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Colorado A-listers boost Hickenlooper’s 2020 presidential war chest to $2 million

WASHINGTON — John Hickenlooper has some high-profile donors boosting his bid to challenge President Trump for the White House in 2020. Former Colorado Sen. Ken...

Rep. Diana DeGette ‘not talking’ about her 2020 primary

WASHINGTON — Diana DeGette doesn’t want to discuss her 2020 primary. Not yet, anyway. “You know, I’m not talking about that right now,” the...

In presidential run, Colorado’s Hickenlooper pushes compromise in an uncompromising time...

It is a late Friday afternoon in early February and passengers at Gate 12 of Washington’s Reagan National Airport are displeased. “Fucking United,” a lawyer-lobbyist...

Littwin: Duran shocks the Colorado political world, but maybe not in...

I can safely predict that Crisanta Duran’s decision not to jump into the Democratic Senate primary — and instead primary Diana DeGette in the...

Colorado oil and gas industry prepares for battle at the ballot...

Oil and gas companies in Colorado are on track to reach record production levels this year. But when industry representatives gathered on the top...

Littwin: So much for the Dem civil war. In CO gov...

The strangest thing happened in the Democratic primary race a couple weeks ago. It finally got started. I know, it has been a year since...

Littwin: Ed Perlmutter, the might-have-been governor the Democrats let get away

In the bizarre political world in which we now live, one should be quite cautious before labeling anything either strange or unexpected because the...

Littwin: The body slammer wins and now the question is whether...

The body slammer wins in Montana, meaning, apparently, we're either one step closer to the apocalypse or to political reporters adopting concussion protocols. Or...

In filling COGCC vacancies, Hickenlooper replaces attorney whose firm now represents...

Gov. John Hickenlooper on Tuesday filled two vacant positions on the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission (COGCC), including a position for an environmentalist...

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...