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Treasurer candidate says negative campaign balance issue fixed

Allison Aichele says she spent more than $23,000 on own campaign

DATE: Jun 13, 2018 | CATEGORY: Local News

Ex-US Rep. Tancredo makes third bid for governor

DENVER – Former U.S. Rep. Tom Tancredo is entering Colorado’s Republican gubernatorial race, bringing a familiar hard line on immigration and drawing an early barb Tuesday from Democratic ca...

DATE: Oct 31, 2017 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Gubernatorial candidate faces national questions, offers state solutions

Mike Johnston says next governor needs to be a community-builder

DATE: Jul 10, 2017 | CATEGORY: Local News

They say all politics is local. Then export it.

It should come as no shock that research is showing our national political system to be more partisan and less effective than ever. And within that partisan divide, there is further imbalanc...

DATE: Oct 30, 2016 | CATEGORY: Policy and Politics Digest

Fiery Trump, sober Clinton at odds over Orlando attack

WASHINGTON – Donald Trump vowed Monday to impose a broad ban on immigration from areas of the world where terrorism is prevalent and suggested some Muslims in the United States are turning a...

DATE: Jun 13, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

At ‘campaign crossroads,’ rivals defend anti-Trump pact

BORDEN, Ind. – Declaring the Republican presidential contest at “a fork in the road,” Ted Cruz and John Kasich defended their extraordinary new alliance on Monday as the party’s last, best c...

DATE: Apr 25, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Trump, Clinton bet on New York to end campaign turbulence

For the two front-runners in the Republican and Democratic presidential nomination races, there’s no place like home. Polls show Democrat Hillary Clinton and Republican Donald Tru...

DATE: Apr 18, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Hosting Clinton fundraisers, Clooney decries political cash

WASHINGTON – Actor George Clooney would like to get big money out of politics – so he doesn’t have to raise it. Clooney hosted two weekend fundraisers in California on behalf of D...

DATE: Apr 17, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Trump and Cruz making final pitches to Wisconsin voters

MILWAUKEE – After Donald Trump’s toughest stretch of the campaign, he and Ted Cruz made spirited final pitches Monday to Wisconsin voters, who will cast ballots Tuesday in a Republican prima...

DATE: Apr 4, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Sen. Graham to Arab world: U.S. hasn’t changed despite Trump

CAIRO – Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham sought to reassure the Arab world Sunday over the prospect of Donald Trump becoming president, saying in Cairo that Congress would continue to play a p...

DATE: Apr 3, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Trump calls on Kasich to quit race: ‘He’s taking my votes’

MILWAUKEE – Donald Trump on Sunday called for John Kasich to drop out of the Republican presidential race, arguing that the Ohio governor shouldn’t be allowed to continue accumulating delega...

DATE: Apr 3, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Trump, Ryan increasingly at odds over future of the GOP

WASHINGTON – Donald Trump wants to win the White House in the fall. Paul Ryan wants to save his vision of the Republican Party for years to come. Those goals put Trump and Ryan in...

DATE: Mar 27, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World