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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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‘Now that it’s over, it’s over,’ McConnell says in support of Trump following Haley exit
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‘Now that it’s over, it’s over,’ McConnell says in support of Trump following Haley exit

By BURGESS EVERETT | Politico Mitch McConnell is endorsing Donald Trump for president, a move that the Senate GOP leadermadeafter Trump's only main rival dropped out of the GOP primary. Despite their nonexistent relationships over the past three years, McConnell has always maintained he would support the eventual Republican nominee — and Nikki Haley's Wednesday suspension of her campaign unlocked McConnell's formal endorsement. His decision to formally back Trump amounts to a detente, however involuntary, after a rocky three years between the two men. It also illustrates that the two men may still need each other politically: McConnell is trying to take back the Senate majority for Republicans at the end of the year, while Trump is trying to win many of the same battleground ...
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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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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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Only 22% of Coloradans have voted in Presidential primary, with 5% more voting GOP over Democrat ballot
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Only 22% of Coloradans have voted in Presidential primary, with 5% more voting GOP over Democrat ballot

What to know: Republicans have a write-in option, but who can be voted as a write-in? What happens if you vote a candidate who has suspended their campaign? By BRIAN PORTER | The Rocky Mountain Voice Of those Coloradans eligible to cast a ballot in the Republican Party’s presidential primary election, only 15.3% have done so, according to data provided Friday by the Colorado secretary of state’s office through the close of Thursday’s reporting. It leads those eligible to cast a Democratic Party ballot and having done so by 4.9%. It has been slow going thus far, with just short of 22% of all voters casting a ballot, and with women leading men in ballots cast. With 108,200 ballots in process Friday and with Election Day looming on Tuesday, March 5, it could be a low turnout fo...
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‘This is over’: Former House Speaker Gingrich says Haley should suspend campaign
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‘This is over’: Former House Speaker Gingrich says Haley should suspend campaign

By FILIP TIMOTIJA | The Hill Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.) called on Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley to drop out of the race after she was easily defeated in the Michigan GOP primary Tuesday. Projections indicate former President Trump beat Haley in Michigan on Tuesday, just days after winning the primary in South Carolina, Haley’s home state, securing another win before multiple Super Tuesday next week. Gingrich called on the former United Nations ambassador to abandon her bid, pointing to her loss in the Nevada GOP primary in which Trump was not on the ballot, stating she cannot gather support from the Trump flank of the GOP electorate. READ THE FULL STORY AT THE HILL
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Presidential long-shot eyes DC’s 19 delegates ‘to take down’ Trump
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Presidential long-shot eyes DC’s 19 delegates ‘to take down’ Trump

By Paul Bedard | Colorado Springs Gazette The last man standing in the Republican primary race to stop former President Donald Trump’s march to a third GOP nomination hopes to show his hand and take all 19 delegates available at this weekend’s Washington, D.C., primary. “The plan is simple: demonstrate to America that Trump is not inevitable,” David Stuckenberg told Secrets on Wednesday. “We hope to have 19 [delegates] when we win the district.” Stuckenberg, an Air Force veteran and combat pilot who helped build a company that makes water out of the air, unveiled his “Operation Dark Horse” in November and has been running for president ever since. While he hasn’t won any delegates, he has big hopes for the three-day Washington primary held traditio...
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WATCH LIVE: Trump addresses CPAC
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WATCH LIVE: Trump addresses CPAC

By The Hill Former President Donald Trump is slated to speak at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in National Harbor, Md., Saturday. The speech will serve as the culmination of the conference, which doubled as a coronation for the former president this year. It is scheduled to take place hours before he is expected to thump former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley, in her home state of South Carolina. READ THE FULL STORY AND SEE THE VIDEO AT THE HILL
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Trump campaign says South Carolina is ‘the end’ of Nikki Haley
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Trump campaign says South Carolina is ‘the end’ of Nikki Haley

By Julia Johnson | Colorado Springs Gazette Former President Donald Trump's campaign released a memo Tuesday declaring Saturday's Republican primary in South Carolina as "the end" of former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley's presidential campaign. Trump senior advisers Chris LaCivita and Susie Wiles authored the new memo, titled "The End Is Near For Nikki Haley," in which they state that South Carolina's nominating contest will mark the close of Haley's 2024 bid, whether she agrees or not. "Of course, like any wailing loser hell-bent on an alternative reality and refusing to come to grips with her imminent political mortality, we should expect more references to Kings and Coronations," they said, referencing Haley's recent justification for continuing her ...
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Poll: DeSantis the choice for Trump’s vice president, Tucker Carlson sixth
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Poll: DeSantis the choice for Trump’s vice president, Tucker Carlson sixth

By Paul Bedard | Colorado Springs Gazette With former President Donald Trump leading GOP primary opponents by a mile in 2024 election polls, some voters are already considering who he might pick as his running mate, and one name stands out in a list of 14 potential selections. Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) leads the pack, followed at a distance by Nikki Haley and Vivek Ramaswamy. “It wasn’t very close,” said the latest I&I/TIPP’s national online poll. In asking the question to Republicans of Trump’s potential running mate two different ways, the response was always DeSantis, said the analysis. Asked their first pick for vice president then asked their second pick, DeSantis was on top. READ THE FULL STORY AT COLORADO SPRINGS GAZETTE
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