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Planned Parenthood Action Fund Endorses Michael Bennet for Senate
U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet (D-CO) has been endorsed by the Planned Parenthood Action Fund. Bennet is facing a challenge from Republican Joe O’Dea, who doesn’t support Colorado Reproductive Health Equity Act (RHEA), but also didn’t support overturning Roe v. Wade, but also supported the nomination of the three conservative Supreme Court Justices who voted to overturn Roe.
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Colorado Democrats, Environmental Groups Cheer Senate Passage of ‘Historic’ Climate Bill
The Senate’s weekend passage of a $369 billion package of spending to fight climate change is drawing cheers from environmental advocates and calls for the bill’s swift adoption in the House of Representatives.
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Co Springs Democratic Socialists Confront Bennet Over Filibuster, Expanding Supreme Court
Following the primary elections in Colorado, local Democrats held a “Unity Rally” in Acacia Park in Colorado Springs Wednesday, headlined by U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet (D-CO). While Democrats are rallying supporters over the recent Dobbs Supreme Court decision, which overturned Roe v. Wade, members of the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) are urging Democratic elected officials to take action to end the filibuster, the 60-vote threshold in the Senate needed to pass legislation, and expand the Supreme Court.
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GOP Sen. Hopeful O’Dea Said ‘Maybe They Should’ Raise the Age to Own an AR-15, But Now Says He Doesn’t Want More Gun Laws
Earlier this month Republican candidate for U.S. Senate Joe O’Dea said that senators should look at raising the minimum age for buying an AR-15-style gun, a semiautomatic rifle often used in mass shootings, from 18 to 21.
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Hanks Goes on Offensive Against O’Dea on Abortion
Rep. Ron Hanks (R-Cañon City) has gone on the offensive against Joe O’Dea, his Republican opponent in Colorado’s Senate race.
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‘We Will Save This Democracy,’ Sen. Bennet Addresses CO Springs Dems
U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet was the keynote speaker for the El Paso County Democratic Party’s annual “Everybody Welcome Gala” fundraiser event Saturday evening at the Antlers Hotel. Bennet’s speech, which touched on gun violence, the Russia-Ukraine War, and economic disparities in the U.S., drove home the stakes in this year’s election.
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GOP Sen. Candidate Joe O’Dea Donated to Michael Bennet in 2010
According to FEC contribution filings, Denver businessman and Republican U.S. Senate hopeful Joe O’Dea donated to U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet (D-CO) during his 2010 campaign. O’Dea is trying to unseat Bennet this November and has been critical of the incumbent Democrat.
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GOP Senate Frontrunner Ron Hanks Again Blames Antifa for U.S. Capitol Riot – Which He Attended
U.S. Senate candidate Ron Hanks, a Republican, claimed that members of the Antifa movement caused the violent Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol, which Hanks attended.
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CO Sen. Candidate Hanks Says He Would Repeal Obamacare: ‘We Could Have Done That a Long Time Ago’
State Rep. Ron Hanks (R-Cañon City) U.S. Senate candidate and state Rep. Ron Hanks (R-Cañon City) says he would vote to repeal the Affordable Care Act (ACA) if he was elected to be Colorado’s next senator.