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Denver’s Fair Elections Fund isn’t keeping big money out of the city’s mayoral contest

by Sandra Fish 3:18 AM MDT on Mar 13, 202311:30 AM MDT on Mar 13, 2023

City Council candidates are taking greater advantage of the taxpayer-funded matching money by raising more small-dollar donations

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Posted inPolitics and Government

Denver mayoral candidates raised $5.3 million through February. Five candidates got 73% of that cash.

by Sandra Fish 11:00 AM MST on Mar 7, 202310:44 AM MST on Mar 7, 2023

Kelly Brough leads the pack in fundraising, while Rep. Leslie Herod leads in spending. Outside political groups, meanwhile, have crossed the $1 million spending threshold.

Posted inPolitics and Government

Colorado businesses, organizations and government entities spent nearly $56 million on federal lobbying in 2022

by Sandra Fish 4:08 AM MST on Feb 20, 20237:43 AM MST on Feb 20, 2023

Spending increased 54% from 2018 to 2022 as Congress spent trillions of dollars responding to COVID-19

Posted inElection 2022

The biggest election 2022 spender in Colorado? Jared Polis — by a long shot.

by Sandra Fish 3:41 AM MST on Dec 15, 20229:47 AM MST on Dec 15, 2022

Polis spent more than $12 million to win a second term as governor. The next biggest spender was Total Wine & More, which spent slightly less on a ballot measure.

Posted inElection 2022

Race between Lauren Boebert, Adam Frisch was most expensive 2022 Colorado congressional contest per vote cast

by Sandra Fish 4:20 AM MST on Dec 12, 20225:35 PM MST on Dec 9, 2022

Boebert spent nearly $43 per vote, while Frisch spent $32. That’s more than the $16 per vote Democratic U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet spent successfully defending his seat against Republican Joe O’Dea, who spent $9 per vote.

Posted inOpinion Columns

Zornio: Should political candidates use campaign funds to pay themselves a salary?

by Trish Zornio 3:03 AM MST on Nov 7, 20229:15 AM MDT on Nov 5, 2022

Normalizing candidate salaries could help to equalize the political playing field, but not without caveats

Posted inElection 2022

Gov. Jared Polis tops Weld County rancher Steve Wells as Colorado’s biggest 2022 campaign donor — so far

by Sandra Fish 4:20 AM MDT on Oct 6, 20229:01 AM MDT on Oct 6, 2022

Colorado Democratic Party giving to legislative and statewide candidates, while Republican Party expects to pick up spending in coming weeks

Posted inElection 2022

Republican outside groups are outspending their Democratic counterparts in Colorado’s state-level races

by Sandra Fish 3:44 AM MDT on Sep 30, 20226:39 AM MDT on Sep 30, 2022

A look at how Colorado campaign cash stacks up for statewide, legislative contests through Sept. 14

Posted inElection 2022

Meet the Colorado rancher spending $11 million — and counting — to prevent Jared Polis from winning reelection

by Jesse Paul 4:21 AM MDT on Sep 18, 202210:24 AM MDT on Sep 19, 2022

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 inElection 2022

Big-money groups remain on the sidelines as national eyes turn toward Colorado’s U.S. Senate race

by Jesse Paul and Sandra Fish 3:45 AM MDT on Sep 5, 202211:50 AM MDT on Sep 8, 2022

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.

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