Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-LA), considered the most conservative leader of the U.S. House of Representatives of the past century, owes his newfound status at least in part to his colleague from Colorado, Lauren Boebert.
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Developer Who Lost His State Senate Race Funding Mailers for Conservative Jeffco School Board Candidates
Golden developer Tim Walsh, who poured over $1 million into his failed race for a state senate seat in Jefferson County last year, is investing in politics again, albeit on a smaller scale.
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School Board Candidate: Schools Should Teach Big Bang & Creationism & Let Kids Decide What’s True
Culture war topics are dominating school board races across the state in these final days before next week’s elections. Sex education, LGBTQ rights, book bans are all in the news. Creationism in the classroom, however, despite being a classic schoolhouse flashpoint, hasn’t made much of a splash, at least until now.
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From Trans Healthcare to Transhumanism: Reality vs. Conspiracy at LGBT-related Rallies
Supporters and opponents of gender-affirming health care for transgender youth held consecutive rallies at the state Capitol over last weekend. Both included state legislators, advocacy groups and some counter-protestors, but that was where the similarities ended. After “Gays Against Groomers” (GAG), a national group founded just last year by a pro-Trump conservative media specialist, announced it was holding a rally at the Capitol on Saturday morning, pro-LGBTQ group One Colorado invited supporters, legislators and allies for a celebration of Colorado’s gender-affirming care laws on Friday afternoon.
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Boebert Says She Alone Is ‘Carrying the Weight of the GOP in Colorado,’ And ‘Ken Buck Has Dropped Off the Rails’
Speaking on a livestreamed audio chat last week, Congresswoman Lauren Boebert lamented the current lack of Republican Party fundraising in Colorado and nationally. She told the hosts of an X.com Spaces chat which also featured U.S. Reps Matt Gaetz and George Santos that she is solely responsible for the Republican Party raising money in Colorado, specifically calling out her colleague (and former state GOP chair) Ken Buck.
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Conservative Business Group Supporting Prop HH Includes Many Notable Republicans
The debate over Proposition HH, which would lower property tax assessment rates while also securing public education funding via a 1% increase in the state tax retention cap, has largely been framed as a partisan split between Democratic supporters and Republican opponents. However, there are many prominent Republicans who endorse the ballot measure, starting with the state’s most prominent center-right business group, Colorado Concern.
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ProgressNow & Then: 20 Years of Politics & Pranks That Helped Turn Colorado Blue
This weekend Colorado’s most prominent multi-issue progressive advocacy organization will celebrate two decades’ worth of delivering digital communications, rallying progressives for real-life events, and generating headlines with memorable political stunts.
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Ballot Measure HH Would Lower Property Taxes Immediately and Preserve School Funding, Say Proponents
A measure appearing on next month’s election ballot provides the best — and probably only — way to lower your property tax bill this year, say proponents, while opponents of the ballot question are arguing that the immediate savings and long-term funding for schools are another example of out-of-control government.
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Former U.S. Rep Beauprez on Republicans Ousting Speaker: GOP Might as Well Have Taken Cyanide
On the day Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) lost his gavel, former Congressman Bob Beauprez expressed his frustration with House Republicans, including Rep. Ken Buck who was one of eight GOP members who voted for the unprecedented removal, in no uncertain terms, calling it political suicide.
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In Disputed Vote, CO GOP Now Lets Party Officers Endorse & Oppose Its Own Primary Candidates
The state Republican leadership’s failure to opt out of Colorado’s open primary at Saturday’s central committee meeting garnered the headlines, but another significant rule change did pass, with less fanfare if not less controversary. After a short debate and a “standing count” rule vote tally determined solely by Chair Dave Williams, the Colorado GOP changed its bylaws to allow leaders to both endorse and oppose their own candidates in primary elections, a likely unprecedented break from the longstanding party neutrality.