State Sen. Barbara Kirkmeyer, who’s running to represent Colorado’s new congressional district, is trying to out-Trump her fellow Republicans. She claims to have been a Trump supporter longer than any other GOP candidate in her race, but one of Kirkmeyer’s opponents, Weld County Commissioner Lori Saine, says that’s not true.
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“I’m Not Talking To Democrats,” Says GOP Senate Candidate O’Dea Who Has Donated to Multiple Dems Since 2010
At a candidate meet-and-greet in Westminster Monday, Denver businessman and Republican U.S. Senate candidate Joe O’Dea refused to speak with the Colorado Times Recorder, saying that he is not speaking to Democrats.
GOP Leader Says Republican Poll Watchers Can Ignore Training Required by CO Law
Colorado GOP Chair Kristi Burton Brown claims Republican election watchers can ignore the required Secretary of State training course that all designated poll watchers are required by law to complete before monitoring elections.
BRIEF: CO Secretary of State Supports Decision Allowing Unaffiliated Voters To Participate in Primary Elections
Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold reacted late this afternoon to the dismissal of a lawsuit by a group of Colorado Republicans to stop allowing unaffiliated voters from participating in the major parties’ primary elections, as mandated by a 2016 ballot initiative.
Joe Oltmann’s Rise to Power in Colorado
During this Saturday’s Colorado Republican assembly, which saw election-conspiracist candidates like Mesa County Clerk and Recorder Tina Peters and Rep. Ron Hanks (R-Cañon City) get top billing on June’s primary ballot, Rep. Patrick Neville (R-Castle Rock), seconded a motion to nominate FEC United founder Joe Oltmann for governor.
Federal Judge Dismisses Republicans’ Lawsuit To Block Unaffiliated Voter Participation in Primaries
Unaffiliated voters will be able to participate in Colorado’s primaries in June after a federal judge dismissed a lawsuit from Republicans seeking to prevent the group from voting.
‘Don’t Say Gay’? CO Panel Recommends Stripping LGBTQ References From K-3 Studies Standards
A committee tasked with revising Colorado’s K-12 social studies standards to be more inclusive of minority groups will tell the State Board of Education next week that it’s dropped language referring to LGBTQ people from its recommendations for kindergarten to third grade.
In Declining to Charge a Donor, GOP AG Hopeful Kellner Didn’t Mention Campaign Cash
Eighteenth Judicial District Attorney John Kellner, the Colorado GOP’s lone candidate for attorney general, faces an ethics complaint for his decision not to charge a former Douglas County undersheriff and campaign donor with misconduct despite a finding of probable cause by investigators.
CO Republican U.S. Senate Candidates Take Stances on Abortion, Roe v. Wade
The religious non-profit Church Voter Guides, based in Colorado Springs, released a questionnaire it presented to statewide candidates in Colorado this week. As part of the questionnaire, which can be viewed here, U.S. Senate candidates were asked a question partly about their stances on abortion rights.
Teller County Anti-abortion Pregnancy Center Featured on Truth & Liberty Livecast
Teresa Diamond, the executive director of CHOICES, an anti-abortion pregnancy center with two locations in Teller County, appeared on Monday’s Truth & Liberty livecast with Richard Harris, the executive director of the Truth & Liberty Coalition, and Mark Cowart, the pastor of Church For All Nations in Colorado Springs, to discuss the services offered by CHOICES. The Truth & Liberty Coalition is a conservative activist group aligned with Andrew Wommack’s ministries, which clashed with Colorado public health officials over COVID policies last year and is known for its conservative politics. Harris, who began the livecast by urging viewers to read the latest Mesa County election report, has appeared at election conspiracy events across Colorado, most recently at Tuesday’s Capitol rally with MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell.