Tag: Governor\’s Race
River district says Fischer dismissed in wake of Sentinel series
When former Congressman Scott McInnis hired Roland “Rolly” Fischer as his “research assistant,” he got a man who knew his stuff, or seemed to,...
Figure in McInnis plagiarism case says ‘Scott’s responsible’
Rolly Fischer, the man Republican gubernatorial hopeful Scott McInnis says is responsible for plagiarizing water papers written by Colorado Supreme Court Justice Gregory J....
Hickenlooper doubles up rivals in June fund-raising race
In June, Democratic gubernatorial candidate John Hickenlooper raised more than twice as much as his two Republican rivals combined.
According to reports filed with the...
McInnis works to paint Hickenlooper as flip-flopper at tea-party event
ESTES PARK - Speaking to a few hundred tea party activists Tuesday, Republican gubernatorial candidates Dan Maes and Scott McInnis laid out similar agendas of battling illegal immigration, cutting taxes for businesses, and making oil and gas drilling a priority again in Colorado. But as Maes targeted McInnis, it was clear McInnis was setting his sites on Democratic candidate John Hickenlooper in an attempt to paint him as a flip-flopper.
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...
Maes reportedly owns up to formerly ‘frivolous’ violations
Back in late May, Republican gubernatorial candidate Dan Maes told our own Scot Kersgaard that a complaint filed against him by a Grand Junction...
Hickenlooper calls on oil and gas industry to disclose fracking chemicals
Denver Mayor and Democratic gubernatorial candidate John Hickenlooper Tuesday called on oil and gas companies to disclose the chemical formulas being used in the drilling process of hydraulic fracturing, or “fracking.” Speaking at a Denver Petroleum Club forum Tuesday, the former geologist turned restaurant mogul took a definitive stance on the controversial process, which is used to increase production in the majority of natural gas wells drilled in Colorado.
Drilling regs fading as campaign issue in gov’s race, as industry...
The Denver Post over the weekend formally put a fork in the acrimony over tough natural gas drilling regulations, declaring it a non-issue on...
Even as Hickenlooper sets to announce candidacy, McInnis continues campaign against...
GOP gubernatorial candidate Scott McInnis will continue to pound on Democratic Gov. Bill Ritter’s more environmentally stringent oil-and-gas drilling regulations despite the fact that Ritter has pulled out of the race, according to McInnis spokesman Sean Duffy.
“Whichever Democrat is chosen [to run for governor]-– whether he’s chosen by the Democratic Party or the White House -- [he or she will] have to defend the Democratic record on jobs or discuss how they believe the Democrats have been wrong,” Duffy told the Colorado Independent Monday. “So that’s a conversation they can have amongst themselves.”
Salazar reportedly declines run for governor’s office, endorses Hickenlooper
Interior Secretary Ken Salazar said in a prepared statement Thursday that he won't seek the Colorado governor's office being vacated by Gov. Bill Ritter...