Politics - The Durango Herald

Most jail inmates have the right to vote, but few do

Political candidates seeking a few extra votes this year might consider hitting up an untapped electorate: inmates at the La Plata County Jail. In the last 20 years, Clerk and Rec...

DATE: Aug 31, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News

GOP pushes attacks on Clinton’s emails

Republicans to query firms running private server

DATE: Aug 22, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Clinton’s campaign manager defends foreign money

Critics call Clinton Foundation a venue for ‘pay to play’

DATE: Aug 21, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

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