Tag: John Hickenlooper
New Jersey Sen. Lautenberg’s son running for Scanlan’s state House seat
Josh Lautenberg, a Vail realtor and the son of U.S. Sen. Frank Lautenberg, D-N.J., is in the running to replace state Rep. Christine Scanlan,...
State Rep. Scanlan named to key Hickenlooper post
Governor-elect John Hickenlooper today named Rep. Christine Scanlan, D-Dillon, to his senior leadership team as Director of Legislative Affairs and Strategic Initiatives.
Scanlan, a rising...
Tancredo calls out Republicans, urges no compromises
Tom Tancredo says the time for bipartisanship is ... never. In an online column penned for WorldNetDaily, Tancredo criticizes former Colorado Gov. Bill Owens...
Alan Salazar named to key position in Hickenlooper administration
Governor in waiting John Hickenlooper announced Thursday that Alan Salazar will be his chief policy and political director and that R.D. Sewald will be...
Taking a page from Palin, a sassy grammatically challenged Maes shoots...
Former Colorado gubernatorial candidate Dan Maes, who was in it to win it, is still around. He posted a long and rambling Facebook essay...
In wake of California defeat, pro-pot Colorado groups set sights on...
Although California's Proposition 19 failed to pass this election, supporters of legalizing recreational marijuana use in Colorado have already started campaigning for the 2012...
Bennet declares victory as Buck concedes hard-fought Senate race
Republican Ken Buck this afternoon conceded the U.S. Senate race to incumbent Democrat Michael Bennet, who at noon delivered his victory speech to dozens of members of the press and a couple hundred fans, staff and supporters on the west steps of the Denver Museum of Nature and Science.
Colorado conservation groups say Hick, Bennet wins bode well for ‘New...
Members of Colorado’s conservationist community today lauded the election of Democrats John Hickenlooper (governor) and Michael Bennet (U.S. Senate), pointing to their victories Tuesday as a clear sign that the state still supports Gov. Bill Ritter’s alternative energy agenda.
Democrats still have plenty to celebrate in Colorado
With the rest of the country drowning in a red bloodbath on Tuesday that turned over the U.S. House to Republicans and drastically cut into the Democratic Senate majority, Colorado was still feeling somewhat blue – if not slightly purple around the gills.
State House control viewed in two different lights
Democratic state Rep. Mark Ferrandino, easily headed to victory in Denver-area House District 2, told the Colorado Independent Tuesday night that the results of...