Tag: d.c.
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Colorado Springs Movers & Shakers
Reza Zaheri has been appointed chief information security officer for Colorado Springs-based software company Quantum Metric. He was the founder of 1:M Cyber Security, a Los Angeles security training company. He also had been director of digital forensics, incident response and security awareness for DirecTV/AT&T, a security engineer for the Los Angeles law firm Sheppard…
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Loss of U.S. Space Command a ‘missed opportunity’ for Colorado Springs; what next?
John Suthers has plenty of economic development wins as mayor — a massive Amazon distribution center and Southwest Airlines expanding to Colorado Springs to name two — but he called the loss of the U.S. Space Command to Huntsville, Ala., his biggest setback. “We haven’t had a whole lot of economic development bad news, but…
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Colorado Springs defense firm using gaming to train Space Force personnel
A Colorado Springs defense contractor wants to use a gaming-based training system it developed, with a name chosen from one of Star Trek’s most feared villains, to prepare U.S. Space Force personnel for their next assignment. The Battle Space Operational Readiness Game, or BORG, was designed by Boecore to replace lengthy and ponderous Microsoft PowerPoint…
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Immigration advocate joins crowded Democratic race for Gardner’s US Senate seat
A Denver immigration advocate and nonprofit executive is the latest Democrat to declare her candidacy for the U.S. Senate seat held by Republican Cory Gardner. Michelle Ferrigno Warren, 48, the advocacy and strategic engagement director for the Christian Community Development Association, plans to formally launch her campaign this week. “This is a very trying time…
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Poll shows Hickenlooper would dominate Colorado’s Democratic US Senate primary
Former Gov. John Hickenlooper has said repeatedly that he has no intention of abandoning his struggling White House bid to challenge Republican U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner — but a new poll shows he would be the clear front-runner for the Democratic nomination if he reset his sights on the Colorado race. The Public Policy Polling…
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Democrat Jena Griswold exploring US Senate bid against Cory Gardner
Less than a week after the release of a voter survey showing her out-polling all but one of the Democrats running in Colorado’s 2020 U.S. Senate primary, Secretary of State Jena Griswold has formed an exploratory committee to consider joining the field of candidates hoping to unseat Republican Cory Gardner. According to the Senate primary…
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New poll gives Romanoff, undeclared candidate Griswold edge in US Senate primary
A new poll gives former Colorado House Speaker Andrew Romanoff and Secretary of State Jena Griswold the edge in the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate. Oddly enough, Griswold isn’t even in the race; she was sworn in as secretary of state — her first elected office — in January. The poll was paid for by Next Senate…
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Democrat Angela Williams joins crowded field taking aim at US Sen. Cory Gardner
State Sen. Angela Williams on Monday became the latest Democrat to join a crowded primary to take on Republican U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner. The northeast Denver lawmaker becomes the 11th declared candidate and the first sitting elected official declaring a bid to unseat Gardner, considered among the most vulnerable GOP senators up for election next year. “Throughout…
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Former state Rep. Madden enters crowded Democratic Senate race for Gardner’s seat (VIDEO)
Former Colorado House Majority Leader Alice Madden is the latest Democrat to enter the crowded primary to challenge Republican U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner. With her entry, there are now 12 Democrats seeking to unseat Gardner. Madden told Colorado Politics she plans to bring a focus on combating climate change to the race. “We don’t have…