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Post and (believe it or not) a talk-radio show had most primary election impact

By | 09.07.10 | 6:25 am

Before the memory of the primary elections slips behind us (yes, I know it’s been unforgettable, but still), I wanted to point out the media organ that’s moved off the sidelines to have the second greatest impact on the election.…

Romanoff concedes to Bennet, says he’ll help incumbent win in November

By | 08.10.10 | 8:11 pm

U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet campaign spokesman Trevor Kincaid told the Colorado Independent that Democratic primary challenger Andrew Romanoff just called Bennet and conceded the race and said he would do anything he could to help Bennet win in November’s general…

Buck team confident their candidate won early voting

By | 08.10.10 | 7:28 pm

In Loveland tonight at U.S. Senate candidate Ken Buck’s Embassy Suites primary day party, the all-American music has been blaring for a half hour– Springsteen and Mellencamp and Journey and Boston. People are drinking Coors. Buck just walked in and…

Stragglers, others can vote at the polls in Colorado mail-in primary Tuesday

By | 08.09.10 | 3:54 pm

In Colorado, Primary Day is tomorrow. There will be little real exit polling. There will be no real lines at the polls, no real polling place socializing and no New Black Panther polling place intimidation! Why? Because it’s going to…

McInnis camp still ‘following up’ on Hasan payment tax questions

By | 08.06.10 | 5:44 pm

GOP gubernatorial candidate Scott McInnis spokesman Sean Duffy told the Colorado Independent Friday afternoon that he’s still following up on tax questions regarding $112,500 of the $300,000 payment he received from the Hasan Family Foundation for plagiarized water articles.…

Obama, likely reacting to polling, endorses Bennet on teleconference

By | 08.04.10 | 10:25 am

On a town-hall style press conference call Tuesday night, President Barack Obama joined Sen. Michael Bennet to present his reasons Democratic voters should choose the incumbent Democratic senator as their candidate over former state Speaker of the House Andrew Romanoff in Tuesday’s primary election.

Buck, Norton shrug off extremist labels at Estes Park tea-party event

By | 07.07.10 | 12:38 pm

ESTES PARK – During a tea party rally held here Tuesday, candidates for the Republican nomination for U.S. Senate – Ken Buck and Jane Norton – used their podium time to deflect extremism labels, with Buck arguing it’s D.C. insiders who are the real extremists.

Complaint alleges Senate candidate Norton petition signatures invalid

By | 06.16.10 | 4:08 pm

DENVER— Failed GOP Senate candidate Thomas Bjorklund yesterday filed a complaint in Denver District Court seeking to disqualify GOP U.S. Senate candidate Jane Norton from the August primary ballot.

The apparently hastily prepared complaint misspells at the top of…

Anti-incumbent narrative complicated by Tuesday elections

By | 05.19.10 | 10:15 am

The well-worn theme going into Tuesday’s elections — that a nationwide storm of voter unrest would spell mid-term doom for “big government” incumbents and particularly Democrats — was hardly proven. Indeed, two of the three high-profile races yesterday featured establishment candidates taking on other establishment candidates — with liberals coming out on top. If any one message emerged from the voting, it was that Republicans, who have been hoping that public discontent will translate to big congressional gains in November, may be forced to reevaluate.

Obama’s Strategy Pays Off Big in Colorado

By | 02.06.08 | 9:59 am

Barack Obama campaigned for votes across the state, opening 12 offices in places often overlooked by presidential candidates. The strategy carried the Illinois senator to a resounding victory in Tuesday’s caucus.

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