Tag: Campaign Finance
Crossroads, Crossroads GPS release new ads in Colorado, Florida
Two groups conceived by former Bush White House Senior Advisor Karl Rove and former RNC chairman Ed Gillespie have new independent expenditure ads opposing...
Clear the Bench ruling limits donations in key weeks before election
In ruling Friday in Denver against Clear the Bench Colorado, the small-government committee seeking to oust three state supreme court justices, Judge Robert Spencer...
Judge rules against Clear the Bench in campaign finance case
On Friday, Administrative Law Judge Robert Spencer ruled that Clear the Bench Colorado, a group campaigning against retaining three Colorado Supreme Court justices this November, improperly filed with the state as an issues committee and that it must now file as a political committee. The ruling comes after a complaint filed by government watchdog group Colorado Ethics Watch. The ruling limits Clear the Bench fundraising and ups the group's obligation to report contributions. It is the latest chapter in a legal battle colored by partisan rhetoric and suspicion and it is likely not the final chapter.
Maes’ repayment of Poundstone draws more campaign finance scrutiny
Last month GOP gubernatorial nominee Dan Maes paid a record $17,500 in fines for violating the state’s campaign finance laws — laws which he has called ridiculous. This month he may have more fines to pay, or in any event more questions to answer. At the top of the list is a $300 check his campaign gave to disgruntled former supporter Freda Poundstone.
WATCH: Maes makes his case on YouTube woodsy home video
Dan Maes, the grassroots tea party candidate for governor of Colorado besieged and rejected by state Republican Party Chairman Dick Wadhams and Republican leaders...
Tancredo outraises Maes 4-1; RGA done giving GOP pick money
Democratic candidate for governor John Hickenlooper continues to rake in the cash, bringing in more in August than his two opponents combined.
Meanwhile, American Constitution...
Hickenlooper reports $1.2 million in future TV time reserved
While none of the gubernatorial candidates had filed June fund-raising reports as of 3 p.m. today, the campaign for Democrat John Hickenlooper released preliminary...
GarCo phone survey kicks off another contentious gas patch election
Automated phone polls, anonymous mailers, big-bucks campaigning by shadowy outside interest groups – not the typical tactics of a local county commissioner race. But when it’s the top natural gas-producing county in the state, rules bend and get chucked out the window.
Doug Bruce undergoes something like being served a subpoena
COLORADO SPRINGS-- Anti-tax crusader Doug Bruce, who has ducked more than 30 attempts by the state to serve him with a subpoena in the...
National GOP favorite Gardner decries national political influence
Cory Gardner, who has been part of the Republican National Congressional Committee's Young Gun program for months and boasted on his website about the...