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Norton stumbles over more questions of past lobbying activity

Jane Norton’s murky past as a possible lobbyist continues to haunt her as the former Colorado lieutenant governor tries to curry Tea Party votes...

RedState’s Erickson blasts Norton for embracing Murkowski

Colorado U.S. Senate candidate Jane Norton is drawing heat today for casting her lot with Lisa Murkowski, Alaska's embattled Republican Senator. Murkowski is under...

Buck and Norton vie for voter trust in first face off

COLORADO SPRINGS-- GOP U.S. Senate candidates Ken Buck and Jane Norton went head to head Tuesday night here after weeks of heated and sometimes ugly primary campaigning. The event drew roughly 400 conservative and tea party activists. The crowd hooted and hollered throughout the debate, cheering on the anti-Washington anti-government sentiments expressed by the candidates on stage.

Conservative Hasan strongly rebukes Norton ‘war on Islam’ messaging

Ali Hasan, former candidate for state treasurer and scion of the wealthy Hasans behind the GOP-backing Hasan Family Foundation, has posted a sharp rebuke...

Where wilderness is concerned, the Buck apparently stops in Weld County

Weld County district attorney and Republican U.S. Senate candidate Ken Buck sat down with former Colorado Independent reporter Ernest Luning (now with the Colorado...

Rice starts voter petition demanding Norton take down 9-11 ad

Colorado and national Democrats are expressing outrage at a recent Jane Norton recent campaign ad that evokes the 9-11 attacks to criticize the Obama...

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

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...

Despite rock-bottom public opinion, Republicans still championing BP

A new NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll delivers the latest edition of “Today’s Awful News” for British Petroleum. BP’s favorability rating now...

Colorado Democratic Party jumps on Buck ethics story

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...

Rasmussen ranks Colorado top tea party state

Thirty three percent of likely voters in Colorado consider themselves members of the tea party, the largest percent of self-identifying tea partiers in any...