An attorney for state Sen. Pete Lee has filed a motion asking for the felony charge against him to dismissed as a result
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Posted inElection 2022
Meet the Colorado rancher spending $11 million — and counting — to prevent Jared Polis from winning reelection
Rancher Steve Wells is hoping to defeat Democrats in November by spending a portion of the fortune grown from allowing oil and gas drilling on his 40,000-acre spread in Weld County.
Posted inNews
Three people die after two small planes collide over Boulder County
The planes crashed between North 95th Street and U.S. 287 off of Niwot Road
Posted inElection 2022
Residency of Democratic state Senate candidate running in consequential Colorado district is challenged in court
State Rep. Kyle Mullica is the third sitting state senator or Senate candidate whose residency has been questioned in recent months
Posted inElection 2022
Colorado Democrats file lawsuit to stop recall of state Sen. Kevin Priola
State elections officials ruled the recall should happen in Senate District 13, which will be Priola’s new conservative district starting in January, as opposed to the district he currently represents, tossup Senate District 25. The Colorado Democratic Party disagrees with that finding.
Posted inElection 2022
Millions pour into Colorado’s 2022 booze ballot measure battle
Wine in Grocery Stores raised most of the cash, at roughly $7.5 million
Posted inPolitics and Government
Colorado Supreme Court blocks Tina Peters’ deposition of judge overseeing her criminal case
It’s the latest twist in a weeks-long legal drama threatening to roil the criminal case against Peters, a 2020 election conspiracy theorist accused of crimes related to a breach of her county’s voting system
Posted inElection 2022
A Republican rancher and oil and gas booster is spending millions to match Jared Polis’ political spending
Steve Wells is keeping GOP challenger Heidi Ganahl in the political spending game with more than $6 million donated so far
Posted inCrime and Courts
Legal maneuvers by attorney for Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters threaten to hinder criminal case against her
Harvey Steinberg, Peters’ lawyer, wants to depose District Court Judge Matthew Barrett and Mesa County District Attorney Dan Rubinstein in an unrelated contempt of court case.
Posted inElection 2022
Big-money groups remain on the sidelines as national eyes turn toward Colorado’s U.S. Senate race
Spending by groups like the NRSC and DSCC is typically a telltale sign that a race is competitive. So far, neither has invested much in the contest between Michael Bennet and Joe O’Dea.