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In long run-up to 2012, Gardner draws heat for anti-environmental record

Freshman Republican Congressman Cory Gardner weathered a drawn out if ultimately not-close Tea Party caucus battle last year and rode the Republican wave to victory over Democrat Betsy Markey.* Less than a year later, he's again navigating the increasingly rocky electoral waters of Colorado's sprawling Fourth District.

Ritter At 6: ‘What Was I Thinking?’

Six months into his first term, Gov. Bill Ritter laughs easily when asked what, looking back, he has done to make him now smack...

Ritter Crosses The Six-Month Mark

Colorado Gov. Bill Ritter started out governing largely from the middle, and six months in, is still jogging up the center aisle. That means he...