Republican U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert and candidates hoping to unseat her in Colorado’s 3rd Congressional District raised more than $1.8 million last quarter. The Garfield County incumbent led the pack, pulling in almost $950,000 from April through the end of June, according to Federal Election Commission reports. State Sen. Kerry Donovan, a Vail Democrat, raised […]
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How to tell who’s behind political messages flooding screens in Colorado ahead of the 2020 election
The television commercials are airing during Denver Broncos games. The mailers are filling the postal box. The texts are popping up on the phone. When they arrive, a series of questions come to mind: Who’s paying for these political messages? Are they truthful? What do the folks behind them want? The 2020 election has driven […]
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Out-of-state money fuels U.S. Senate race between Cory Gardner and John Hickenlooper
The TV ads show grim, darkened images of former Democratic Gov. John Hickenlooper or Republican Sen. Cory Gardner. The ads sound ominous, with solemn music and deep-voiced narrators. These are the sorts of messages that super PACs and dark money nonprofits have already spent more than $27 million on, targeting Colorado’s two major-party Senate candidates. […]
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Oil and gas donors become an issue in Democratic primary, but most of the money is flowing to the GOP
Andrew Romanoff is criticizing his opponent in the Democratic U.S. Senate primary for accepting money from oil and gas executives, but most of the industry’s campaign cash is headed to the Republican incumbent. John Hickenlooper, the former Colorado governor who worked decades ago as a geologist for an oil and gas company, accepted about $63,000 […]
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A deeper look at the Colorado money race ahead of 2020: Who raised the most and where it came from
The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee put money behind its endorsement of John Hickenlooper with a $49,600 donation to start his campaign. The September contribution to the two-term former governor is part of the $2.1 million he raised in less than six weeks as a candidate in the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate, according to new […]
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Colorado’s lawmakers in Washington use leadership PACs to raise extra cash from big-moneyed interests
Democratic Gov. Jared Polis touted in his congressional campaigns and 2018 gubernatorial race that he rejects money from political action committees. But his federal leadership committee took plenty from PACs. Sen. Cory Gardner collected donations to his leadership committee and sent $485,000 from his total to PACs aimed at keeping Republicans in the Senate majority […]
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We followed the money to see how Cory Gardner is raising big cash for his reelection campaign
U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner is banding together with Republican colleagues to raise big money for his 2020 reelection contest — expected to be among the most competitive and expensive in the nation — in a way that some say allows candidates to sidestep campaign finance limits. To raise the cash, at least one of his […]
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Who Colorado donors support the most in the 2020 presidential race
There’s at least one category where John Hickenlooper leads the vast Democratic field of presidential contenders. That’s in campaign cash from Coloradans. The former Colorado governor raised $1.5 million from fellow Centennial State residents, topping even President Donald Trump, who raised $1.1 million in the state between January 2017 and June 30. In all, about […]
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John Hickenlooper looks to Colorado to power his 2020 presidential ambitions
John Hickenlooper raised $600,000 in less than four months after he entered the 2020 presidential fray, but he’ll need plenty more to make a serious run for the White House. The former Colorado governor’s federal leadership PAC reported more than $229,000 in the final month of the year, bringing the total since its launch in […]