Pueblo County Democrats

The $5 million shadow ledger: Pueblo Democratsโ€™ HQ funded by bingo, not disclosed in filings

A building paid for with bingo money. A political party using it as their headquarters. And more than $5 million in unreported financial activity that, to date, no one has answered for.

Thatโ€™s the core of Pueblo resident Jonathan Amblerโ€™s ongoing legal challenge against the Pueblo County Democratic Party and its Central Committee. Ambler, a former Republican candidate, filed two complaints last fall alleging the party used a bingo-funded building for years without reporting it in TRACER.

After the Colorado Secretary of State dismissed both complaints in April, Ambler โ€“ without an attorney โ€“ petitioned the Denver District Court for judicial review.

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