While the horse race doesn’t look particularly close, the two policy-oriented candidates present the kind of choice we should hope for in Colorado
Mario Nicolais
Special to The Colorado Sun
Twitter: @MarioNicolaiEsq
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Nicolais: Colorado suspect left to be hit by train underscores police indifference to people in custody
Video of a police vehicle with a handcuffed suspect inside getting hit by a train highlights on ongoing problem for law enforcement
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Nicolais: Yes, Dennis Prager, school children do make the world better
In just a few days guest teaching, I saw what the conservative radio host seems to have missed in his decades alive
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Nicolais: Respect for Marriage Act earns Colorado support
Ten Coloradans — including U.S. Senate candidate Joe O’Dea — joined me to urge the U.S. Senate to pass marriage equality protections
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Nicolais: As testing scores tumble, our commitment to Colorado teachers must redouble
Recent studies show that the COVID pandemic led to big drops in testing scores. We must provide more resources to educators
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Nicolais: Colorado should follow Alaska’s electoral lead
By coupling nonpartisan, open primaries with ranked-choice voting, Alaska has both undercut ugly partisan polarization and offered voters greater choice
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Nicolais: Colorado Sen. Kevin Priola should be a lesson to the Colorado GOP
President Ronald Reagan famously quipped, “I didn’t leave the Democratic Party. The party left me.” More than a half century later, the modern equivalent seems to be, “I didn’t leave the Republican Party. The party went crazy, traded its principles for conspiracies, and began throwing dishware at my head.” At least, that is what it […]
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Nicolais: Supporting Brittany Pettersen for Congress is about more than just politics as usual for me
For the first time in almost a decade, since I ran for state Senate, I will open my home to a political event this Saturday evening. Ironically, it will be for the person who currently holds the office I had hoped to fill. Along with former state Rep. Cole Wist, former FirstBank CEO John Ikard, […]
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Nicolais: Could Republicans’ focus on inflation backfire at the polls in November?
Last week I paid over $90 for an oil change. As someone who used to change his own oil, the inflation-fueled sticker shock took a minute to comprehend. Was my mechanic price gouging? Was I the victim of a nefarious plot by Dark Brandon, the alter-ego of President Joe Biden? What led to near triple-digit […]
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Nicolais: Tina Peters’ post-election actions portend a scary future
Tina Peters’ Quixotic attempt to win Colorado’s top election official would be comical if it were not so terrifying. The state’s foremost election denier spent more than a quarter-million dollars on a recount to find out that she lost by the exact same margin the original tally indicated. Peters lost by more than 88,000 votes […]