Tag: election news
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State lawmakers take on ‘invisible killer’
DENVER • In Manitou Springs last month, 22-year old Kelly Murphy, a wife and mother, lost her life to carbon monoxide poisoning. In November, the odorless gas claimed the lives of the four members of the Lofgren family, who were vacationing in Aspen. Last week, a Greeley ice arena was emptied and 14 people hospitalized…
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Groups vow to fight TABOR repeal effort
Three citizens groups are gearing up to oppose a possible ballot measure in the April election to repeal Colorado Springs’ Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights. The measure hasn’t been officially recommended to the City Council. That’s likely to happen Tuesday, when the council meets with the Sustainable Funding Committee, a volunteer group that’s been studying how…
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Fears of a Dem crackdown lead to boom in gun sales
MIDLOTHIAN, Va. – When 10-year-old Austin Smith heard Barack Obama had been elected president, he had one question: Does this mean I won’t get a new gun for Christmas?That brought his mother, the camouflage-clad Rachel Smith, to Bob Moates Sports Shop on Thursday, where she was picking out that special 20-gauge shotgun – one of…
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Colorado voters reject affirmative action ban
DENVER – Colorado voters have rejected a proposal to ban state affirmative action programs, becoming the first state in the nation to say “No” to a ballot measure passed by four other states.Amendment 46 would have barred state officials from considering race or gender in decisions on hiring, contracting and admissions to public colleges and…
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Bush seeks seamless transition to Obama
WASHINGTON – President Bush says he’ll meet with President-elect Barack Obama next week as his administration works to achieve a seamless transition of power to the Democrat.Bush talked outside the White House as he gathered with a host of Executive Mansion and administration workers to urge cooperation with the Obama team on the transition that…
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Obama results show gains in key religious voters
In building a winning coalition of religious voters, Barack Obama cut into the so-called God gap that puts frequent worshippers in the Republican column, won Catholics, made inroads with younger evangelicals, and racked up huge numbers with minorities and people with no religious affiliation.By some measures, the faith-based equivalent of the red and blue map…
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Obama victory sparks speculation about Kansas gov
TOPEKA, Kan. – Barack Obama’s victory in the presidential race has intensified speculation that Gov. Kathleen Sebelius will join his Cabinet, and she didn’t rule it out Wednesday.”I’m always flattered to have my name in circulation,” she said during a news conference. “I want to be helpful any way I can.”Even before Tuesday’s election, fellow…
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Voter turnout best in generations
WASHINGTON – Voters cast their ballots in numbers not seen in at least 40 years, as millions of Americans picked their president early and waited in lines that stretched the lengths of blocks and buildings.It looks like about 133.3 million people voted for president, based on preliminary results from the country’s precincts tallied and projections…
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GOP majorities not as dramatic as in the past
When a blue tsunami covered the country on Tuesday, El Paso County stayed high and dry, reliably Republican. But the county did not deliver the same huge GOP majorities it has delivered in past elections. Make no mistake: The Democrats at the top of the El Paso County ballot – Barack Obama for president, Mark…
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Bruce defeats raise questions about him
The past several months have seen two big setbacks for Douglas Bruce, the Colorado Springs resident and lightning rod tax opponent. Voters in Tuesday’s election trashed Bruce’s attempts to eliminate the city’s Stormwater Enterprise and sever some of its ties with its other enterprises. Back in August, Republican voters bounced Bruce from the state Legislature…