Colorado Democratic Party

Colorado Democratic Party Chair Pat Waak sent out a release today proposing a set of questions for U.S. Senate candidate Jane Norton, who will appear at a conservative or right-leaning Candidate Search 2010 forum tonight in Colorado Springs. Either Waak hasn’t attended any conservative candidate forums this year or her proposed questions are really just [...]

Police Wednesday confirmed that Maurice Schwenkler, 24, is the man they took into custody Tuesday night as he fled the scene of the vandalized Colorado Democratic Party headquarters. Wearing a shirt hiked over his face, a hoodie and rubber gloves, Schwenkler allegedly smashed the 11 storefront-style windows and fled with an accomplice on bikes. The [...]

Despite sweeping electoral victories and dramatic shifts in party registration, Colorado hasn’t really shifted allegiance to the ruling Democrats, pollster Floyd Ciruli told a gathering of the state’s county commissioners Wednesday. “People are saying, ‘Go ahead, we’ll give you a year or two.’ And then they might pull the franchise if it doesn’t work out,” Ciruli told a gathering of Colorado Counties, Inc., according to Politics West’s John Ingold.

What is expected at the Democratic state convention in Colorado Springs Friday and Saturday besides 10,000 participants, political VIPs, vendors and media? Some delegates are planning for “chaos.”

The state convention and assembly for the Colorado Democratic Party is 10 days away and preparations are being fine-tuned for the event, scheduled for May 16-17 at the World Arena in Colorado Springs. Among the guests invited are Sen. Hillary Clinton and Sen. Barack Obama.

The fax machine was humming and foot traffic into the Colorado Democratic Party (CDP) headquarters in Denver was brisk last Thursday up to the 5 p.m. deadline to hand in the delegate form. The end result: Competition to sit on Colorado’s national convention delegation will be fierce at the state convention May 17 in Colorado [...]

The Colorado Democratic Party has released a compilation of delegate presidential preferences from the county conventions held last month. Based on these figures, Sen. Barack Obama continues to retain a hefty lead — almost 2 to 1 –  in delegate support over Sen. Hillary Clinton.

If you are one  of over 1,000 state Democratic delegates vying for the 55 slots to the Democratic National Convention in Denver Aug. 25-28, here are three words of advice from the Colorado Democratic Party: campaign, campaign, campaign.

National news media organizations have divvied-up Colorado’s Democratic national convention delegates between the Sen. Barack Obama and Sen. Hillary Clinton – Associated Press has the number at 35 for Obama and 20 for Clinton. But guess what? There is no official delegate presidential preference count yet, according to the Colorado Democratic Party (CDP,) so the [...]

Second in a series: With the excitement of a close race between Sen. Hillary Clinton and Sen. Barack Obama and the convenience of the Democratic National Convention in Denver, many state Democrats want to become delegates to the national convention. Colorado Confidential is following the trek of one delegate hopeful from Glenwood Springs, Nick Isenberg, [...]