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GOP operative files complaint alleging Marx accepted illegal donations

This story was first published at Colorado Newsline. DENVER | Victor Marx, the Colorado Republican Party’s nominee for governor, is “committing blatant criminal (acts)” by accepting unlimited campaign contributions through his online merchandise store, a GOP operative wrote in a campaign finance complaint filed Monday. The complaint, filed with the Colorado secretary of state’s office […]

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Proposed Postal Service rule threatens Colorado mail-in voting system, officials say

This story was first published at Colorado Newsline. DENVER | A U.S. Postal Service rule proposed as a result of a President Donald Trump’s executive order to limit voting by mail would upend the ability of Coloradans to easily access their ballots ahead of November’s general election. Colorado is a universal mail-in ballot state, and […]

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Kent Thiry and dark-money group backed Hickenlooper’s Senate primary win

This story was first published at Colorado Newsline. DENVER | A centrist Colorado megadonor, a billionaire hedge fund manager and a national dark-money group were among those who funded two mystery super PACs that came to incumbent Democratic U.S. Sen. John Hickenlooper’s aid late in last month’s primary election. The two PACs, Common Sense Action […]

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Colorado primary sees record voter turnout with 35.9% participation

This story was first published at Colorado Newsline. DENVER | Turnout in the recent Colorado primary election, with executive-level offices up for grabs and a competitive congressional primary, was 10 percentage points higher than in 2024. As of Monday, turnout for the June 30 primary was around 35.9% of active voters, compared with 25.5% in […]

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Colorado primary sees record voter turnout with 35.9% participation

This story was first published at Colorado Newsline. DENVER | Turnout in the recent Colorado primary election, with executive-level offices up for grabs and a competitive congressional primary, was 10 percentage points higher than in 2024. As of Monday, turnout for the June 30 primary was around 35.9% of active voters, compared with 25.5% in […]

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Victor Marx edging out Barbara Kirkmeyer in Colorado GOP governor primary

DENVER | State Sen. Barbara Kirkmeyer’s lead over Victor Marx in the Republican gubernatorial primary in Colorado vanished Wednesday as Marx for the first time since Tuesday’s election inched ahead, according to the secretary of state’s office. Kirkmeyer, a Weld County Republican, started with a lead that decreased throughout the day as ballots continued to be […]

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Not politics as usual. Democratic primaries linked to age, ideals and outside money

AURORA | Colorado’s Democratic primaries on Tuesday will help answer a question the party has increasingly faced nationally: Are voters gravitating toward a younger, more progressive generation of leaders or sticking with established veterans? That choice is starkly reflected in the fight to represent the state’s 1st Congressional District, where incumbent Rep. Diana DeGette has […]

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Aurora Democratic primaries engulfed in claims of libelous, racists attack ads by outside money groups

AURORA | Harsh campaign attack ads targeting a handful of Democratic primary election races in Aurora have prompted allegations of racism and false information in the last few days leading up to the June election.  Multiple Democratic primary races in Aurora are seeing a flurry of advertisements and messages from independent expenditure committees, which expressly […]

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TIME TO DECIDE: Colorado primary election ends tomorrow with big and small races on the ballot

WASHINGTON | Democratic voters in Colorado will decide in a state primary Tuesday which of two well-known statewide officeholders to nominate to replace term-limited Democratic Gov. Jared Polis. Republicans will also choose a nominee for governor, while voters across the state will finalize general election matchups for U.S. Senate and U.S. House. The Democratic gubernatorial […]

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Aurora Democratic primaries engulfed in claims of libelous, racists attack ads by outside money groups

AURORA | Harsh campaign attack ads targeting a handful of Democratic primary election races in Aurora have prompted allegations of racism and false information in the last few days leading up to the June election.  Multiple Democratic primary races in Aurora are seeing a flurry of advertisements and messages from independent expenditure committees, which expressly […]