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Sunday lineup: Tim Tebow headlines TV news programming lineup March 10
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Sunday lineup: Tim Tebow headlines TV news programming lineup March 10

By BRIAN PORTER | The Rocky Mountain Voice Tim Tebow, who quarterbacked the Denver Broncos for two seasons following two national championships at Florida, will be among the highlights of TV news programming on Sunday, March 10. FOX’s “Fox News Sunday” will feature Alabama Sen. Katie Britt fresh off her appearance this week offering the Republican response to President Joe Biden’s State of the Union. The show will also feature Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, and Tebow on the Sunday Special. Following is a glance at other opportunities to catch up with Republicans serving in Congress, those on the campaign trail and former party leaders during this week’s Sunday programming. ABC “This Week”: South Carolina Rep. Nancy Mace. CBS “Face the Nation”: Florida Sen. Marco Ru...
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WATCH LIVE: State of the Union address and responses from Sen. Britt, Donald Trump
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WATCH LIVE: State of the Union address and responses from Sen. Britt, Donald Trump

By BRIAN PORTER | The Rocky Mountain Voice President Joe Biden is preparing to deliver his final State of the Union address of his first term to Congress. While the guest list for those sitting with First Lady Jill Biden during the speech gives some indiction toward the themes, it won’t be delivered until 7 p.m. Mountain Time – that’s 9 p.m. Eastern Time if you happen to be in Washington, D.C. The broadcast at WhiteHouse.gov will allow viewers to post emojis to give a reaction as the State of the Union happens, but don’t expect a chance to offer a negative reaction. The three emojis being offered are thumbs up, love and celebrate, although Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre continues to claim the President is ready to handle any opposition to his positions on the economy and the c...
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Secretary Griswold ‘unfit’ and ‘lacks integrity’ House Republican letter reads
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Secretary Griswold ‘unfit’ and ‘lacks integrity’ House Republican letter reads

By BRIAN PORTER | The Rocky Mountain Voice A month has passed since Republicans in the Colorado House of Representatives first called upon Speaker Julie McCluskie to hear Articles of Impeachment for Secretary of State Jena Griswold. “Since being elected, the secretary of state has used her position as a platform for her partisan political ideology and has proven herself unfit for this elected position,” a new letter from Rep. Ryan Armagost and signed by 16 other Republicans reads. The letter, dated March 6, 2024, terms it imperative to have the matter placed on the legislative calendar. “The secretary of state has consistently been criticized for her lack of transparency and questionable bias,” Armagost’s letter continues. “Her partisan political beliefs are constantly the subj...
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‘They call it Super Tuesday for a reason,’ Trump says as he celebrates victory
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‘They call it Super Tuesday for a reason,’ Trump says as he celebrates victory

By BRIAN PORTER | The Rocky Mountain Voice Super Tuesday was just that, President Donald Trump said March 5 following Republican Party primary elections in 16 different states – 15 of which he won. “They call it Super Tuesday for a reason,” he said. “There’s never been anything so conclusive. This was an amazing night, an amazing day; it has been an incredible period of time.” A handful of opponents were whittled down to one by Super Tuesday, and by Wednesday morning his only remaining opponent, Nikki Haley, suspended her campaign.  In a post on Truth social, Trump called for Haley’s supporters to unify under him and “join the greatest movement in the history of our nation.” In Colorado, he won the Republican primary by 30 percentage points, taking victories in 57 of 64 coun...
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Trump now faces ‘time of choosing’, Haley says as she suspends campaign
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Trump now faces ‘time of choosing’, Haley says as she suspends campaign

By BRIAN PORTER | The Rocky Mountain Voice Nikki Haley has suspended her campaign for President, but perhaps not her advocacy for traditional Republican conservative values. Channeling Ronald Reagan, she termed this “a time of choosing” for former President Donald Trump, now presumed to be the Republican nominee for President for the third consecutive time. “It is now up to Donald Trump to earn the votes of those in our party and beyond it who did not support him,” Haley said from Charleston, S.C. “I hope he does that. At its best, politics is about bringing people into your cause, not turning them away. Our conservative cause badly needs more people.” The goal of the campaign was to help Americans have their voices heard, Haley said, and “I have done that; I have no regrets.” ...
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Trump wins 57 of Colorado’s 64 counties in Super Tuesday rout of Haley
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Trump wins 57 of Colorado’s 64 counties in Super Tuesday rout of Haley

How did your county vote? See the county-by-county outcome below. By BRIAN PORTER | The Rocky Mountain Voice From the Western Slope to the Eastern Plains and from Fort Collins to Trinidad, on Super Tuesday former President Donald Trump garnered broad support from Colorado Republicans across the state. He won 57 of the state’s 64 counties, with more than half of those counties providing him at least 75% support. He won 20 counties – mostly in Eastern Colorado – with at least 80% support in a race that largely came down to Trump against former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley. Only 3.3% of Republican ballots supported someone other than Trump or Haley. The unofficial ballot count gave Trump 517,884 votes across Colorado to secure 63.3% of the vote, with Haley taking 273,809 for 33...
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Trump projected to win Colorado’s Republican primary over Nikki Haley
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Trump projected to win Colorado’s Republican primary over Nikki Haley

By BRIAN PORTER | The Rocky Mountain Voice Donald Trump is projected as the winner of Colorado’s Republican Party Presidential primary election. In early returns, he collected decisive victories in Douglas, El Paso, Jefferson, Mesa and Weld, taking victories in all but three counties in early returns from the Western Slope to the Eastern Plains. Nikki Haley was leading by about 4,000 votes in Denver County, where she held a campaign event and also in Eagle and Routt Counties. Early returns gave Trump 63.3% support toward his third straight Republican Party nomination in Colorado, with Haley gathering 33.3% of the vote. Among those with suspended campaigns gathering support, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis earned 1.5% support in early returns. Joe Biden is projected to easily earn ...
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Colorado primary turnout at 30.5% as of mid-Election Day report
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Colorado primary turnout at 30.5% as of mid-Election Day report

By BRIAN PORTER | The Rocky Mountain Voice Election Day voting pushed turnout above 30.5% Tuesday and Republican Party primary ballots past 600,000, an 11 a.m. report from the secretary of state’s office detailed. There have been 1,155,302 ballots cast among 3,786,720 registered voters, with 59.1% of returned and counted ballots being voted in the Republican Party’s primary election. Ballots cast in the Democratic Party’s primary election trails by 18.3%, with 140,272 ballots in process. Unaffiliated voters have cast about 37.9% of all ballots in the primary election, with those voters casting 438,399 ballots. Almost half of the unaffiliated ballots cast – 204,172 – have been cast in the Republican Party’s primary, with 94,037 cast in the Democratic Party’s primary. Voting from...
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Secretary Griswold: ‘Election night results are not final results’
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Secretary Griswold: ‘Election night results are not final results’

By BRIAN PORTER | The Rocky Mountain Voice As polls close on Election Day and votes are tallied, there is a specific process that follows, Secretary of State Jena Griswold indicates. “Election night results are not final results in Colorado,” Griswold said. “After Election Day, ballots continue to be counted, military and oversees voters return their ballots, signature discrepancies can be fixed, and bipartisan audits are conducted to confirm the results – there is quite a bit of activity that occurs after Election Day across the state.” Initial results are not reported within the state until polls close across the state. After polls close at 7 p.m., counties begin to upload results to the state’s centralized Election Night Reporting system, Griswold said, and results will be avai...
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Reminder: Head to the polls today to weigh in on Presidential primary
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Reminder: Head to the polls today to weigh in on Presidential primary

By BRIAN PORTER | The Rocky Mountain Voice About one-quarter of registered voters statewide had cast a ballot in a party primary entering Monday. Election Day is today, March 5. Among the 838,903 ballots to have been processed, 58.6% have been in the Republican Party. Ballots cast in the Democratic Party primary are trailing by 17.4%. Unaffiliated voters have returned 356,940 ballots, of which 161,274 have been in the Republican Party’s primary and 120,317 of which are being processed. Today, voters will have a couple of options. First, a completed ballot may still be cast at a drop box location through 7 p.m. Also, voters may cast a ballot in-person at the voting center in their county of residence. The last day for a county clerk to receive a ballot by mail is today. Polls are o...
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