Tag: election-2018
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Meet Colorado’s Joe Neguse and other history-makers of the 116th Congress
WASHINGTON — Diversity has been a hallmark of the 2018 midterm elections, which have seen a record number of women, minorities and first-time candidates running for office. Here are some of the history-makers from election night. Joe Neguse, D-Colo. By winning Colorado’s 2nd District, Neguse becomes the first Eritrean-American elected to Congress. The son of…
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Jared Polis earns historic victory over Walker Stapleton in Colorado governor’s race
– Click here for the latest election results. The Colorado governor’s race turned on aspirations, financial realities and a blue tsunami of support for Democrats, drowning Republican gubernatorial nominee Walker Stapleton in favor of Democrat Jared Polis, who will become the first elected openly gay governor in the U.S., and the state’s first Jewish governor. Polis…
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Democrat Tony Evers defeats Republican Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker
WASHINGTON — The Latest on Tuesday’s elections for governor and other state offices (all times local): 2:30 a.m. Democrat Tony Evers has defeated Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, denying the polarizing Republican and one-time presidential candidate a third term. Evers’ win on Tuesday is a huge victory for Democrats, who couldn’t find the recipe to take…
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2018 Colorado midterm election results blog: ‘One heck of a night’ for Democrats
– See the latest election results here. – Click here for complete election coverage and analysis. 11 p.m. update – Jared Polis earns historic win to become Colorado governor. Read more here. – Voters turn thumbs down on ballot measures. Read more here. – Blue wave appears to give Polis Democratic-controlled state Senate. Read more here. –…
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Colorado Democrats in the lead for all statewide offices
– Click here for the latest election results. As of late Tuesday, it appeared that Colorado’s next governor, treasurer and secretary of state will all be Democrats, and the Democrat running for attorney general held a narrow lead. Perhaps the biggest upset of the bunch is Democratic political newcomer Jena Griswold, who defeated Republican incumbent Secretary…
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PHOTOS: Election 2018 in Colorado
Scenes from Election Day on Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2018, around Colorado, including Jared Polis’ gubernatorial victory against Walker Stapleton. –> –> –>
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Blue wave appears to give Jared Polis a Democratic-controlled state Senate
– Click here for the latest election results. Colorado’s blue wave not only put Democrat Jared Polis into the governor’s mansion — it also appears to have given him a Democratic-controlled state Senate for his first term in office. As of press time it appeared that all five Senate seats most prized by both parties will…
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Colorado voters turn thumbs down on a host of ballot measures
– Click here for the latest election results. Colorado voters had a word for a host of major measures on their general election ballot: No. Proposals to restrict oil and gas development, tax the rich to fund schools, pay back property owners for the cost of regulation and lower the minimum age for state lawmakers were…
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Crow beats Coffman in key race for control of Congress
Voters in Denver’s suburbs just did something that doesn’t happen very often in Colorado — unseat a congressional incumbent. Members of either major party have only managed to pull it off three times in the last 30 years, but Democratic attorney Jason Crow ended Republican U.S. Rep. Mike Coffman’s three decades in elected office by…
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Colorado Democrats’ lead in ballot returns slips away
A second round of numbers Monday from the Colorado Secretary of State’s office shows 1,636,971 state voters have now turned in ballots, erasing the advantage held by Democrats in returning ballots from earlier in the day. Still, the overall trend held up of more Democrats and fewer Republicans turning in ballots ahead of election day…