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Bernie Sanders sits atop Colorado Democratic delegate count but Joe Biden is closing the gap
Bernie Sanders added to his total of Democratic delegates in Colorado after another former rival departed the race, but Joe Biden is closing the gap. Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s decision Thursday to drop out of the Democratic presidential primary means the five statewide delegates she won are shuffled to the remaining two viable candidates. Based […]
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Colorado’s presidential primary spiked turnout 15-fold, but didn’t meet the full promise of Prop. 107
Four years ago, after the Colorado caucuses shut out millions from voting in the presidential primaries, a coalition of political centrists put forward a new idea: Let the more than 1 million unaffiliated voters help pick the party nominees for the White House and make it a primary to boost turnout within the Democratic and […]
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Colorado Democratic primary delegate count: A look at who won the state’s 67 delegates
The delegate math in Colorado continues to evolve after the exit of Michael Bloomberg on Wednesday and new voting numbers in the Democratic primary, but Bernie Sanders still claims the largest share. MORE: Bernie Sanders wins Colorado’s Democratic presidential primary, but late ballot surge may tighten race The latest projections from The Colorado Sun — […]
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How Colorado will award Democratic delegates from the Super Tuesday primary, explained
Colorado will award two prizes from the Democratic presidential primary on Super Tuesday, and it’s possible that two different candidates could claim victory as the field narrows. The potential for a split jackpot is shaping how the White House hopefuls are strategizing ahead of the state’s first mail-ballot presidential primary Tuesday. And even though both […]
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Ahead of Super Tuesday, TV ad spending tops $9.4 million in Colorado thanks to one big spender
Democratic presidential candidates spent $9.4 million on nearly 32,000 TV ads in Colorado with a handful of contenders targeting the state just as Super Tuesday arrives. The campaigns of Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren and Pete Buttigieg, a super PAC supporting Amy Klobuchar, and even President Donald Trump took to Colorado’s TV screens in the last […]
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Silverman: Democrats must coalesce around the candidate who will crush Donald Trump
These times are serious as COVID-19. According to a credible whistleblower, President Trump’s administration already botched America’s best chance to avoid community spread. Now, two Americans are dead. More to follow. But how many? Who should we trust? Not Trump. Trump and Pence are demonstrably anti-science. Trump unconscionably implied to a South Carolina political rally that […]
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Krieger: Grumpy Old Men II — fear and loathing in Colorado’s presidential primary
We watched the season of televised debates with hope, my son and I. At least, in the beginning. Adding Colorado to the list of Super Tuesday states offered us a chance to cast votes that might matter, albeit in a Rube Goldberg-inspired candidate selection process that seems more outdated with each passing election cycle. Still, […]
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How Bernie Sanders became the favorite in Colorado: A look inside the campaign
The lights from a one-time thrift store on East Colfax Avenue glowed in the dark night, a lone beacon of activity amid a snowstorm that quieted Denver’s spirited thoroughfare. Inside, a dozen supporters of presidential candidate Bernie Sanders, undeterred by the weather, called voters, one after another, as they worked to reenergize and bolster the […]
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Bernie Sanders boasts big lead in Colorado presidential primary as rivals struggle, new poll shows
Bernie Sanders is the clear favorite to win the Democratic presidential primary in Colorado, a new poll shows, holding a double-digit lead over his rivals who are struggling to prove their viability. The Vermont senator is the pick for 27% of the Democrats and unaffiliated voters who are likely to turnout on Super Tuesday, according […]