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When Republican Tom Tancredo jumped in the race for governor last week, he predicted it would be a bloodbath. “Rancorous, ugly, name-calling, death by...
Tom Tancredo, the conservative firebrand former congressman who was a Trumpist before there was Trumpism, chose Halloween to say he’s running for governor of...
Nine Republicans and Democrats hoping to become Colorado’s next governor offered contrasting views Friday of the state’s public schools to an audience of more...
This weekend in Aspen, a Democrat and Republican running for governor of Colorado faced off about crypto-currency in a debate co-moderated by the pro...
Last month, when talking about how she planned to make healthcare more affordable in Colorado, Cary Kennedy, a Democrat running in a crowded primary...
In mid-September, Colorado’s lieutenant governor, Donna Lynne, became the fifth big-name Democrat to join a sprawling race to replace her boss, term-limited Gov. John...
BRECKENRIDGE — Against the backdrop of a ski slope as John Denver’s “Rocky Mountain High” played through a sound system, four top-tier Democratic candidates...
In August, tech-media entrepreneur Erik Underwood kicked off his campaign to run for governor as a Democrat.
That was notable in part because the primary...
Two recent events that shifted the ground under Colorado’s sprawling candidate field for governor have lent scrutiny to the rules governing how money is...