Assistant Senate Minority Leader Leroy Garcia, the Pueblo Democrat who took back one of the Senate seats lost to Republicans in Colorado's 2013 recall elections, formally launched his campaign this week for a second term representing Senate District 3.
State Sen. Irene Aguilar, a Denver Democrat, this week endorsed Ashley Wheeland, one of two Democrats challenging state Rep. Rep. Paul Rosenthal in a primary in southeast Denver's House District 9.
It'll be round three this fall in Colorado's seesaw House District 17 between state Rep. Tony Exum Sr., the incumbent Democrat, and former state Rep. Kit Roupe, the Republican, who filed Tuesday to run for the seat she won from Exum two elections ago and held for one term until Exum ousted her in the last election.
Independent U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont on Thursday endorsed Emily Sirota, one of two Democrats challenging state Rep. Rep. Paul Rosenthal in a primary in southeast Denver's House District 9.
State Sen. Owen Hill is endorsing fellow Republican Nic Morse in the GOP primary for the open Senate District 15 seat in Larimer County, Morse's campaign said Monday.
State Rep. Paul Rosenthal, the Denver Democrat hit with an allegation of sexual harassment that was dismissed earlier this month, is facing primary challenges from two Democrats in the southeast Denver House District 9 seat he's represented for three terms — social worker and educator Emily Sirota and veteran policy advocate Ashley Wheeland.
U.S. Rep. Ken Buck and his wife, state Rep. Perry Buck, are among a number of prominent northern Colorado Republicans throwing their support behind restauranteur Rob Woodward in the GOP primary for Larimer County's open Senate District 15 seat, his campaign announced Monday.
Adam Matkowsky is dropping out of the Democratic primary in Senate District 24 and plans to run for the battleground seat as an independent, the Thornton city councilman and Westminster police officer said Monday.
A defiant state Rep. Steve Lebsock released a lie detector test Thursday he said proves he’s innocent of accusations he sexually harassed a fellow lawmaker and declared he’s willing to take a polygraph to disprove all other allegations against him. Lebsock also charged the allegations against him, which first surfaced in early November, are politically motivated. The Thornton Democrat said in a statement to Colorado Politics he plans to tour to the state to “shed a bright light on the deep corruption in our political system” while continuing to campaign for state treasurer in next year’s election.
In what could be a first, Democrat Alan Kennedy-Shaffer, one of five Democrats running for an open state Senate seat in next year's election, plans to start running campaign ads through the primary on video screens at marijuana dispensaries throughout the Denver district.
Ernest Luning
Ernest Luning