Author - The Durango Herald

A lot of people want to run for office in Colorado this year. Here’s what it takes to actually get on the ballot

Candidates may start gathering petition signatures this week. If they go the caucus and assembly route, they must start gathering support ahead of March

DATE: Jan 15, 2024 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Federal judge rejects Tina Peters’ attempt to halt her Mesa County criminal trial

Former county clerk’s trial on 10 counts connected to a breach of Mesa County’s election system set to begin Feb. 7

DATE: Jan 8, 2024 | CATEGORY: Regional News

What Colorado’s congressional delegation got done this year – and what’s ahead

The Colorado Sun examines how the bills introduced by the seven Democrats and three Republicans in Colorado’s congressional delegation fared this year

DATE: Dec 29, 2023 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Kent Thiry’s proposal to overhaul Colorado’s election system has Democrats and Republicans skeptical

The opposition runs the gamut, from concerns about unfairness to people with disabilities to questions about how the change would benefit wealthy candidates

DATE: Nov 30, 2023 | CATEGORY: Regional News

2024 ballot measure would make Colorado’s primaries open, enact ranked-choice voting for general elections

Kent Thiry, the wealthy former CEO of DaVita, is behind the initiative, which would also do away with Colorado’s caucus and assembly process and vacancy committees

DATE: Nov 20, 2023 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Tina Peters files federal lawsuit to block criminal investigations, prosecutions against her

Peters, a Republican who ran unsuccessfully for Colorado secretary of state last year, was indicted on 10 counts by a Mesa County grand jury. Her trial begins Feb. 7.

DATE: Nov 16, 2023 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado secretary of state’s robocall reminding millions of voters to cast their ballots cost $50,000

The call comes after Jena Griswold faced criticism last year when her office spent more than $1 million to run a TV ad featuring her and former Colorado Secretary of State Wayne Williams, a Republican, in the months leading up to the 2022 election

DATE: Nov 4, 2023 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Group supporting Proposition HH launches $1 million ad blitz as Election Day nears

A late infusion of cash to Property Tax Relief Now made the spending possible, but the groups opposing the ballot measure have still raised and spent more money

DATE: Nov 2, 2023 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado GOP requires presidential candidates pay up to $40,000 to appear on the state’s 2024 primary ballot

Democratic and Republican parties in other states also force presidential candidates to pony up to appear on their primary ballots, but it doesn’t seem to have been imposed in Colorado in at least a decade

DATE: Oct 25, 2023 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Lauren Boebert was dramatically outraised by Adam Frisch last quarter. But the Democrat isn’t her only reelection threat.

Republican Jeff Hurd, a Grand Junction lawyer challenging Boebert in the 2024 GOP primary in the 3rd District, raised more than $412,000 from July through September, including from a number of big-name conservatives

DATE: Oct 17, 2023 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Proposition II: State would keep tobacco, nicotine tax revenue it raises to fund preschool

The ballot measure would let Colorado keep nearly $24 million in existing tax revenue to pay for expanded preschool access. If it fails, tobacco and nicotine taxes would be cut.

DATE: Oct 10, 2023 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Group opposing Proposition HH, the property tax relief plan on the November ballot, has deep pockets

No on HH accounts for most of the $1.2 million raised by four committees opposing the property tax relief plan, while Property Tax Relief Now is the only committee supporting the measure. Both are funded by dark-money nonprofits.

DATE: Sep 12, 2023 | CATEGORY: Regional News