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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...
Colorado’s lieutenant governor, Donna Lynne, officially launched a bid to replace her term-limited boss, Gov. John Hickenlooper, in mid-September after a soft-launch kind-of campaign...
Education-oriented donors continued to play an outsized role in the latest fundraising round of a governor’s race where all leading Democratic candidates have strong...
This is a continuously updated story...
In June, Boulder Congressman Jared Polis launched his campaign for governor, setting to boil a primary that had been...
The Republican Governors Association is out with a new ad this week slamming Hickenlooper on his decision to infinitely delay the execution of convicted...
The ads transparently attack Tancredo and main GOP primary rival, Bob Beauprez, in ways meant to play on the sentiments of activist Republican voters. There's rich irony at the heart of the strategy.