EAGLEVAIL, Colo. — Dave Williams reshaped his local Republican Party after 2020 election deniers took it over and shrank attendance by 80%. He rejected a MAGA pledge sent to him by the Colorado Republican Party to run for state House District 13 (HD13). And he has actively sought the removal of Donald Trump loyalist Dave Williams (no relation), chairman of the Colorado GOP.
Politics runs on reputations, and when you hang around the state Capitol enough you get a feel for the reputations which have been cultivated – intentionally or otherwise – by the various state representatives and senators. There are dealmakers and backbenchers, cynics and wise men, work horses and show horses. And, in one way or another, these reputations impact how they interact with each other, and how laws ultimately get made.
It was late March when the professional-looking, xenophobic and racist signs popped up along the E. Colfax corridor near the Capitol building in Denver. And then more appeared in late August.
Right-wing conservative influencer and political pundit Charlie Kirk held an event at the University of Colorado Boulder just hours before last week’s second presidential debate of the 2024 election.
For a few hours this week, the Colorado Republican Party supported gay rights, or at least gay marriage.
It is time once again for our weekly roundup of articles about political extremism in Colorado. Highlights from the Colorado Times Recorder’s reporting include an article by Erik Maulbetsch on congressional candidate Gabe Evans’s political director’s history of posting Facebook content promoting antisemitism and conspiracy theories, a report by Heidi Beedle on competitive races for El Paso County commissioner, and and and a write-up by Owen Swallow on Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser’s warning about election-related deep-fakes. We’ve included an analysis from Denverite’s Andrew Kenney on the situation in Aurora regarding Venezuelan gangs.
In which the Colorado Times Recorder's resident poet reckons with the fraught history of the Grand Valley.
Centennial City Councilor Robyn Carnes told attendees of last month’s Republican fundraiser luncheon that she’s running a “purple” campaign, but a review of her political connections shows more red than blue.
Republican congressional candidate Gabe Evans fired his political director yesterday, following the Colorado Times Recorder’s report on her extensive record of antisemitic, conspiratorial, and violent posts on Facebook.
