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How Colorado’s Democratic candidates for governor would handle this important oil-and-gas...

Colorado Democratic Gov. John Hickenlooper, who leaves office next year because of term limits, said he will decide by May 18 whether to appeal a state...

Democrat Cary Kennedy is running for governor of Colorado. Here’s what...

In April, Cary Kennedy became the third major candidate— and the first woman— to kick off a campaign for governor in the Democratic primary. The...

Two more Colorado Democrats expected to announce runs for governor by...

Democratic Congressman Ed Perlmutter of Arvada and former Democratic State Treasurer Cary Kennedy are expected to launch bids for governor in the coming days. Perlmutter's people sent...

With Ken Salazar out, here’s a look at the 2018 Democratic...

Late Wednesday evening, former U.S. Sen. Ken Salazar of Colorado dropped a bomb on the 2018 governor's race. He won't be running, he wrote in a...

Colorado officials clash on how to finance public employee retirement

Over the course of his first year in office, Colorado Treasurer Walker Stapleton has targeted the state's public-employee pension plan, known as PERA, underlining its billions of dollars in liabilities and arguing that it should be reworked to reduce the state's obligations in part by giving over money to contributors to invest themselves. He brought his case to the state's House Finance Committee on Thursday and predictably ran up against deep Democratic skepticism.

Cary Kennedy named deputy mayor of Denver

Denver Mayor Michael Hancock today announced the appointment of Cary Kennedy as Deputy Mayor for the City and County of Denver. Currently serving as the city's chief financial officer, Kennedy will stand second in the mayoral line of succession, acting as chief executive when the mayor is unavailable.

Stapleton tops Kennedy; Gessler beats Buescher; Suthers downs Garnett

9News late Tuesday night called the Colorado treasurer race for Republican challenger and political newcomer Walker Stapleton by 52 to 48 percent margin over...

Cagey Stapleton dogged by lingering DUI questions

The incomplete records available from candidate for treasurer Walker Stapleton's 1999 DUI arrest have raised questions the week before Election Day that Stapleton has only partly addressed. As more details of the case emerge, Stapleton's fudging and partial responses play into assertions made by Democratic incumbent Cary Kennedy that voters are right to question her opponent's commitment to transparency in a race that will decide who will manage billions in tax payer cash in the coming four years.

Hickenlooper bus rolls into Idaho Springs

IDAHO SPRINGS -- People began gathering at least 30 to 40 minutes early in and around a small storefront in Idaho Springs Wednesday evening....

Kennedy ad: Unfolding Stapleton DUI story suggests lack of candor

Colorado Treasurer Cary Kennedy has released an ad calling into question her GOP opponent Walker Stapleton's fitness for office based on his 1999 arrest...