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Buck looks forward to uniting party in run against Bennet

By | 08.11.10 | 12:06 am

LOVELAND – Republican U.S. Senate candidate and Weld County District Attorney Ken Buck celebrated his primary win Tuesday night over Jane Norton as a victory for true conservative principles and the willingness to stand up for them against an unresponsive Washington culture of excess.

Wadhams at GOP assembly: Democrats want to turn U.S. into Europe

By | 05.22.10 | 9:14 am

LOVELAND– The state GOP assembly is underway here at the Budweiser Events Center and state Party Chairman Dick Wadhams kicked it off with a crowd-pleasing bang, zinging Democrats running for office in the state with nicknames and broad-stroking them as Europe lovers: “Accidental senator Michael Bennet and Denver Mayor John Hickenritter want to make us like Europe. We won’t stand for that. Hear me clearly, Mayor Hickenritter, Senator Bennet, Representative Betsy Markey, Representative John Salazar—you will not make the Unites States of America just another part of Europe.”

Third-party candidates: Worthy of respect and impossible to elect

By | 05.18.10 | 11:18 am

Tea partiers came roaring out of the gate last spring determined to shake up the political system. In Colorado, tea party groups invited candidates of all stripes and affiliations and non-affiliations to forums. Yet tea partiers now appear to be…

Gardner scores CD4 endorsement from former rival Brown

By | 03.17.10 | 5:32 pm

Fort Collins City Council member Diggs Brown has endorsed state Rep. Cory Gardner, R-Yuma, in the 4th Congressional District race, according to Fort Collins Coloradoan Editor Bob Moore. Brown ranked second in the 4th CD race among GOP caucus voters…

Buck and Romanoff notch caucus wins

By | 03.17.10 | 9:19 am

The Associated Press described last night’s caucus results as a measure of anti-establishment sentiment but that’s a stretch. The results suggest voters’ feelings were mixed, that there are no clear frontrunners, and that Coloradans should be prepared for heated campaigns for months to come.

Caucus Night Colorado

By | 03.16.10 | 4:40 pm

Tonight is Caucus night in Colorado. Thousands of political junkies and activists will turn out to elect delegates to represent candidates at the party state assemblies in May.

Tea Partying Diggs Brown on global warming: ‘Dinosaurs weren’t driving cars’

By | 03.15.10 | 2:30 pm

Nothing goes over at a Tea Party forum quite like jokes about Al Gore and global warming. National Guardsman Diggs Brown, who is running for Betsy Markey’s 4th District Congressional seat, drew laughs Thursday at the Northern Colorado Tea

‘Regular guy’ Madere, riding the Palin wave, set to announce CO4 candidacy

By | 11.18.09 | 12:20 pm

The self described “regular guy” from Loveland, Dean Madere, a member of the Glenn Beck-inspired Loveland 9/12 project, is formally announcing his candidacy tonight to represent Colorado’s 4th congressional district. He’s looking to rally the anti-Washington / anti-politician pro-Sarah Palin…