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The previously-frozen drought mitigation funding came from President Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act.
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Democratic gubernatorial candidates U.S Sen. Michael Bennet and Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser faced off in their first televised debate.
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Michael Bloomberg has given $2.5M to Rocky Mountain Way, the state-level super PAC supporting the US senator’s gubernatorial campaign.
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Voters’ unfamiliarity with the attorney general has always been the Democrats’ greatest vulnerability in the governor’s race as he runs against the much better known US Sen. Michael Bennet in the primary.
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There are two paths for the major party candidates: make their case in front of the party’s most ardent supporters at the state assembly or petition to get on the ballot by submitting signatures.
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During a recent debate, Bennet said Polis is “allergic” to building big statewide coalitions. At another gathering, Bennet said he totally disagrees with the idea that the governor’s health care policies have worked.
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Republicans lauded the economic and border security accomplishments of the Trump Administration, while Democrats criticized Trump’s economic policies, saying it’s not reducing costs.
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Guests are a chance for lawmakers to highlight issues important to them.
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Democrats Michael Bennet, Phil Weiser seek to lead the state that ranks among the 10 least affordable for housing.
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Candidates sometimes simultaneously maintain campaign accounts for state and federal office, or state and municipal office, when their pursuit of those jobs overlaps. Technically, they are running for two positions at once. Practically, they are not, and state elections officials don’t treat it as a violation of the law.