Politics

Mayoral forum reveals candidates’ positions

A question-and-answer forum for candidates for Denver mayor sponsored by the Intermountain Jewish News (IJN) and held at the BMH-BJ synagogue in Denver on March 16 drew eight of the remaining 16 contenders (Kwame Spearman dropped out earlier that day). Candidates participating were Kelly Brough, Lisa Caldéron, Chris Hansen, Leslie Herod, Debbie Ortega, Terrance Roberts, …

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Most GV city council members will run for re-election in November

On November 7, all eight seats in the four city council districts of Greenwood Village will be up for election, as will the office of mayor.  In GV, city council terms are only two years long. Council terms for every other city in the metro area (e.g., Centennial, Cherry Hills Village, Englewood, Littleton, Lone Tree, …

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GOP leaders are already working on 2024 congressional election 

On March 1, Greg Lopez, who sought the GOP nomination for Colorado governor in 2018 and 2022, appeared at a gathering for Arapahoe County Republicans, where he announced he had recently been elected president of the Colorado Hispanic Republicans.  He told the members of his party, “Hope is not lost. We can turn Colorado red,” …

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Independence Institute’s Murrey sees little good in state government

At the March 1 meeting of the Arapahoe County Republican Breakfast Club at Maggiano’s DTC, Ben Murrey, fiscal policy director for Jon Caldera’s Independence Institute, used a historical quote from James Madison in, “The Interest of the Man,” as an analogy for today’s Republicans and Democrats. He told the group that when the question was …

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Mike Johnston wins huge endorsement for Denver mayor

On Sunday, March 12, the editorial board of the Denver Post announced its endorsement of Mike Johnston for Denver mayor. Their decision was based on a 45-minute interview with the candidate in which he provided intelligent, substantive, well thought out answers that included plans to solve the city’s significant problems in ways that the members …

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Michael Fields wants criminals to serve at least 85% of their sentence

Prior to assuming the role of president of Advance Colorado Institute, Michael Fields was the executive director of Colorado Rising Action as well as the Colorado state director of Americans for Prosperity, a national conservative organization whose mission is to “advocate for long-term solutions to…unsustainable government spending…a broken immigration system…a rigged economy.” Trained as an …

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