Tag: 2024 Election
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Resident who sued Aurora over pit bull decision calls repeal a win for democracy
Pit bull advocates are celebrating Aurora voters’ decision to repeal a ban on owning certain breeds. Meanwhile, the a citizen who sued the city following the council’s decision to repeal the breed ban before taking it to the voters celebrated his own win — that of protecting democracy, he said. Some 53.6% of Aurora voters supported…
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Rhonda Fields wins race for Arapahoe County Commission District 5 seat
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save State Sen. Rhonda Fields is headed to a new position, winning the District 5 seat on the Arapahoe County Commission, based on the unofficial, election results Tuesday night. Fields, an Aurora Democrat, is term-limited. Fields, a 13-year state legislator, beat Navy Veteran and activist Hashim…
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Barb Kirkmeyer wins race for Senate District 23
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Republican incumbent Sen. Barb Kirkmeyer won the primary race for Senate District 23. Kirkmeyer led Natalie Abshier, Weld County’s GOP district captain, by 44 points, 72% to 28%, according to the unofficial tally of votes. Kirkmeyer told the Denver Gazette she’s “excited and happy” about…
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Lindsey Daugherty wins Senate District 19 race
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save State Rep. Lindsey Daugherty is headed to a general election Senate race for the District 19 seat, beating Obi Ezeada in the Democratic primary with a sizable lead. Daugherty, an Arvada resident, beat Ezeadi, a member of the Westminster City Council, by 28 points, according…
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Mike Weissman wins Senate District 28 seat
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Colorado voters elected state Rep. Mike Weissman over Idris Keith in the Democratic primary race for Senate District 28 based on Tuesday night’s votes. Weissman, who has represented House District 36 since 2017, beat Keith, former vice chair of House District 36 and business attorney,…
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Q&A with Rhonda Fields | Candidate for Arapahoe County Commission District 5
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Arapahoe County residents will vote for three county commission seats this year, with two candidates vying for District 5. The races in Districts 1 and 3 are uncontested. Incumbent Carrie Warren-Gully and Scott Brown are running for each district, respectively. In District 5, it’s a…
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John Walsh holds wide fundraising edge over Leora Joseph in Denver’s district attorney race
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save With less than a month to go before Denver voters receive their ballots, Democrat John Walsh raised more than twice twice as much as his primary opponent, Leora Joseph, in the most recent reporting period for the race to become the next Denver’s top prosecutor.…
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In their own words: Colorado justices argue for or against disqualifying Donald Trump
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Four of Colorado’s justices concluded on Tuesday that Donald Trump is ineligible for the presidency because he engaged in “insurrection” and that a rarely-invoked constitutional provision applies, indeed, to the president. Three justices dissented, alleging that the trial failed to afford the former president due…
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Colorado’s justices disqualified Trump from the ballot. Now what? | ANALYSIS
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Roughly a decade ago, the 10th Circuit Court entertained a case about a New York resident who wished to become America’s next president. The man wanted his name on Colorado’s presidential ballot for the 2012 election. But there was one problem. He was a naturalized…
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Trump disqualified from 2024 ballot, Colorado Supreme Court rules
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Colorado Supreme Court took the unprecedented step of ordering Donald Trump removed from the 2024 presidential ballot on Tuesday, finding him constitutionally ineligible to hold future office. Trump’s campaign said it would appeal the decision to the U.S. Supreme Court. The Dec. 19, unsigned…