Tag: primary
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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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PRIMARY 2020 | Shooters Grill owner Lauren Boebert upsets incumbent Scott Tipton in CD3 GOP race
Click here for Colorado primary results Rifle restaurateur Lauren Boebert, a newcomer to politics, roared out to a big lead in western and southern Colorado’s Congressional District 3 on her way to upsetting five-term incumbent U.S. Rep. Scott Tipton of Cortez Tuesday night. “Third District Republicans have decided who they want to run against the…
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PRIMARY 2020 | Hickenlooper defeats Romanoff, will take on Republican Cory Gardner
Click here for Colorado primary results Former Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper will challenge Republican U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner in November, voters decided Tuesday night in the state’s Democratic U.S. Senate primary. Hickenlooper jumped out to an early lead over former state House Speaker Andrew Romanoff shortly after ballots were due at 7 p.m., and he never relinquished it.…
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ELECTION 2020 | Poll shows primary voters overwhelmingly choose Hickenlooper
Former Gov. John Hickenlooper holds a commanding lead over former state House Speaker Andrew Romanoff with less than a week to go until votes are counted in Colorado’s Democratic U.S. Senate primary, according to a new poll released Thursday by Colorado Politics and 9News. The survey, conducted in online interviews June 19-24 by national polling…