Politics - The Durango Herald

GOP jumps at chance to paint Colorado Democrats as divided

Fight between ProgressNow and single-payer health reform proponents is red meat

DATE: Aug 18, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News

U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner decides to back Trump

DENVER – Republican Sen. Cory Gardner has decided to back Donald Trump’s presidential campaign, ending months of silence on the divisive presidential race and taking a risk with his own poli...

DATE: Aug 16, 2016 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Democrats open up new shop in Durango

75 people attend, hear candidates’ campaign speeches

DATE: Aug 14, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News

Colorado House District 59 race draws big bucks, statewide attention

Rep. J. Paul Brown vs. challenger Barbara McLachlan in most expensive state House contest

DATE: Aug 10, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News

Colorado represented at Democratic convention in Philadelphia

Centennial State in the spotlight for Hillary Clinton’s historic moment

DATE: Jul 28, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News

Senate candidate Darryl Glenn explains arrest allegations

He says he blocked out painful childhood memories of domestic violence

DATE: Jul 28, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News

Obama boosts Clinton

PHILADELPHIA – His own legacy on the line, President Barack Obama implored Americans to elect Hillary Clinton to the White House, casting her as a candidate who believes in the optimism that...

DATE: Jul 26, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Colorado backs Sanders, but with sense of party loyalty

Delegates appear ready to follow Sanders’ show of unity and support victorious Clinton

DATE: Jul 26, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News

Trump: America’s in crisis – and he’ll fix it ‘fast’

CLEVELAND – Declaring America in crisis, Donald Trump pledged to cheering Republicans and still-skeptical voters Thursday night that as president he will restore the safety they fear they’re...

DATE: Jul 20, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Ted Cruz booed lustily

Texas senator refuses to endorse Donald Trump

DATE: Jul 19, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Pence tries to unite at convention

CLEVELAND – Delegates at the Republican National Convention thunderously booed Ted Cruz for refusing to endorse Donald Trump Wednesday – clouding an evening intended to highlight vice presid...

DATE: Jul 19, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World