There are few certainties in politics, but in Highlands Ranch, Republican candidates for the general assembly have always been able to count on one thing: an endorsement from the Colorado Chamber. For at least seven straight elections, the Chamber backed the GOP in House District 43. This year however, instead of endorsing Republican Matt Burcham, the Chamber decided to stay on the sideline.
Ryan Gonzalez, a candidate for Colorado’s Legislature, reposted — and subsequently deleted — fake news on X (formerly Twitter) that Democratic vice presidential candidate Tim Walz is “accused of inappropriate conduct with a student, earning him the nickname of TOUCHDOWN TIMMY.”
“I can work together to make Colorado a safe, affordable place to live, work, and raise families,” said Colorado congressional candidate Gabe Evans at a debate last week, presenting himself as the bipartisan lawmaker whom he thinks voters in his competitive district are looking for.
Health care workers, patient advocates, and elected officials who are part of the sixth biennial “Lower Costs, Better Care” bus tour stopped in Denver on October 25 to rally support for policies that expand access to health care and abortion services.
An Open Letter to My Fellow Greens:
“Hamas is literally a death cult.”
As part of our weekly roundup of articles on political extremism in Colorado, the Colorado Times Recorder is featuring Sharon Sullivan’s coverage of a campaign event in western Colorado where state Rep. Marc Catlin (and others running for elected office) refused to say whether Trump lost the 2020 Election and pushed election conspiracy theories, Jason Salzman and Erik Maulbetsch’s article on Colorado congressional candidate Gabe Evans continuing to pay Jessica Spindle (his former political director who was fired for a string of antisemitic and threatening posts), and James O’Rourke’s piece on former Lakewood City Councilwoman Ramey Johnson going after her rival in a statehouse race for using the same position as a ‘political stepping-stone’ and Johnson’s history of pushing climate change denialism and connection to QAnon conspiracists. Also highlighted below is a story by the Pueblo Chieftain’s James Bartolo about Colorado for Life’s attempt to get a proposed abortion ban reintroduced in the Pueblo City Council.
Recent mailers sent out by Republican candidate Ramey Johnson’s campaign decry her Democratic opponent, Lakewood City Councilwoman Rebekah Stewart, for using her City Council position as a “stepping-stone” for a statehouse run. But on the other side of that same mailer, Johnson touted her own 10 years of prior experience on Lakewood’s City Council as a reason why she herself should be elected in November.
Colorado Rep. Gabe Evans (R-Fort Lupton) is challenging U.S. Rep. Yadira Caraveo in one of the most-watched elections this year. Colorado’s Congressional District 8 could decide control of Congress, and competing PACs have poured more than $15 million into the race. Like many Republicans running since the overturn of Roe v. Wade, Evans has been trying to walk a fine line on abortion, an issue that has proven to be overwhelmingly electorally popular.
