After a brief hearing Tuesday, a Denver district court judge placed a Republican state house candidate on Colorado’s November ballot. The judge ordered Secretary of State Wayne Williams to add the Alamosa Republican to the ballot after the candidate and party officials missed a series of deadlines for filing information required of all state office seekers. The ruling is being appealed to the Colorado Supreme Court.
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After Refusing to Talk to Obama’s Supreme Court Selection, Gardner Now Eager to Meet with Trump’s Nominee
Shortly after Trump announced his latest nominee for the U.S. Supreme Court, U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner (R-CO) tweeted, “I look forward to meeting soon with Judge [Brett] Kavanaugh.”
A Racist Republican Leader in Colorado Compares Congresswoman to the Predator
The second vice chair of the Mesa County (Colorado) Republican Party shared a Facebook post last week comparing California Congresswoman Maxine Waters, who’s one of the country’s leading African American women, to the alien beast in Arnold Schwarzenegger’s famous 1987 movie, Predator.
Candidate for Governor Stapleton Agrees with Radio Host Who Says Pre-School Doesn’t Work
On his first day as the Republican nominee for governor, Walker Stapleton agreed with a radio host when she said public preschool and full-day kindergarten programs, like Head Start, don’t work and “aren’t about learning” but rather are just “free day care.”
How YOU Can Enforce Colorado’s New Campaign Finance Rules: Secretary of State Says It’s Not His Job to Decide if Republican Candidate for Governor Broke Colorado Law
To show how the Colorado Secretary of State’s (SOS) new campaign finance rules work, I filed a real-life complaint last month alleging that Republican candidate for governor Walker Stapleton broke Colorado law by not disclosing his wife’s $30,000 salary.
Republican Nominee for House District 18 Drops Out… Again
Conrad Swanson of the Colorado Springs Gazette reports that Jillian Likness, the GOP nominee for HD 18, has withdrawn her candidacy just ten days after making the ballot, citing a health condition.
“This Is a Clear Example of the Media Training Your Brain.” Not.
It’s the kind of conservative Facebook post you might roll your eyes at and move on, except it was posted just before last week’s murder of five staffers at a Maryland newspaper.
Huerfano County GOP: Polis is “openly gay” and “against our American values”
UPDATE: As of late evening on July 2 the post has been deleted. The Huerfano GOP has still not replied to inquiries.
Democrats are Blocking Immigration Reform Because They Want to Use the Issue to “Energize their Base” in Next Election, Says Colorado Congressman
Colorado Congressman Ken Buck thinks Democrats don’t really want to solve America’s immigration problems, because if a solution is found, Democrats won’t be able to hammer Republicans about migrants in the next election.
Reproductive rights advocates decry ‘dangerous’ SCOTUS ruling in favor of anti-abortion pregnancy centers
The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday struck down a California law that sought to regulate anti-abortion pregnancy centers, often referred to as Crisis Pregnancy Centers (CPCs).