Tag: Primary

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.

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...

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.

Barack Obama campaigned for votes across the state, opening 12 offices in places often overlooked by presidential candidates. The strategy carried the Illinois senator...