Tag: 2020

Americans for Prosperity Action rolls out Gardner ad The conservative advocacy apparatus Americans for Prosperity Action is rolling out a six-figure ad buy to help like-minded senators in four states, including Colorado’s Cory Gardner. AFP Action had previously announced its plan to put money and volunteers behind the embattled Republican incumbent, as Democrats appear to…

Sierra Club posts billboards against Cory Gardner The Colorado Sierra Club is reaching out to people driving predominantly fossil-fuel burning vehicles to suggest Republican Sen. Cory Gardner is a bad guy who’s bad for the state’s outdoors. The advocacy group is spending $13,824 on five billboards — two in Colorado Springs, as well signs in…

In a battle of resumes between Republicans and Democrats in a hotly contested U.S. Senate race, incumbent Cory Gardner trotted out another credential this week. The embattled Republican from Yuma is a congressional champion on conservation, according to an organization once known as Republicans for Environmental Protection. The nonprofit rebranded as ConservAmerica in 2012. “The Congressional…

Democratic State Rep. James Coleman of Denver announced Tuesday he plans to run for Senate District 33. The district encompasses east Denver, including Park Hill and all the way north to Denver International Airport. But Coleman, at least for now, is not alone in that race. The incumbent, Democratic Sen. Angela Williams, filed for re-election…

When it comes to fundraising in Colorado’s crowded Democratic U.S. Senate primary, it’s John Hickenlooper up here and everyone else down there. The popular former two-term governor raised about three times as much as the other seven active primary candidates combined for the quarter that ended Sept. 30, though the two Democrats with legislative wins…

Colorado’s U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner is praising a funding increase for renewable energy in Colorado. The U.S. Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy announced Monday that $5.7 million in project funding will be awarded to the renewable energy laboratory in Golden. “This funding is great news for Colorado and our cutting-edge energy research community,” Gardner…