Author: Megan Schrader
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Graham marches to his own beat in GOP primary battle for U.S. Senate
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save DENVER – U.S. Senate candidate Jack Graham is traveling Colorado in a small luxury bus that serves as his office, complete with two televisions streaming cable news and wi-fi so he can research federal policy…
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Keyser says his commitment to service will propel him into U.S. Senate
DENVER – Jon Keyser is a skydiving, decorated Air Force intelligence officer with two kids, a law degree and a great one-liner to take aim at Sen. Michael Bennet in November – if he gets the chance. “Michael Bennet was born with a silver spoon in his mouth, and I have a Bronze Star,” Keyser…
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Colorado senator hauls in $1.65 million in campaign donations
DENVER – Sen. Michael Bennet has raised more than $1.65 million so far in the second quarter, according to numbers released by his campaign Thursday morning. The Democrat has over $5.7 million in the bank and has spent millions on TV ads that are running across the state. Five Republicans are running for the chance…
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Klingenschmitt, Gardner in a financial duel ahead of Colorado primary
Heated El Paso County campaigns for Colorado General Assembly seats are getting expensive, too. The two Republican candidates racing to replace term-limited Senate President Bill Cadman, R-Colorado Springs, are raising and spending the most ahead of the June 28 primary for state Senate District 12, which includes a huge swath of southern and eastern Colorado…
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Colorado bank trying to recoup money for investors
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Correction: An earlier version of this article reported that the Security and Exchange Commission appointed an oversight committee to help Aequitas investors. The SEC appointed an interim receiver, and the receiver appointed the oversight committee,…
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Keyser defends military record amid questions by rival senate candidate
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save DENVER – Jon Keyser laid to rest questions about the role he played in the capture and kill missions in Iraq that he frequently touts on the campaign trail for U.S. Senate. “I was physically…
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Hickenlooper signs beer and wine bill hours before deadline
DENVER – With the veto clock ticking, Gov. John Hickenlooper signed a bill Friday afternoon to allow chain grocery stores across the state to sell full-strength beer, wine and liquor … eventually. The former brewpub owner had until midnight Friday to veto the bill. Hickenlooper had been lukewarm on the bill, fearing that allowing businesses…
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Analysis: Colorado Senate candidates get feisty in debate
By the end of Wednesday’s Republican Senate debate, not a single candidate remained unscathed, in part because The Gazette and KKTV opened the debate to allow candidates to pepper each other. The final minutes of the hour-long conversation between five men seeking the Republican nomination for Senate proved heated and contentious. On a small stage…
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Keyser petition gatherer faces felony forgery counts
A woman faces 34 felony counts of forgery over accusations she faked signatures on petitions that put U.S. Senate candidate Jon Keyser on the Republican primary ballot. Maureen Marie Moss, 44, was arrested Wednesday, after three district attorneys filed charges against her. The investigation came after Marshall Zelinger, a reporter with 7News in Denver, tracked…
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U.S. Senate candidates set to debate in Colorado Springs
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Five U.S. Senate candidates have managed to caucus, petition and sue their names onto the ballots arriving in nearly a million Republican mailboxes across the state beginning this week. For those GOP voters who are…