As many as 14 Colorado municipalities and counties will ask voters next month to increase or repurpose taxes on short-term rental properties — offered on sites by Airbnb and Vrbo — to help fund affordable housing
Election 2022
Colorado election results, primary results, politics news and more from The Colorado Sun.
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Heidi Ganahl says Colorado’s inflation rate is 16% and the highest in the U.S. Both claims require many asterisks.
Ganahl cited a Republican-led analysis to reach that 16% figure. Bureau of Labor Statistics puts inflation at 7.7%. Here’s where the discrepancy comes from.
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Where Michael Bennet and Joe O’Dea, Colorado’s U.S. Senate candidates, stand on the issues
Bennet, the Democratic incumbent, is running for his third six-year term in the Senate. O’Dea, a Republican first-time candidate, is the owner of a Denver construction company.
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Where Phil Weiser and John Kellner, Colorado’s attorney general candidates, stand on the issues
Weiser, a Democrat, is seeking reelection. Kellner, a Republican, is the top prosecutor in the 18th Judicial District.
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Democrats running in Colorado’s major statewide races hold big leads over GOP challengers, new poll shows
The poll conducted by Global Strategy Group, a Democratic firm, showed Democrats leading by wide margins in the races for U.S. Senate, governor, attorney general and secretary of state
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Colorado’s U.S. Senate candidates debate in the race’s first-ever mental health forum
Democratic U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet and his Republican challenger, Joe O’Dea, drew contrasts on their approaches to a top-of-mind issue for Coloradans
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Where 8th Congressional District candidates Yadira Caraveo and Barbara Kirkmeyer stand on the issues
Caraveo, a state representative, is running against Kirkmeyer, a state senator, to represent Colorado’s new congressional district, which spans from the northeast Denver suburbs to Greeley
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Election supervisor appointed again in Pueblo County after clerk’s ballot blunder
For second time this year a supervisor will oversee Pueblo County election after mistake by Clerk Gilbert Ortiz
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Democrats lead fundraising in Colorado’s major congressional contests as 2022 election hits home stretch
Dark-money nonprofit fuels $3 million TV ad campaign against Republican U.S. Senate candidate Joe O’Dea
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Amendment D: Colorado’s governor would be empowered to reassign judges to newly created judicial district
The constitutional amendment would let the governor move judges from the 18th Judicial District into the 23rd Judicial District