enforcement ends. The list of groups violating the law includes an increasing number that simply skirt the fines judges have levied against them. Secretary of State Bernie Buescher now seems determined to go after the deadbeats, but his office told the Colorado Independent that the law, as it stands now, simply lacks teeth.