Four years ago, before Donald Trump was president, Colorado Republicans had a place at the table. They held one of Colorado’s U.S. Senate seats and three statewide offices: attorney general, secretary of state and treasurer. The GOP was even in power at the Colorado Capitol, where the state Senate was in the party’s hands, forcing […]
Polly Lawrence
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Why are so many people riled up by Jena Griswold?
Secretary of State Jena Griswold has threatened to refer President Donald Trump for prosecution for encouraging voter fraud. She’s called him “lying, litigating Donny” on Twitter and more than once has tried to bait him into explaining why voting by mail is good enough for him but not everyone else. “I’ll wait,” Griswold tweeted. Trump […]
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Out of 100 Colorado lawmakers, only 7 are Republican women. The state GOP wants to reverse the trend.
Two decades ago, Republican women outnumbered their Democratic counterparts in the state legislature. Today, there’s just one Republican woman in the state Senate and six in the House. That compares with 37 Democratic women in the two chambers. The Colorado Republican Party is looking to reverse the trend. The party on Wednesday announced a new […]