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Elissa Slotkin, Jason Crow urge fellow Democrats to ’play offense’ in response to Trump | TRAIL MIX
Calling the second Trump administration “an existential threat to democracy,” Michigan Sen. Elissa Slotkin urged donors attending a campaign fundraiser for fellow Democrat U.S. Rep. Jason Crow to push party leaders to abandon their defensive crouch and get serious. Delivering informal keynote remarks at the annual Crow Fest on Sept. 27 at Breckenridge Brewery in…
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Elissa Slotkin, Jason Crow urge fellow Democrats to ’play offense’ in response to Trump | TRAIL MIX
Calling the second Trump administration “an existential threat to democracy,” Michigan Sen. Elissa Slotkin urged donors attending a campaign fundraiser for fellow Democrat U.S. Rep. Jason Crow to push party leaders to abandon their defensive crouch and get serious. Delivering informal keynote remarks at the annual Crow Fest on Sept. 27 at Breckenridge Brewery in…
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Gov. Jared Polis names a new chief of staff
Gov. Jared Polis announced Tuesday that David Oppenheim, a long-time staffer in the governor’s policy office, will become his new chief of staff, effective Sept. 13. He will replace Alec Garnett, who has been in that role since Jan. 1, 2023. Garnett is headed to UC Health to become vice president for government and regulatory…
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TRAIL MIX | Candidate switcheroos are nothing new in Colorado
Wouldn’t you know it, less than a week after last week’s Trail Mix column went to press, it was obsolete. In the holiday news lull, it had seemed like a good opportunity to take stock of the candidate line-ups in major Colorado races. While savvy political watchers have been expecting at least a few additional contenders…
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TRAIL MIX | A few standouts in early 2022 fundraising numbers
Campaign fundraising isn’t everything, but with a long 18 months until the 2022 election, at this point it’s the clearest way to quantify how the cycle is shaping up. Colorado’s federal candidates — for next year’s Senate race and seven of the eight seats the state will have in the House of Representatives for the…
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Reactions on the guilty verdict of Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin
As the verdict came down in the trial of former police officer Derek Chauvin in Minneapolis, the news rippled in the Rockies on Tuesday afternoon. At the Colorado Capitol, state Rep. Tony Exum Sr., a Democrat from Colorado Springs, offered the first official post-conviction response: a prayer at a press conference. State Rep. Leslie Herod,…
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Colorado’s Joe Neguse lands atop rankings of most-effective lawmakers | TRAIL MIX
It’s hard to miss Joe Neguse these days. Already a regular on cable news shows during his first term, the Lafayette Democrat’s turn as a House impeachment manager in former President Donald Trump’s second Senate trial earlier this year sent his profile soaring. On April 8 at the White House, as President Joe Biden announced…
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BARTELS | Michael Bennet gets the 2022 cycle rolling with his latest fundraising pitch
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save So, 2020 is going to end just like it began, with Colorado’s Michael Bennet asking for money for his campaign. At the start of the year, the U.S. senator was engaged in a longshot bid to win the Democratic nomination for president and his campaign…
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BARTELS | Michael Bennet gets the 2022 cycle rolling with his latest fundraising pitch
So, 2020 is going to end just like it began, with Colorado’s Michael Bennet asking for money for his campaign. At the start of the year, the U.S. senator was engaged in a longshot bid to win the Democratic nomination for president and his campaign regularly sent fundraising appeals. “Hey — can you spare $5…
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Trump, Colorado officials express ‘deepest condolences’ for victims in Douglas County shooting
President Donald Trump offered his condolences Sunday morning to the victims of a shooting in Highlands Ranch that killed one Douglas County sheriff’s deputy and wounded six others, including four deputies. “My deepest condolences to the victims of the terrible shooting in Douglas County @dcsheriff, and their families. We love our police and law enforcement…