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Colorado Dems troll GOP candidates for US Senate. With the Constitution.

Democrats in Colorado have a message for the dozen-or-so Republican candidates vying to take on Democrat Michael Bennet in the fall: Read the Constitution. The Colorado Democratic...

Colorado GOP Senate candidate Tim Neville’s AR-15 giveaway is old hat

  Tim Neville, a Republican state senator from Littleton who's running for the U.S. Senate, has a sure-fire way to entice voters to bolster his bid in the March...

Candidates in GOP US Senate race agree to agree

DENVER — Eager to understand what sets candidates apart in the crowded field of GOP contenders vying to unseat U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet this...

Robert Blaha’s Senate messaging: The Fuhrer, toilets and fisting

Exploding toilets, fisting and now Adolf Hitler have all been featured in wealthy Colorado Springs Republican businessman Robert Blaha's U.S. Senate campaign messaging. His coarse...

Neville slams Planned Parenthood, glorifies guns at campaign kickoff

Tim Neville officially launched his U.S. Senate run Tuesday night, blasting Planned Parenthood, Obamacare and the EPA.   If you love unregulated guns, want to destroy Planned Parenthood...

George Brauchler turns down U.S. Senate race

The “will he or won’t he” rumors about George Brauchler’s run for the U.S. Senate seat currently held by Democrat Michael Bennet were put...

Gardner’s win a crown jewel for GOP

  In a night of many Republican victories, none was sweeter for those at the Hyatt Regency Denver Tech Center on Tuesday than the Senate...

Gardner ousts Udall from U.S. Senate

At the Hyatt Regency DTC on Tuesday night, everyone was a resident of Yuma. Or wanted to be. “Is anyone here from Yuma?” asked Senator-elect...

Gardner builds lead that may be insurmountable

Republican Congressman Cory Gardner appears in preliminary election returns to have unseated incumbent U.S. Sen. Mark Udall in a hard-fought campaign that was indicative of a national GOP wave against an unpopular president.

Udall: ‘I relish the competition’

By Steve Lipsher and Marianne Goodland Democratic U.S. Sen. Mark Udall, enduring a bruising battle in the form of a challenge from Republican Congressman Cory...