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Republican Gabe Evans wins primary in Colorado’s battleground 8th Congressional District
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Republican Gabe Evans wins primary in Colorado’s battleground 8th Congressional District

By Ernest Luning| Denver Gazette Evans, a first-term state lawmaker from Fort Lupton, held a commanding lead over former state Rep. Janak Joshi, who moved into the 8th Congressional District from Colorado Springs earlier this year. The Associated Press called the race for Evans at 7:23 p.m., shortly after initial results posted. Evans was leading with 29,101 votes, or 78% of those tallied, in results posted by 8 p.m. to the Colorado secretary of state's website. Joshi trailed with 8,235 votes, or 22%.  Targeted by both national parties, the battleground seat — stretching north of the Denver metro area from Adams County suburbs to Greeley — is Colorado's newest congressional district, created ahead of the 2022 election. Caraveo, a pediatrician and former stat...
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Jeff Hurd wins Republican primary election in Colorado’s 3rd Congressional District
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Jeff Hurd wins Republican primary election in Colorado’s 3rd Congressional District

By Jesse Sarles | CBS Colorado The race to replace Lauren Boebert in Colorado's 3rd Congressional District is now focused with the results from Tuesday's primary election. Jeff Hurd, a self-appointed first-time politician, came out victorious in the Republican primary and will face Democratic candidate Adam Frisch in the general election in November. Hurd has said he is planning on running a serious campaign for rural Coloradans in a traditionally conservative district. With 91% of the votes counted, Hurd won by approximately 42%. "The Democrats and Adam Frisch are afraid of me," Hurd said on Tuesday. "They know that I am the candidate that can win the general election, that can hold this seat, that reflects western and southern Colorado values and ca...
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Jeff Crank wins Republican primary in CD5, Democratic primary remains close
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Jeff Crank wins Republican primary in CD5, Democratic primary remains close

By Alasyn Zimmerman | KOAA News COLORADO SPRINGS — Colorado's fifth congressional district is getting new representation next year. Current congressman Doug Lamborn announced his retirement in January, after nearly two decades in the seat, leaving an open spot for a new lawmaker in a seat that has never been held by a Democratic candidate since its creation. It was an early declaration of victory for Republican Jeff Crank Tuesday night, early results showed Crank defeating his opponent Dave Williams with nearly 70 percent of the vote. For the Democratic candidates, the night didn't end with a decisive victory. Joe Reagan, a political newcomer and military veteran held a tight lead over River Gassen, also a newcomer and a professor at the University of Colorado Co...
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Lauren Boebert wins Colorado CD4 GOP primary to replace Ken Buck
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Lauren Boebert wins Colorado CD4 GOP primary to replace Ken Buck

By Ernest Luning | The Denver Gazette U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert is on track to return to Congress from her newly adopted district Tuesday night by winning the crowded GOP primary in Colorado's 4th Congressional District. At the same time, Republican Greg Lopez won election to serve out the remainder of former five-term U.S. Rep. Ken Buck's term, following Buck's resignation from the U.S. House earlier this year. Lopez, a former Parker mayor and two-time gubernatorial candidate, led Democratic nominee Trisha Calvarese by double digits. The Associated Press declared Boebert had won the primary at 7:22 p.m., not long after polls closed. Lopez was declared the winner 10 minutes later. Boebert led the vote tally at 8 p.m. with 42,776 votes, or 43% of the total, with fo...
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Republican Greg Lopez wins special election to serve out Ken Buck’s term in Congress
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Republican Greg Lopez wins special election to serve out Ken Buck’s term in Congress

The last time Lopez, an Air Force veteran and former Democrat, held elected office was in the 1990s, when he served as mayor of Parker By Jesse Paul and Brian Eason | The Colorado Sun Republican Greg Lopez easily won the special election Tuesday in Colorado’s 4th Congressional District, meaning he’ll serve out the term of former U.S. Rep. Ken Buck, which ends in early January.  The Associated Press called the race at 7:34 p.m. when Lopez had 57% of the vote over Democrat Trisha Calvarese, a former speechwriter and congressional staffer.  “Neither of my parents had the opportunity to graduate from high school, and yet, this evening I was elected to serve in the United States House of Representatives,” Lopez said in a written statement. “I ...
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Trump, Biden prepare lines of attack heading into presidential debate
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Trump, Biden prepare lines of attack heading into presidential debate

By Casey Harper | The Center Square Former president Donald Trump has taken several shots at his opponent, President Joe Biden, heading into Thursday night’s first presidential debate, and Biden is returning fire. Both Trump and Biden are the presumed nominees of their respective parties this time around, a rematch of the 2020 election where Biden unseated incumbent Trump. This time, Trump is seeking to do the same to Biden, and he isn’t expected to hold back. Trump has repeatedly mocked Biden for his verbal flubs and moments of appearing lost and confused on stage. Biden has responded, with him and his team mocking Trump for his legal woes. READ THE FULL STORY AT THE CENTER SQUARE
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Pueblo County GOP ‘closing things down’ at its HQ after bullet hole discovered in window
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Pueblo County GOP ‘closing things down’ at its HQ after bullet hole discovered in window

By Ernest Luning | Colorado Politics The Pueblo County Republican Party chair said Tuesday the party is temporarily uprooting from its downtown headquarters in the southern Colorado city after volunteers discovered a bullet hole in a plate glass window days before ballots were due in the state's primary election. "We're closing things down now until we know we have a safe space for volunteers," county GOP chair Michelle Gray told Colorado Politics. Gray said she had no evidence the bullet was intentionally fired at the political party's headquarters in the 600 block of North Main Street and declined to speculate as to motive. "It can’t be the first window on Main Street that’s been shot out," she said. READ THE FULL STORY AT COLORADO POLITICS
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In waning hours of campaign, one 4th District candidate faced water, fire emergencies
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In waning hours of campaign, one 4th District candidate faced water, fire emergencies

By BRIAN PORTER | Rocky Mountain Voice The final days and even hours of a campaign can sometimes mean the difference between winning and losing, but for one 4th District candidate for Congress the past days have brought more important battles. Instead of knocking doors, meeting with supporters or other activities that would have helped his campaign, Richard Holtorf spent Sunday coming to the rescue on Buffalo Springs Ranch, where he operates a cattle feeder operation. The water table dropped and the pasture wells were not pumping water, Holtorf's campaign manager Rhonda Brandt explained to The Independent. It is the type of emergency that farmers and ranchers through the rural portion of the district face. Then the problem became worse on Monday. "Richard was working to rest...
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Washington County, where ballot count is low, but turnout dependably high
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Washington County, where ballot count is low, but turnout dependably high

By BRIAN PORTER | Rocky Mountain Voice It is the home to every farmer's favorite diner, Mom's Kitchen, a county seat whose namesake is more synonymous with a major city in Ohio, and is Colorado's leader in wheat production at almost 5 million annual bushels. The rural landowners here count their land in sections, not acres, and many routinely grow crops the old school way, without irrigation pivots. The last Democratic President to win here was Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1936. Republicans have carried at least three-fourths of the Presidential vote here in each election since 2000 -- four of the last five by 80 percent or better. Situated west of Yuma County, known here as Cory Gardner Country, and south of Logan County, the "backwards L" shaped Washington County is reliable for ...
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Douglas County, cornerstone of a 4th District victory, has cast 49.1% of ballots in district
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Douglas County, cornerstone of a 4th District victory, has cast 49.1% of ballots in district

By BRIAN PORTER | Rocky Mountain Voice Nearly half of all ballots cast as of Sunday in the 4th District were derived from Douglas County voters, meaning the remaining 20 counties in the district comprise the other half. Election Day is Tuesday, June 25. Voters may cast a ballot today and Tuesday at either a drop box location or at a voting center. Polls are open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Election Day. About one-fifth of registered voters have cast a ballot thus far in the 4th District. Among the 538,837 active registered voters in the district, 108,405 have cast a ballot (20.1%). Among those, 53,193 reside in Douglas County (49.1%). Voters in Larimer County have turned in 17,245 ballots, comprising 15.9 percent of all returned ballots. Weld County voters have returned 8,572 ballots...
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