Tag: gop
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Colorado GOP has lost its sense of what’s best for the people | Rachel Gabel
The Republican Party I grew up knowing was the party of small business, big business, and job creation. It was the party that signed paychecks and built economies and legacies. In 1980, Ronald Reagan swept Colorado in nearly every county, including Denver and Boulder. By 1988, Michael Dukakis, a Democrat who lost to George H.W. Bush, won…
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Federal judge upholds constitutionality of Colorado campaign contribution limits
A federal judge upheld Colorado’s individual campaign contribution limits as constitutional on Thursday, finding that three Republican plaintiffs failed to prove the campaign finance framework violates their First Amendment rights. U.S. District Court Senior Judge John L. Kane recognized that Colorado’s limitations on individual contributions to state political candidates are among the lowest in the…
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Colorado’s GOP at its best — and worst | Dick Wadhams
Colorado Republicans are fighting to be relevant in the face of gross mismanagement by Democrats who totally control state government. While the Colorado Republican Party is mired in controversy, several Republican elected officials and candidates represent the very best of what the party should be and how the state should be led. Colorado elected three new Republican members of…
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D-11 school board member appointed to El Paso County commission in close GOP vote
The El Paso County Republican Party chose a Colorado Springs School District 11 school board member to replace outgoing County Commissioner Cami Bremer. Lauren Nelson will serve District 5, encompassing much of central Colorado Springs, after Bremer’s resignation earlier this month. “I will be a strong and steady force for our county,” said Nelson. Nelson…
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Churches launch ‘God Loves Pride’ response to GOP Chair’s Dave Williams’ ‘God Hates Pride’ email
In response to Colorado Republican Chairman Dave Williams’ anti-LGBTQ+ email from the state party he sent last week to supporters titled, “God Hates Pride,” members of First Congregational United Church of Christ in Colorado Springs enthusiastically chanted “God Loves Pride,” as they marched as a group in this past Sunday’s Pride parade. They and hundreds…
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Judge denies Colorado GOP’s request to exclude unaffiliated voters from primary elections
A federal judge on Friday declined a request from the Colorado Republican Party to block unaffiliated voters from participating in its primary elections, finding the GOP was unlikely to succeed in its constitutional challenge to a 2016 ballot measure allowing for unaffiliateds to vote in major party primaries. After a two-day hearing last week, U.S.…
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Contentious exchanges punctuate hearing on GOP’s challenge to Colorado primary law
A federal judge heard closing arguments on Wednesday about whether the 48% of Colorado voters who are unaffiliated should be barred from participating in the state’s Republican Party primary, with multiple contentious exchanges in the hearing’s final hours. The Colorado Republican Party is alleging a 2016 voter-approved law violates its First Amendment rights by forcing…
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Colorado GOP makes case to judge for barring unaffiliated voters from casting primary ballots
The Colorado Republican Party presented a series of witnesses in federal court on Tuesday in its effort to block unaffiliated voters from participating in the party’s primary elections, months after the GOP failed to secure enough support from its own members to close its nominating process to those who are not registered Republicans. The defendant…
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NEWS | Colorado Politics’ Ernest Luning discusses the El Paso County GOP
El Paso County Republicans up in arms in advance of local party elections.