Hundreds gathered to honor the first woman elected to Congress from Colorado at a memorial Friday at History Colorado
U.S. House
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Littwin: The debacle that made Kevin McCarthy House speaker is just the start. There’s much more to come.
Columnist Mike Littwin notes that Lauren Boebert’s starring role as dissident in the House speaker debacle will likely lead to many more chances to steal the spotlight.
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Meet Adam Frisch, the candidate who shocked Lauren Boebert and his fellow Democrats
The former Aspen city councilman logged more than 23,000 miles and attended hundreds of community events in the 3rd Congressional District
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Democrat Brittany Pettersen beats Republican Erik Aadland in Colorado’s 7th Congressional District
Pettersen, a state senator from Lakewood, said her top priorities in Congress will include protecting voting rights and preserving democracy
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Littwin: Why am I writing about Lauren Boebert again? It’s not just her latest Christian nationalism take.
If Republicans take the House, as expected, Colorado’s own Lauren Boebert, Paul Gosar, Marjorie Taylor Greene and the rest will suddenly become actual players.
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Poll indicates it’s very tight race between Barbara Kirkmeyer, Yadira Caraveo in Colorado’s 8th Congressional District
The race to represent Colorado’s new 8th Congressional District may be as competitive as it was promised to be. A poll conducted from July 26-Aug. 2 on behalf of Democratic state Rep. Yadira Caraveo’s campaign showed her trailing her Republican opponent, state Sen. Barbara Kirkmeyer, by 2 percentage points. That’s within the survey’s 4.4 percentage […]
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Littwin: If you watched the latest House hearing, you know John Eastman is a villain of the piece
When I tuned into the latest January 6 hearing, I knew John Eastman — as the principal architect of various bizarre schemes to steal the 2020 election from Joe Biden — would play a major role. Bob Woodward’s and Bob Costa’s book “Peril” put Eastman right at the center of it months ago. What I […]
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Permanent daylight saving time is a dumb idea, a CU sleep expert says
On the darkest morning of winter, the sun rises across Colorado — depending on where you are — sometime between about 7:05 a.m. and 7:40 a.m. You roll out of bed, get dressed, make coffee or eat some breakfast. If you are like the average person in Denver, the sun is probably rising along with […]
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Brittany Pettersen is running for the Colorado congressional seat being vacated by Ed Perlmutter
State Sen. Brittany Pettersen, a Lakewood Democrat, is running for the Colorado congressional seat being vacated by U.S. Rep. Ed Perlmutter. Pettersen announced her campaign to represent the 7th Congressional District on Tuesday, a day after Perlmutter, an Arvada Democrat, said he wouldn’t seek a ninth term in Congress. “I am ready to continue Ed […]
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House passes bill to combat Islamophobia in response to Lauren Boebert’s comments
By Lisa Mascaro, The Associated Press WASHINGTON — When Republican Rep. Lauren Boebert cracked a racist, Islamophobic joke about Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar, it wasn’t the first time she mocked the Muslim congresswoman from Minnesota. Boebert had derided Omar during a House floor debate last month, taunting the Somali-born, Muslim-American immigrant as a member of the “jihad […]