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Wiretap: As Puerto Rico reels after Hurricane Maria, Trump calls his...

The people in Puerto Rico may not agree, but Donald Trump believes he merits an A+ for his administration's relief work following Hurricane Maria....

Jon Keyser loses a spot on the ballot by 86 signatures

Former state Rep. Jon Keyser of Morrison fell 86 signatures short of making the primary ballot for the Republican nod for U.S. Senate. Secretary of...

U.S. Senate primary: grassroots vs insiders, but who’s who?

With two close primary races for the U.S. Senate, some Colorado voters will go to the polls today or drop off last-minute mail-in ballots to determine who will battle it out in November. The vast majority of votes in what could be a record for a primarily mail-in election are already in. And the candidates for both parties would have voters believe that what’s at stake is the soul of the state – grassroots, western self-determination versus entrenched, inside-the-Beltway career political cronyism.

Anti-incumbent narrative complicated by Tuesday elections

The well-worn theme going into Tuesday's elections — that a nationwide storm of voter unrest would spell mid-term doom for “big government” incumbents and particularly Democrats — was hardly proven. Indeed, two of the three high-profile races yesterday featured establishment candidates taking on other establishment candidates — with liberals coming out on top. If any one message emerged from the voting, it was that Republicans, who have been hoping that public discontent will translate to big congressional gains in November, may be forced to reevaluate.
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