Antagonism toward transgender people was on full display at Saturday’s “Red Wave” party in Colorado Springs, where nearly all of El Paso County’s Republican elected officials and candidates gathered to listen to former collegiate swimmer Riley Gaines and to launch a political group aimed at restricting the participation of transgender people in sports, education, and public life.
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‘There Is an Open Civil War Down Here,’ Says Dave Williams Amid El Paso County GOP Infighting
In El Paso County, home of more Republican voters than any other county in Colorado, one might assume that the winner of the Republican primary would have a clear path to victory in November, but you would be wrong.
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.
Senate Candidates at CO Hispanic Republicans Forum Support Building Trump’s Wall and ‘Legal’ Immigration
In Denver last night Republican candidates hoping to unseat U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet (D-CO) addressed immigration at a candidate forum hosted by Colorado Hispanic Republicans.
U.S. Senate Hopeful Eli Bremer & Colo GOP Agree Indicted Republicans Shouldn’t Run, But Differ on Details
Republican U.S. Senate candidate Eli Bremer called for Mesa County Clerk and Recorder and Colorado Secretary of State candidate Tina Peters to suspend her campaign after Peters was indicted by a grand jury yesterday.
Debate Questions on Cheney Censure and Jan. 6 Insurrection Split GOP Senate Candidates
At a debate for Republican U.S. Senate candidates in Evergreen Tuesday, candidates were divided over whether it was appropriate for national Republicans to censure U.S. Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY) last month.
CO Sen. Hopeful: Biden ‘More Interested in Transgender Than the Taliban,’ Calls U.S. Military ‘Weak’
Eli Bremer, a Colorado Springs Republican vying for the state’s U.S. Senate seat, has verbally attacked trans women who serve in the U.S. military and who participate in sports — both collegiately and in the Beijing Olympics — repeatedly over the last several weeks.
After Falsely Stating Trump Won Prez Election, CO Senate Hopeful Wins Vote at GOP Forum
In an informal straw poll taken at the Palmer Ridge High School auditorium Saturday, Republicans picked state Rep. Ron Hanks (R-Canon City) as their choice to challenge Michael Bennet for U.S. Senate.
First CO GOP Senate Forum Features Talk of COVID, Crime, and Self-Licking Ice Cream Cones
The first forum for Republican candidates looking to unseat U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet (D-CO) took place in Lakewood Tuesday night. The indoor event had about 90 attendees, only 5 of them wearing masks, and was hosted by Foothills Republicans, a conservative organization based in Golden.
CO Senate Candidates Disagree on Whether Prez Election Was Stolen
Below is a list of 2022 U.S. Senate candidates from Colorado followed by their opinions on election fraud conspiracies surrounding the 2020 presidential election. These conspiracy theories have been roundly debunked by independent fact-checkers, courts, and election security experts.