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Colorado congressional candidates | 2024 VOTER GUIDE
Oct 1, 2024 · Democratic U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette, a former state lawmaker and civil rights attorney, is seeking reelection to her 15th term against Republican challenger Valdamar Archuleta, who is Hispanic, a member of the Shoshone Tribe, and a political newcomer who describes himself as a blue-collar worker and proud member of the LGBTQ community.
Gov. Jared Polis releases stance on 14 ballot measures for 2024 ...
6 days ago · Amendment G — Yes. This constitutional amendment, referred by the state legislature, would expand the state's homestead property tax exemption. It changes the eligibility criteria for veterans from requiring a 100% disability status to instead mandating proof of unemployability, which generally requires a service-connected disability rating of 60% or higher.
Fundraising for Colorado's ballot measures picks up with less than ...
6 days ago · Proposition 131. Proposition 131, which seeks to put into place open primaries and ranked choice voting, still dominates the fundraising scene. Colorado Voters First, the group pushing the proposal, reported raising nearly $1.5 million in the last two weeks, including $498,000 from Voters for the American Center of Washington, D.C. which does not disclose its funders. The group, which filed an ...
Colorado's political landscape influenced by big spenders
Sep 16, 2024 · Democratic presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg, right, a former three-term mayor of New York City, announces his anti-gun violence agenda alongside state Sen. Tom Sullivan, D-Centennial, on Thursday, Dec. 5, 2019, at Heritage Christian Center in Aurora.
Colorado Legislature: Democrats' supermajority at stake | Elections ...
Aug 6, 2024 · Much like Congress, the Colorado Legislature's leadership has varied over the past few decades. In 2022, Colorado Democrats secured a supermajority in both the House, which they still maintain, holding 46 of 65 seats.
The legislative races that could define the 2025 Colorado General ...
Sep 25, 2023 · So far, just over 25,000 ballots have been submitted to the Denver Elections Division, with just a week to go before the election. In this photo, election Judge Adam Ballinger collects a ballot from a driver at the drive-up dropbox in front of the Denver Elections Division building on Bannock Street on Monday, Nov. 7, 2022, …
What you'll see on the Colorado ballot this November, what's …
Aug 7, 2024 · Proposition 50 — This measure would limit property tax revenue from increasing more than 4% from the total statewide property tax collected the previous year.Under the initiative, if a local district or government wants to increase by …
Colorado Democrats one seat away from Senate supermajority, as ...
Aug 20, 2024 · With just one seat needed for Colorado Democrats to secure a supermajority in the Senate, this year's election is pivotal. If House Democrats stay above the two-thirds of the seats won in the last election, the party will hold supermajorities in both chambers. Democrats already have firm control of the levers of power at the state Capitol, given its members occupy all of the statewide seats ...
12 races to watch as Colorado heads into 2024 presidential …
Dec 3, 2023 · While there will be only two contests on the statewide ballot next year — for the presidency and an at-large seat on the University of Colorado Board of Regents — Colorado is already host to a record-shattering U.S. House race that's drawn national attention and could determine which party controls the chamber after the election as Republican U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert bids for another term.