Author: Megan Schrader
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Trump running mate Gov. Mike Pence coming to Colorado Springs
Indiana Gov. Mike Pence, Republican nominee Donald Trump’s running mate, will hold a rally at 6 p.m. Wednesday at The Antlers hotel in downtown Colorado Springs. Jeff Hays, chairman of the El Paso County Republican Party, said no other details about the Pence campaign stop have been announced, but it will be after a Pence…
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Clinton likely to talk jobs in Colorado campaign stop
DENVER – Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton will be at Adams City High School on Wednesday with her running mate Sen. Tim Kaine, talking about her economic stimulus plan for her first 100 days as president. Keeping in theme with a three-day bus tour she and Kaine launched on Friday at Temple University in Pennsylvania,…
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Campaign events, Trump flap show Colorado will be a key player in 2016 presidential election
Colorado is clearly still in the game – the presidential politics game. Democrat nominee Hillary Clinton will be in Commerce City, a northern industrial suburb of Denver, on Wednesday afternoon for a public rally. She also will attend at least one public fundraiser in Aspen this week, according to Colorado Public Radio. Meanwhile, Indiana Gov.…
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Colorado Springs Senate candidate Darryl Glenn opens up about growing up in abusive home
DENVER – By now much of Colorado knows that Republican Senate candidate Darryl Glenn grew up in a house plagued by domestic violence. It’s a secret he guarded so closely while growing up in Colorado Springs even his closest friends at Doherty High School didn’t know the class president went home to a violent father.…
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Trump takes on negative ads, foreign trade in Colorado Springs campaign speech
Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump tackled negative ads head-on Friday in Colorado Springs, saying he would never mock a person’s disability and he wasn’t implying a reporter asked him tough questions because she was menstruating. “They do a commercial like I’m mocking a person with disability, and I’m not. I don’t remember this guy,” Trump…
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Donald Trump criticizes Colorado Springs fire marshal for keeping supporters out of rally
Thousands of people lined up for hours Friday to see Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, and many went home disappointed after the campaign significantly over-ticketed the event and then blamed the Colorado Springs fire marshal for refusing to allow in more spectators. “I have to tell you this is why our country doesn’t work,” Trump…
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Trump’s stop in Colorado Springs on Friday will draw fans and foes
More than 100 professors and staff members at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs signed a letter opposing the appearance of Donald Trump on campus Friday. Trump is scheduled to speak at 2 p.m. Friday at Gallogly Events Center. Tickets are available to the public online at donaldjtrump.com/schedule. The venue, at 1420 Austin Bluffs…
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Hickenlooper says Clinton ‘gets’ how to grow the U.S. economy
Gov. John Hickenlooper took the stage in Philadelphia Thursday just an hour before Hillary Clinton accepted the nomination for president at the Democratic National Convention. The brewpub-owner-turned-politician tried to hit a quick, light cord that tore down Republican nominee Donald Trump while building up Clinton. “I’ve never hosted a reality TV show but I know…
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Donald Trump stopping in Colorado Springs on Friday
Donald Trump will stop by the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs on Friday for a campaign event. The Republican presidential nominee will be at Gallogly Events Center at 2 p.m. Tickets are available at donaldjtrump.com/schedule. The center can hold about 1,500 people, according to the university. “Trump understands the political map better than mainstream…
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Political analysts ask: Is Colorado still a battleground state or has it turned light blue?
Donald Trump has officially added Colorado to his post-nomination tour of battleground states. Whether the Centennial State is the purple swing state it once was is up for debate, however. Colorado pollster and political analyst Floyd Ciruli says there’s a strong indication Colorado has turned blue for Democrats, even if it’s a light blue. “Democrats…