Election - The Durango Herald

Colorado congressional candidates who faced tough primaries are low on cash

Democratic U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet’s $8 million in cash dwarfs Republican Joe O’Dea’s $841,000

DATE: Jul 18, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Unaffiliated candidates submit petitions for La Plata County ballot

Jack Turner, Tiffany Lee and Erin Hutchins look to secure their places in November races

DATE: Jul 15, 2022 | CATEGORY: Local News

Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters travels to Las Vegas, apparently without court permission

Embattled election official spoke at press event for the Constitutional Sheriff and Peace Officers Association

DATE: Jul 13, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News

How Adam Frisch won the chance to challenge Boebert, and what’s next in the race

Narrow margin against Sol Sandoval not close enough to trigger recount

DATE: Jul 13, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado voters may decide whether to legalize psychedelic mushrooms this fall

A measure to allow for cultivation and use is one step away from making November ballot

DATE: Jul 7, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Unaffiliated voters heavily favor Republican races in 2022 La Plata County primaries

Democrats eye U.S. Supreme Court decisions as a motivator toward November

DATE: Jul 7, 2022 | CATEGORY: Local News

Unaffiliated voters cast more GOP ballots than Republicans in some counties

GOP primaries were more competitive, which may be why more people voted in those races

DATE: Jul 5, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News

After Colorado primary, experts discuss strategies as focus shifts to general election

Strategists say something big would need to happen to bump Boebert from path to victory

DATE: Jul 1, 2022 | CATEGORY: Local News

Why the millions of dollars Democrats spent in Colorado’s Republican primaries didn’t work

All of the more extreme GOP candidates Democrats wanted to see win on Tuesday lost

DATE: Jul 1, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Q&A: Head of Colorado County Clerks fires back at conspiracy theorists

‘It's really frustrating when people make up these problems ... and scare people for votes’

DATE: Jul 1, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Three recent Durango High School graduates observe election process from the inside

‘With everything that happened in 2020, I wanted to just see the process for myself,’ says Tommy Pope, age 18

DATE: Jun 30, 2022 | CATEGORY: Local News

Republican primary voters in Colorado reject slate of candidates who embraced election conspiracies

‘I think the Republican Party returned to sanity tonight,’ said Dick Wadhams, former chairman of the state GOP

DATE: Jun 29, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado history gets weird, wild, wacky at Fashion Do’s and Don’tsAnnual Snowdown event has become so popular, auditions are now required

Cowboys. Fancy ladies. Gold miners. Even-toed ungulates that some in Durango might consider more like rats.Where can you find a runway show that takes you on a whirlwind tour through the weird, wacky and wildly exaggerated 150 years of Colorado history? Only at Durango’s annual Fashion Do’s and Don’ts, held Wednesday, where models and audience members donned costumes celebrating Colorado’s sesquicentennial – the theme of this year’s two-week Snowdown celebration.Standout acts included the Ghosts of Durango, which featured four of Durango’s most famous ghosts: a Rochester hotel ghost in a Victorian get-up of a more “modern” variation; the Strater Hotel’s head of housekeeping, also head of more discreet services; a young girl haunting El Rancho bathroom; and Sheriff Bob Thompson, killed in a 1906 gunfight. according to emcee Suzan Lane. A Another act was the secret circus society, featuring Rubi Starr, Jeni Gross, Tabatha Joy Bettin, Adrienne Young and Ethan Deffenbaugh dressed as a car and the roadside pests better known as deer. Group members said the inspiration for the costume came from lived experiences driving the Durango roads. The two-person Cantine Couture act starred Leslie Ponce and Tyler Frakes in an homage to the plentiful variety of Mexican restaurants found in any Colorado town. Ponce, dressed in comically large Mexican pointy cowboy boots, ambled down the runway as if taking a stroll under the hot, dusty, high-altitude sun, while Frakes flitted about the stage in a bright yellow salsa dress. Ponce said this years costume had been tough to decide, but the final decision was inspired by TikTok videos of Mexican cowboys in pointy boots. This was the duo’s third year strutting down the runway. Why they keep coming back for more, Frakes said laughing, was, “for the fame, the glory and the attention.”

Fashion Do’s and Don'ts has been one of the most highly anticipated Snowdown events since it’s inception in the 1990s. It has more than doubled in size over the past several decades. Last year, there were a record number of models, and in order to keep the event at a manageable size, this years fashion show was the first one to require the acts to audition. But many of the models were unphased by the change. “It was actually easy,” said Jodi Zuber, one part of the two-person duo that made up the 1950s Texas Invader Ski Couple. Her partner-in-costume, Danny Jaques, said they had been doing this for several years, and it’s good with everything going on in the world to “get some levity and let your hair down.” The performers were not the only ones in costume. Audience members also dressed in a wide variety of unique takes on what makes Colorado, Colorado. JonBenet Ramsey made a miraculous appearance, being played by an 82-year-old woman, as did Casa Bonita, an ensemble that included a taco, sopaipilla and gorilla in chains – to name some of the characters. By the end of the show, people were in high spirits, as usual. “It was just delightful,” said a first-time audience member. If blessed with the chance to get the much coveted tickets – he said he would jump on it. jbowman@durangoherald.com

Annual Snowdown event has become so popular, auditions are now required

Photos: Snowdown 2026 Fashion Do’s and Don’ts

Photos: Durango High School basketball teams lose to Montrose High School

Photos: Local girls high school wrestling at La Plata TriDurango girls wrestling went 2-0 to win Tri on Thursday night at Bayfield

Durango girls wrestling went 2-0 to win Tri on Thursday night at Bayfield

Photos: Fort Lewis College women’s and men’s basketball take on Westminster UniversityBoth Skyhawks teams were victorious on Saturday afternoon

Both Skyhawks teams were victorious on Saturday afternoon

Photos: An afternoon in 2004 with the late Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell as he works on Capitol HillDurango Herald Photo Editor Jerry McBride had the chance to spend an afternoon with the late Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell in 2004, photographing him during meetings and around the Capitol.

Durango Herald Photo Editor Jerry McBride had the chance to spend an afternoon with the late Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell in 2004, photographing him during meetings and around the Capitol.

Photos and video: ICE protests return to DurangoAbout a dozen protesters tried to block federal agents from leaving with a detainee on Thursday

About a dozen protesters tried to block federal agents from leaving with a detainee on Thursday

The Durango Herald’s year in photos 2025

Photos: Chapman Hill fires up the snow guns

Colorado congressional candidates who faced tough primaries are low on cash

Unaffiliated candidates submit petitions for La Plata County ballot

Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters travels to Las Vegas, apparently without court permission

How Adam Frisch won the chance to challenge Boebert, and what’s next in the race

Colorado voters may decide whether to legalize psychedelic mushrooms this fall

Unaffiliated voters heavily favor Republican races in 2022 La Plata County primaries

Unaffiliated voters cast more GOP ballots than Republicans in some counties

After Colorado primary, experts discuss strategies as focus shifts to general election

Why the millions of dollars Democrats spent in Colorado’s Republican primaries didn’t work

Q&A: Head of Colorado County Clerks fires back at conspiracy theorists

Three recent Durango High School graduates observe election process from the inside

Republican primary voters in Colorado reject slate of candidates who embraced election conspiracies

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