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Dems watching GOP elite to make sure Maes is the man

By | 07.15.10 | 12:43 pm

Despite claims by Republican gubernatorial candidate Scott McInnis on his facebook page that he’s staying in the race in the wake of plagiarism allegations, the Colorado Democratic Party Thursday was gunning hard for his primary opponent, Evergreen businessman…

Speaker Carroll says McInnis should pull out of guv’s race

By | 07.13.10 | 2:02 pm

Colorado Speaker of the House Terrance Carroll Tuesday called on gubernatorial candidate Scott McInnis to withdraw from the race after the Denver Post published a story alleging the former six-term U.S. congressman plagiarized parts of several articles on water…

Democrats say Buck ‘can’t be trusted’ after Tancredo flip-flop

By | 07.10.10 | 5:30 pm

Colorado Democratic Party Chairwoman Pat Waak Saturday said “Coloradans simply can’t trust Ken Buck” in response to U.S. Senate hopeful Buck’s reversal on former congressman Tom Tancredo’s assertion that Barack Obama presents the “greatest threat” to the United States.…

DeMint joins Buck in bucking Republican establishment candidates

By | 07.09.10 | 11:26 am

DENVER–Ken Buck was joined by Sen. Jim DeMint today as he hosted a hotdog hoedown for both grass-roots and establishment supporters. DeMint said he has been lonely in Washington but saw a wave of anti-establishment choices, like Buck, rising to the top in this election. Continuing to lash out against characterizations of extremism Buck said that his brand of extremism would be to stand with DeMint in the Senate and champion free market values. Democratic Party Chair Pat Waak said that was the more or less the extremism they are talking about.

VIDEO: Badly timed pro-Buck ‘cesspool’ ad may deliver reverse message

By | 06.25.10 | 11:58 am

Weld County D.A. Ken Buck has taken a hit this week in his campaign for U.S. Senate. Accusations of corruption gained traction when a Denver Post story Thursday aired the dark and messy details surrounding Buck’s exit a decade…

Colorado Democratic Party jumps on Buck ethics story

By | 06.24.10 | 2:28 pm

Measured by recent polls and delegate voting and media coverage, Weld County D.A. Ken Buck is now solidly out front in the heated GOP U.S. Senate primary race. In response, his opponent, onetime strong frontrunner and former Lt Governor…

McInnis on Voorhis affair: ‘As governor, we will get to the bottom of this’

By | 05.12.10 | 12:12 pm

Is talk radio forever? When you’re running for office, it might well be. When talk radio muckraker Peter Boyles said this week that GOP gubernatorial candidate Scott McInnis had called for a grand jury investigation into the Cory Voorhis…

GOP House candidate Johansson likely moved to Golden just to gun for Tyler

By | 05.07.10 | 12:30 pm

When Democrat Max Tyler, Lakewood, was appointed to fill a vacancy created by Gwyn Green’s resignation from the Colorado House of Representatives last May, he knew he would have to run to retain the seat this year. Indeed, Tyler’s seat has been pegged by political analysts as one of roughly 20 state swing seats this year. But Tyler couldn’t have predicted that Republican Edgar Johansson would move from Denver to Golden just to run against him.

McInnis support for Arizona immigration law drawing appalled reactions

By | 04.28.10 | 5:19 pm

Colorado Democratic Party leaders and rights groups are voicing appalled reaction to statements made Wednesday by GOP gubernatorial candidate Scott McInnis, who lauded Arizona Governor Jan Brewer for signing tough, deeply controversial and perhaps unconstituional immigration laws in the country last week. McInnis said he would seek to do the same thing in Colorado were he to win election.

AUDIO: McInnis would enact harsh Arizona-style immigration laws

By | 04.28.10 | 10:26 am

On the Peter Boyles talk radio show Wednesday morning, Republican gubernatorial candidate Scott McInnis said that if he were governor, he would seek to pass the same kind of harsh anti-illegal immigration laws recently passed in Arizona. “I would do something very similar [to what Gov. Jan Brewer did in Arizona],” said McInnis, lauding Brewer for signing the legislation.