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DeMint endorsement in Indiana race translates as fast cash

By | 04.21.10 | 2:51 pm

South Carolina Senator Jim DeMint, Tea Party favorite and leading national voice for disgruntled Republican voters, endorsed Ken Buck in the Colorado U.S. Senate race last week. He said he wanted to “shine a light” on Buck and “help…

Romanoff announces Q1 campaign total: $386,000

By | 04.19.10 | 11:41 pm

U.S. Senate candidate Andrew Romanoff at last announced his fundraising totals for the first quarter. An anonymous Colorado Statesman reporter posting at blogsite Colorado Pols late Monday night said campaign spokesman Roy Teicher reported the campaign raised $385,647 and…

Buck raised $219,000 in first quarter campaign cash

By | 04.15.10 | 2:40 pm

U.S. Senate candidate Ken Buck notched $219,000 so far in 2010, his campaign announced Thursday. It’s no great figure in statewide race for national office where he’s battling through a tough primary. But the figure dwarfs his total for the…

DeMint on Buck endorsement: ‘We’ve got to have an earthquake election’

By | 04.14.10 | 4:08 pm

South Carolina U.S. Senator and national conservative-movement lawmaker leader Jim DeMint officially announced he was endorsing Weld County DA Ken Buck in the Colorado Republican primary contest aimed at taking Sen. Michael Bennet’s seat this November. DeMint said he had been watching the race closely for months but that he had waited to see how “Coloradans would speak.”

More Buck: Senate candidate draws another endorsement ad campaign

By | 04.14.10 | 8:59 am

U.S. Senate candidate Ken Buck is having a good week. He has yet to announce his First Quarter campaign donation totals but he scored a major endorsement from arch-conservative South Carolina Senator Jim DeMint Tuesday and his chief opponent

Buck campaign: ‘He’s the underdog and proud of it’

By | 02.03.10 | 7:16 am

Republican U.S. Senate candidate Ken Buck got creamed on the numbers this week. He drew $40,000 in the fourth quarter of 2009 compared to GOP frontrunner Jane Norton’s $550,000 haul. Democratic incumbent Michael Bennet pulled in a cool $1.1 million.

“That’s today’s story,” said Buck campaign manager Walt Klein.

Ken Buck campaign ad stirs up supporters and speculation

By | 01.28.10 | 2:40 pm

The U.S. Senate campaign for Weld County D.A. Ken Buck reportedly knew nothing of the ad before it aired and even now isn’t sure where the ad is running. “I heard it’s playing on the networks. I think I…

GOP plan to ‘repeal health care’ faces high hurdles

By | 12.29.09 | 8:24 am

As soon as the Senate passed the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act on Dec.24, Republicans and conservative activists started making a promise to voters. Give them a victory in the 2010 midterm elections, and they’ll repeal the bill.

C-Street Christian house in D.C. loses evasive tax-free church status

By | 11.18.09 | 11:33 am

The C-Street townhouse that serves as a home away from home to conservative Christian lawmakers and that has been the site of recent high-profile sex scandals has been registered as a Church by its owners as a tax dodge for…