Coloradans are on track to view more than $19 million worth of TV advertising — at the least — during the run-up to the Nov. 6 general election. And nearly half is flowing to the 6th Congressional District, where Republican incumbent Mike Coffman is trying to fend off Democratic challenger Jason Crow in a district that backed Hillary Clinton in 2016. The total spent on […]
Politics and Government
Posted inNews, Politics and Government
Walker Stapleton talks about his family’s past KKK ties and Tom Tancredo
Republican Walker Stapleton acknowledged the “mistakes” his great-grandfather made in leading the KKK in the 1920s and tried to distance himself from Tom Tancredo in a major TV interview. “For the record, I categorically condemn racism of all forms. I categorically condemn hate organizations and they will have no place in my administration as governor,” […]
Posted inNews, Politics and Government
Jared Polis met with Colorado’s Republican attorney general, Cynthia Coffman, days after winning governor’s race nomination
Days after he won the Democratic nomination for governor, Jared Polis met with former Republican candidate Cynthia Coffman. The conversation didn’t go unnoticed — word trickled back to Republican Walker Stapleton’s campaign — and it raises speculation about whether Coffman would endorse Polis, instead of her party’s nominee. In an interview Tuesday with The Colorado Sun, Polis for the first […]
Posted inNews, Politics and Government
Koch brothers political network makes its election 2018 picks in Colorado
Americans for Prosperity, the political arm of the Koch political network, will endorse Walker Stapleton in the governor’s race along with two state Senate candidates, The Colorado Sun has learned. The organization, backed by The Seminar Network, an effort led by conservative billionaire Charles Koch, is preparing to spend significant sums to elect Stapleton and keep the state Senate in Republican […]
Posted inNews, Politics and Government
Walker Stapleton calls in the cavalry for fundraising help ahead of Labor Day
Colorado candidates face a fundraising test this week as the Wednesday deadline approaches on the pre-Labor Day report and Republican Walker Stapleton is probably the candidate feeling the heat the most. He ended the gubernatorial primary period with just $302,000 cash in the bank, compared to $1.3 million for Democrat Jared Polis. In a recent interview, Stapleton dismissed […]
Posted inNews, Politics and Government
TV ad battle begins in 6th Congressional District race between Mike Coffman, Jason Crow
The Congressional Leadership Fund began running a blistering television ad that calls Democrat Jason Crow “another all-talk, no-action politician,” and attacks him for missing a third of meetings of the state’s Board of Veterans Affairs, of which he was a member for five years. The 30-second spot accuses him of turning “his back on Colorado’s veterans.” Crow and his campaign […]
Posted inEnergy, News, Politics and Government
Colorado business leaders are behind dark-money political group spending big on state Senate races
A nonprofit with large donors from the oil and gas industry is spending big on cable TV ads to help Republicans in four state Senate contests. The Colorado Economic Leadership Fund is spending $621,370 on ads, according to cable TV contracts filed last week with the Federal Communications Commission. The ads began airing Aug. 22 and are set to […]
Posted inBusiness, Crime and Courts, News, Politics and Government, Technology
Colorado has one of nation’s strictest consumer data protection laws, as of Sept. 1. Are you ready?
When Colorado’s new consumer data-privacy protection law goes in effect Sept. 1, the rules will be among the strictest in the nation. Any company or public agency storing a Coloradan’s personal details will now need a data-protection policy, a swift notification system and the means to destroy the data when it’s no longer needed. But […]
Posted inCrime and Courts, News, Politics and Government, Transportation
Federal criminal investigation alleged as lawsuit claiming bribery, bid rigging for Denver airport concessions contract is revived
A federal criminal investigation is underway into allegations of bribery and bid rigging involving a former top official at Denver International Airport and a concessions contract worth millions of dollars, according to a lawsuit recently filed by a company that lost out on the bid. The filing revives a case dismissed by a judge earlier this year […]
Posted inCrime and Courts, News, Politics and Government
Democratic candidate for Colorado attorney general, Phil Weiser, talks about his tracker mea culpa
Phil Weiser, the Democrat running for Colorado attorney general, is apologizing for Twitter posts made by him and his campaign about a tracker hired by Republicans operatives. The flap began Aug. 15 when Weiser, a first-time candidate, tweeted an image of the tracker and wrote: “The Republican AG Association is desperate to find attack lines and has so […]