Tag: Pat Schroeder
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Democratic leaders call party mates’ tactics to boost Ron Hanks, others during primary ‘unethical’
Issue One, a bipartisan group that works to lessen political polarization and limit the influence of big money over politics, issued a letter Monday with 35 prominent former Democratic elected officials, including a half dozen from Colorado, who criticized recent efforts by Democratic groups to intervene in Republican primaries. Signatories to the letter include former Gov.…
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TRAIL MIX | Minimal job requirements make for eclectic cast of U.S. lawmakers
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A year from now, Coloradans will be nearly finished with the process of hiring their congressional representatives for the next two years. In just 52 weeks, ballots will start going in the mail to Colorado’s registered voters — and if past performance is a guide, most…
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This was a week for our daughters to dance | Vince Bzdek
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save I don’t know about you, but I thought 22-year-old poet Amanda Gorman stole the show at the Presidential Inauguration this week with her electric recital of “The Hill We Climb.” She amassed nearly 900,000 Twitter followers over the course of the day, and I think…
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YESTERYEAR: Lamm threatens veto if GOP draws extremely favorable congressional maps
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Thirty-five Years Ago this week in The Colorado Statesman … House Majority Leader Ron Strahle’s congressional redistricting plan was already drawing veto threats from Gov. Dick Lamm, who swore he would never accept a Republican-drawn map that guaranteed the GOP five safe seats with just…
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YESTERYEAR: Lamm flirts with presidential run on Ross Perot’s Reform Party ticket
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Twenty Years Ago this week in The Colorado Statesman … Former Gov. Dick Lamm was remaining a Democrat — for the time being — but would be working hard to help Ross Perot’s Reform Party get its presidential candidate on the ballot in Colorado, and…