Tag: jason mikesell
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Republicans Scott Bottoms, Victor Marx win spots in Colorado gubernatorial primary at party assembly
Two Christian ministry leaders from Colorado Springs qualified Saturday for the Republican gubernatorial primary ballot at the Colorado GOP’s state assembly in Pueblo in a party meeting that dragged late into the night. State Rep. Scott Bottoms, an Assemblies of God pastor at Church at Briargate, who is known as one of the legislature’s most…
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Republican candidates debate how to win the governor’s seat in Colorado — a position the GOP last secured in 2002
Colorado has not elected a Republican governor since 2002. On Thursday night, four candidates offered competing visions for how the party can reverse its 20-plus years of failing to secure the seat. The discussion hosted by the Women of Weld County touched on electability, affordability, housing, and how a Republican governor would work with the…
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Democrats Michael Bennet, Phil Weiser and their backers bank $9 million for Colorado gubernatorial race
Democratic gubernatorial candidates U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet and Attorney General Phil Weiser, and the campaign committees that support them, entered the election year with almost $9 million on hand, as the race to succeed term-limited Colorado Gov. Jared Polis heats up. Although Weiser started the year with more than twice as much campaign cash in…
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Former U.S. Rep. Greg Lopez leaves GOP, will run for governor in Colorado as an independent
Former U.S. Rep. Greg Lopez, a candidate for governor of Colorado, has left the Republican Party and plans to run as an unaffiliated candidate for the office held by term-limited Democratic Gov. Jared Polis. Lopez, who served six months in the U.S. House of Representatives in 2024 after winning a special vacancy election, announced Saturday…
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Jason Mikesell, Republican candidate for Colorado governor
Jason Mikesell joins a crowded field of Republican candidates for governor. With Gov. Jared Polis being term-limited, Colorado will elect a new leader in 2026. Mikesell is a veteran law enforcement leader and the elected Sheriff of Teller County, bringing over two decades of public safety experience. A third-generation Colorado native, Mikesell began his career…
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Colorado Republicans Gabe Evans, Bill Owens endorse Barb Kirkmeyer’s gubernatorial campaign
Republican state Sen. Barb Kirkmeyer’s campaign to be Colorado’s next governor has landed endorsements from the last Republican to unseat a Democratic member of Congress in the state and the last Republican to be elected governor. U.S. Rep. Gabe Evans and former Gov. Bill Owens said in their respective endorsements that Kirkmeyer’s experience in all…
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Teller County Sheriff’s deputy, son of sheriff, charged with DUI
A crash on U.S. 24 on Aug. 3 has resulted in the son of the Teller County Sheriff being charged with driving under the influence, according to a news release by Colorado State Patrol on Tuesday. The son of Teller County Sheriff Jason Mikesell, Deputy Chase Mikesell, was allegedly driving southbound on U.S. 24 and…
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Teller County Sheriff’s deputy, son of sheriff, charged with DUI
A crash on Highway 24 on Aug. 3 has resulted in the son of the Teller County Sheriff being charged with driving under the influence, according to a news release by Colorado State Patrol on Tuesday. The son of Teller County Sheriff Jason Mikesell, Deputy Chase Mikesell, was allegedly driving southbound on Highway 24 and…
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Teller County Sheriff’s deputy, son of sheriff, charged with DUI
A crash on U.S. 24 on Aug. 3 has resulted in the son of the Teller County Sheriff being charged with driving under the influence, according to a news release by Colorado State Patrol on Tuesday. The son of Teller County Sheriff Jason Mikesell, Deputy Chase Mikesell, was allegedly driving southbound on U.S. 24 and…
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Q&A with Colorado lawmaker Barb Kirkmeyer | Republican says she’ll be a governor who ‘knows how to govern’
State Sen. Barb Kirkmeyer says her decades of experience in government — as a county commissioner, director of a state department and state legislator — have prepared her to be a “really great governor,” and the Brighton Republican argues that’s what it’ll take to pull Colorado out of the tailspin she says it’s in. The…